"While there are lots of great local programs designed to help Alabamians get fit, Scale Back Alabama is probably the only free, statewide program," Rosemary Blackmon said, Executive Vice President of the Alabama Hospital Association.
Date: Jan 07, 2015
Category: Health
Source: Google
UAB, Brookwood among 724 hospitals nationwide penalized for injury rate
Rosemary Blackmon, executive vice president of the Alabama Hospital Association, said the score was not the best tool for measuring quality. All hospitals that fell into the bottom quarter were penalized.
Date: Dec 19, 2014
Category: Health
Source: Google
The market for medicine: Major pieces of Obamacare rollout in January. Here's ...
Uninsured patients tend to wait until the last minute to get help for an illness and usually use emergency rooms for care, all of which drive up health care costs, according to Rosemary Blackmon, vice president of the Alabama Hospital Association.
Date: Aug 11, 2013
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Alabama hospitals gird against deadly, drug-resistant CRE bacteria
Alabama Hospital Association CEO Rosemary Blackmon credits CareFusion's MedMined automated system, long-standing hand-washing education campaigns, and a concerted focus by hospitals on the topic, to a good record for Alabama.
Date: Mar 08, 2013
Category: Health
Source: Google
Safety study: Wiregrass Medical Center among worst in nation
We think there are better studies, said Rosemary Blackmon, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the association. Some of the things Leapfrog asks are not doable for a lot of the hospitals, plus a lot of our hospitals do not take the time to complete the entire survey because it