The Patient Family Advisory Council strives to promote effective and respectful partnerships among patients, families, and clinical staff members while also increasing understanding and cooperation.
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On April 14, Alabama will observe “Light up Alabama Red.” The RSA buildings in Mobile and Montgomery and the lights at the entrance of Regions Field will be illuminated in red to highlight Oral Cancer Awareness Month.
There will be three outages during the upgrade, affecting telecommunications in the hospitals and clinics the evening of Friday, April 14, and early Saturday, April 15.
About 165 people attended this year’s symposium from various states. Attendees included nurses, emergency medical service providers, advanced practice practitioners, physicians, students and community leaders.
A National Institutes of Health multisite study could lead to a consistent standard of care for antibiotic administration in NICUs.
Each week, we capture images from construction, expansion and renovations occurring across USA Health.
USA Health clinicians are experts in their fields, making them trusted sources on a variety of healthcare-related news topics.
USA Health regularly recognizes employees for going above and beyond in caring for patients and providing high quality customer service.
The USA Health Parking Committee has implemented new policies, including requiring parking decals for employees, to ensure adequate parking is available for our patients and their families.
Adult and pediatric burn patients now have access to life-changing laser treatment for scar revisions in an outpatient setting.
Several hundred people attended the first NICU reunion since the start of the pandemic, to celebrate life and hope.
Each month, USA Health focuses on a safety behavior and tool to discuss and practice at huddles and in our departments.
USA Health employees, patients and others can participate in a daylong event at University Hospital to learn more about creating an advance directive, which can communicate their wishes regarding future medical care.
