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 Remember to Protect Your Eyes During UV Safety Month
July 13, 2020

Remember to Protect Your Eyes During UV Safety Month

July is UV Safety month, and UAB Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics wants to remind you that your skin isn’t the only area you need to protect from UV rays – don’t forget about your eyes. Your eyes need adequate protection from UV rays year-round.

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 The 20/20 Initiative: Bringing Clarity to Your Vision

The 20/20 Initiative: Bringing Clarity to Your Vision

At UAB Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics and the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, we are focused on delivering innovative eye care and pioneering breakthroughs in the preservation and restoration of sight. In 2019, we served over 160,000 adult and pediatric patients, expanded our satellite clinics to nine locations to create more access to care, performed over 14,000 surgical procedures, and treated 7,100 patients in our emergency department – the only freestanding Level 1 Ocular Trauma Center in the country.

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 Caution Over Convenience: The Why Behind The Mask
June 23, 2020

Caution Over Convenience: The Why Behind The Mask

As medical experts learn more about how COVID-19 is transmitted, researchers are still trying to determine how well face coverings can prevent the spread of COVID-19. In spite of rapidly changing information about safety measures during the pandemic, health organizations still recommend wearing masks.

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 UAB Hospital Again Named to 100 Great Hospitals List
June 18, 2020

UAB Hospital Again Named to 100 Great Hospitals List

For the eighth year in a row, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital has been listed on Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2020 list of 100 Great Hospitals in America. UAB has earned this distinction every year since 2013 and is the only hospital in Alabama to make the annual list published by Becker’s Healthcare, a leading source of cutting-edge business and legal information for health care industry leaders. 

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 Keeping Your Eyes Healthy during COVID-19

Keeping Your Eyes Healthy during COVID-19

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) recommends that people avoid touching their eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands, to help prevent the spread of germs from surfaces during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 Don’t Let COVID-19 Fears Affect Your Eye Health
June 17, 2020

Don’t Let COVID-19 Fears Affect Your Eye Health

Chuck Dean is one of the nearly 76,000 patients seen in the last year by UAB Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics. He needs regular eye exams, but like many patients, Dean has concerns about seeking medical and vision care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 Video Visits Now Available with UAB eMedicine
June 15, 2020

Video Visits Now Available with UAB eMedicine

UAB eMedicine now offers online video visits, which allow patients to speak with their UAB Medicine doctor remotely through their smart device or computer, for both routine and urgent care.

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 BMT and MICU Team Up to Open New Temporary ICU
June 12, 2020

BMT and MICU Team Up to Open New Temporary ICU

Now that elective procedures, organ transplants, and surgeries are being performed again, UAB Medicine saw the need for more intensive care unit space for non-COVID 19 patients. In response, the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) provider team and the Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy (BMT) nursing staff worked together to open a temporary 12-bed ICU.

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 UAB Social Worker Continues Family Tradition
June 11, 2020

UAB Social Worker Continues Family Tradition

Licensed medical social worker Vivian Richards helps UAB Medicine patients make the transition from hospital to home. 

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 Birmingham Heart Walk Goes Virtual
June 8, 2020

Birmingham Heart Walk Goes Virtual

During the corona virus pandemic, arranging events and gatherings for social distancing can make getting involved a challenge, or even limit the number of participants. However, that is definitely not the case for the virtual version of Birmingham Heart Walk. Participation in this fundraising event can take place anywhere you can move.

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 Express Online Check-In Now Available at UAB Medicine

Express Online Check-In Now Available at UAB Medicine

UAB Medicine now offers an express online check-in service that allows patients to pre-register for scheduled outpatient clinic appointments through their smart device, laptop, or desktop computer. This option is safer, faster, secure, and more convenient than checking in using the electronic kiosks that were in the clinics previously.

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 Can coronavirus live on copper?
June 2, 2020

Can coronavirus live on copper?

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that COVID-19 can live on copper for up to 4 hours.

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