Artist Casey Downing Jr. was commissioned to create the piece that depicts Fairhope philanthropist Louis Mapp and Cullen Potter, a patient Mapp met while volunteering to rock newborns in the NICU at USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital.
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Surrounded by young magnolias and other native plants, the Mapp Family Campus is home to Baldwin Family Medicine and USA Health specialty care providers, plus the Baldwin County Surgery Center.
USA Health employees can wear orange on National Gun Violence Awareness Day, which is Friday, June 7. T-shirt sales benefit trauma outreach at University Hospital.
Research by Tyler McDonald, M.D., showed that in patients ages 8 to 17 with upper extremity fractures who were presenting for initial treatment, caregivers overestimated the children’s pain. To a lesser degree, caregivers overestimated the children’s stress and underestimated physical function.
USA Health regularly recognizes employees for going above and beyond in caring for patients and providing high-quality customer service.
Strokes continue to be the leading cause of disability in the United States, where someone has a stroke every 40 seconds.
USA Health clinicians are experts in their fields, making them trusted sources on a variety of healthcare-related news topics.
May specials for employees include discounts on treatments and savings on skin care procedures and products. Please be sure to bring your employee badge to receive the discount.
The Bridge Program has expanded beyond pregnancy to encompass care for pediatric patients with medical complexities, including hospice and palliative care for children admitted to Children’s & Women’s Hospital.
USA Health will share its experiences in caring for 22-23 weekers with the rest of the world and gain knowledge from other centers that do the same.
Recurring urinary tract infections in men could signal a more serious issue.
In partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and with support from Merck for Mothers, Children’s & Women’s Hospital used its electronic medical record data to transform how it approaches maternal health equity.
Voting for this year’s awards starts Wednesday, May 1, at VoteNappies.com and runs through May 26.
