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How can I help to improve health equity in Alabama? First by recognizing my organization’s influence. UAB Health System is ranked the number one health system in the state of Alabama. We are also the number one employer in the state.

The research is clear. The main difference that separates top performers from average performers is emotional intelligence (EQ). In technical and middle management positions, two-thirds of top performers were found to have strong EQ and one-third didn’t.

I have seen questions about what to expect out of an ACR survey on the AHRA Forum. Most responses direct folks to the ACR website and the toolkit that is set up there. Everything necessary is laid out on the site, but sometimes it is nice to have a little bit more detail so I thought I would share our experience.

We live in a community with a homeowners association (HOA). We are mostly pleased with the way it is run. Property values are maintained by ensuring that everyone complies with the regulations we all agreed to upon purchasing the homes.

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine study that creates cross-sectional tomographic (3D) images of the metabolic activity in the patient’s tissues. Cancers can cause abnormalities of blood flow or metabolism before structural changes are visible, and for this reason PET can often detect cancer at an earlier stage than CT or MRI.

Only two things are certain, death and taxes. This article is written with a heavy heart. My brother called me to let me know my 42-year-old niece was told she may not make it through the weekend. I jumped on a plane and flew to their home.