
USA Health clinicians are experts in their fields, making them trusted sources on a variety of healthcare-related news topics.
USA Health became one of nine healthcare systems to win the 2024 Human Experience (HX) Achievement Award for SSER® Reduction, achieving a 73% reduction in its system-level serious safety event rate.
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USA Health clinicians are experts in their fields, making them trusted sources on a variety of healthcare-related news topics.
“The generous donation from the Mobile Metropolitan Medical Society has the potential to immediately save the lives of women who have complications following childbirth,” said Debbie Browning, M.S.N., RN, CENP, chief executive officer of Children’s & Women’s Hospital.
Since it was founded in 2017, Project Inspire has helped 25 teens see themselves through a new lens of empowerment.
Brittany Brown, the only recipient from Mobile and one of two from Alabama, was quick to credit her colleagues with the same mentality and commitment to care.
In this role, you can help meet the need for guardians for adult incapacitated persons in our community who have no family or person willing to serve in that capacity.
Aaron D. Seims, M.D., FACS, said he was drawn to surgery because of his experience growing up with a condition called pectus excavatum, a chest wall malformation. “Ultimately, I wanted to do for others what my surgeon was able to do for me,” he said.
In less than 10 minutes a day, you can work on strengthening your core, which can improve posture, balance and stability; help you do everyday activities or on-the-job tasks with greater ease; and prevent or manage lower back pain.
USA Health clinicians are experts in their fields, making them trusted sources on a variety of healthcare-related news topics.
The benefits of kangaroo care for newborns include a stable heart rate, improved oxygen saturation and respiratory rate, and often increased milk production for the mother, research shows.
Developed by the American Heart Association, special training kits allow students to practice on a manikin while watching skills performed correctly on video, a research-proven way to learn lifesaving CPR.
Miss Alabama 2023, Briana Burrell, provided an encouraging talk to employees, reminding them of the importance of practicing self-care on Mental Health Action Day.
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.