What You Don’t Know About Edward Logue, MD
Ed Logue, MD is a familiar name to most Alabama healthcare professionals. Logue, who at age 86 still goes into the office every day, has been practicing psychiatry in Birmingham for 50 years. In 1974, he established the psychiatric unit at Brookwood hospital, which grew to a 96-bed clinic. He has been named the Mental […]
Brain Health Program Can Help Prevent Dementia
By Ansley Franco Published: August 15, 2022 Ronald Lazar, PhD An estimated one in five Americans 65 years or older has mild cognitive impairment, and one in seven has dementia. By 2050, the number of Americans with dementia is expected to triple. In response to this coming challenge, the University of Alabama at Birmingham has […]
Legal Issues to Keep in Mind Before Making the Switch to Concierge Medicine
By: Kelli C. Fleming and Jessie Bekker Published: July 6, 2022 Getting in to see your doctor is not always as easy as picking up the phone. Often, there is a several-week-long wait for an opening, and the doctor your insurer covered last year may no longer be in-network this year. That is where concierge […]
Legal Issues to Keep in Mind Before Making the Switch to Concierge Medicine
By: Kelli C. Fleming and Jessie Bekker Published: July 6, 2022 Getting in to see your doctor is not always as easy as picking up the phone. Often, there is a several-week-long wait for an opening, and the doctor your insurer covered last year may no longer be in-network this year. That is where concierge […]
Email as a Doorway to Breaches
In 2020, when hackers began intensely targeting healthcare, providers accounted for 79 percent of all breaches in the healthcare field, according to Fortified Health Security. “Today, more and more of those breaches are because of protected health information in email,” says Brian Driskill, president of Jackson Thornton Technologies. Email has become a forgotten source of […]
Email as a Doorway to Breaches
In 2020, when hackers began intensely targeting healthcare, providers accounted for 79 percent of all breaches in the healthcare field, according to Fortified Health Security. “Today, more and more of those breaches are because of protected health information in email,” says Brian Driskill, president of Jackson Thornton Technologies. Email has become a forgotten source of […]
Cyber Insurance Becoming Harder to Renew
In healthcare, the number of people affected by a data breach has tripled since 2018. “This is primarily because healthcare attackers get all the pieces of information they want in one place,” says Aaron Woods with Dynamic Quest. Data handled at most healthcare entities not only includes credit cards, but email addresses, date of birth, […]
Cyber Insurance Becoming Harder to Renew
In healthcare, the number of people affected by a data breach has tripled since 2018. “This is primarily because healthcare attackers get all the pieces of information they want in one place,” says Aaron Woods with Dynamic Quest. Data handled at most healthcare entities not only includes credit cards, but email addresses, date of birth, […]
The Value of Community Health Workers
“We’re different than anybody else,” says Trinita Ashford, MPH, executive director of ConnectionHealth in Birmingham. “We’re the only community-based organization in town that recruits, trains and employs community health workers.” The community health workers (CHW) at the nonprofit serve as messengers, supporters, and well trained resource guides for the area’s most vulnerable populations in Jefferson […]
The Value of Community Health Workers
“We’re different than anybody else,” says Trinita Ashford, MPH, executive director of ConnectionHealth in Birmingham. “We’re the only community-based organization in town that recruits, trains and employs community health workers.” The community health workers (CHW) at the nonprofit serve as messengers, supporters, and well trained resource guides for the area’s most vulnerable populations in Jefferson […]