UAB School of Health Professions Current News
HSA graduates first Executive Doctoral class Dec. 15
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- Created on December 10, 2012
John McWhorter is graduating from the first Executive Doctoral class on Dec. 15.John McWhorter has a lot on his plate. He’s the president of Baylor University Medical Center and Senior Vice President Hospital Division at Baylor Health Care System in Dallas, Texas. He’s responsible for $2.7 billion in revenues for 18 hospitals and more than 12,000 employees. He’s a family man whose mission works have led him to Africa, Belize, Honduras and Mexico.
It would seem that McWhorter has little time for anything else. In just over three years, he has managed to squeeze in a doctoral degree. On December 15, 2012, McWhorter will be one of eight people graduating from the first class of the Executive Doctor of Science Degree in Administration-Health Services from the School of Health Professions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Helping people with disabilities become more physically active is focus of new UAB initiative
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- Created on December 04, 2012
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Birmingham-based Lakeshore Foundation have partnered on an initiative made possible by a $6-million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to find ways to improve health outcomes among disabled persons.
People with disabilities have some of the highest rates of physical inactivity in the United States, according to James Rimmer, Ph.D., Lakeshore Foundation Endowed Chair in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation Sciences at the UAB School of Health Professions.
Morris trained constraint induced therapy to Czech Republic PT’s
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- Created on November 30, 2012
Dave Morris, center, helped trained PT's in the Czech Republic on constraint-induced therapy.David Morris, PT, Ph.D., just returned to the states after training several physical therapists in the Czech Republic on constraint-induced (CI) movement therapy. Morris, vice chair and associate professor in the UAB Department of Physical Therapy, spent four days training PT’s at the Klimkovice Health Spa near Ostrava.
HIM faculty training UAB coders on updated International Classification of Diseases system ICD-10
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- Created on November 29, 2012
For Joan Hicks, the one-year delay in the compliance deadline for the nationwide conversion to an updated International Classification of Diseases system, ICD-10, was a relief. As chief information officer for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System, Hicks has a lot of behind-the-scenes work to get done before UAB implements a 5,037 percent increase in hospital procedure codes by Oct. 1, 2014.
Reaction to governor forgoing state insurance exchange
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- Created on November 19, 2012
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley decided not to set up a state insurance exchange. Paige Powell, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Services Administration, discussed the decision on 105.5 WERC.
Holiday eating tips
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- Created on November 19, 2012
The holidays officially begin on Thanksgiving and don’t stop until the New Year. That means gatherings with family and friends and the chance to pack on some unwanted pounds from dinners and parties for the next month or so.
Crane comes down - 50% completed
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- Created on November 06, 2012
After nearly 10 months, the crane used during the addition to the School of Health Professions Building was slowly taken down today. Crews began taking apart the crane early in the morning and it took most of the day. That means the project is 50 percent completed. A few side bricks and several windows are what is left on the outside to finish. The real work soon begins on the inside. Here's a video of one of the parts coming down.
First-year Clinical Laboratory Science students work with patients at UAB HealthSmart
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- Created on November 05, 2012
Jenna Key confidently pricked the finger of her patient for a cholesterol test. The Alabaster native never thought she would be performing lab tests on real patients right out the gate, but she is - because she is a first semester student in the Master of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
“It’s a unique experience for a first year student,” said Key.
Vogtle awarded grant to improve weight and activity of kids with Down syndrome
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- Created on November 01, 2012
If 14-year-old Daniel Morson had his way, he would eat chicken fingers for breakfast every day. His mom, Jan Morson of Vestavia Hills, does her best to serve healthy foods to Daniel, who has Down syndrome.
“It’s a struggle,” says Morson. “His diet is limited to the same 10 foods. He’s never liked mushy foods like oatmeal, rice or grits, and he won’t eat vegetables like peas or beans as I wish he would.”
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