Tag: healthcare
Birmingham Freedom Fest Returns With Music, Panel Talks on July 23-24
www.freedomfestbhm.com
Birmingham Freedom Fest, a music and empowerment festival, is set to return this summer, Friday, July 23 and Saturday, July 24.
Due to the current...
Jefferson County Jails To Get New Health Care Provider On June...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Beginning June 1, Jefferson County jails will get a new health care provider—Birmingham-based NaphCare Inc., which offers correctional services across...
Meet Cornelius Henderson, Senior VP, Jail Operations, NaphCare, Inc.
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Given a choice between becoming a doctor or a nurse, Cornelius Henderson decided on nurse.
“It’s expensive to be a...
Humble Beginnings For Local Firm That Offers Correctional Health Care
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
NaphCare Inc. may have the former Cooper Green Mercy Hospital to thank for its birth.
Birmingham-based NaphCare—which provides correctional services...
Ellis: Healthcare For All. Really?
By Glenn Ellis
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain...
Jefferson County approves UAB-led Healthcare Authority to Run Cooper Green
The Birmingham Times
Calling it a “defining moment” for indigent patients, a majority of Jefferson County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to create a UAB-led Health...
Stress Management Health event July 13 at the Downtown Public Library
By Crystal Mullen-Johnson
Stress dominates our lives if we don’t develop healthy coping mechanisms. Stress can have a detrimental impact on our mental and physical...
Jefferson County takes step to exit the healthcare business
Times staff report
On Tuesday, a divided Jefferson County Commission committee voted to move forward on a university health care authority to manage medical services...
Meet Tiffany Alexander, 27, administrator of a pediatrics urgent care facility...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Spending long periods of time in a hospital with her mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer, gave Tiffany Alexander...
Obamacare Shopping Is Trickier Than Ever. Here’s A Cheat Sheet
By Jay Hancock
Kaiser Health News
Health care is complicated. Shopping for an individual health plan just got even more so, with President Donald Trump’s decision...