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East Alabama Medical Center Receives Three 2023 Women’s Choice Awards as one of America’s Best Hospitals

East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) has been named as one of America’s Best Hospitals by the Women’s Choice Award®. The award signifies that EAMC is one of the top healthcare providers in the country based on a review of almost 5,000 hospitals. EAMC was recognized as a top provider in cancer care, obstetrics and orthopedics.

The Women’s Choice Award identifies the nation’s best healthcare institutions based on criteria that considers patient satisfaction, clinical excellence, relevant accreditations and women’s preferences when it comes to treatment and hospital experience. Additionally, each service line award has supplementary criteria specific to the service line. Only the top 10 percent of hospitals in the nation can qualify.

EAMC earned designation as a Best Hospital for Cancer Care award because it met the comprehensive cancer care standards of the Ameri-

George Howard, DrPH, Named Leading Stroke Scientist by the American Stroke Association

The American Stroke Association has named George Howard, DrPH, distinguished professor of Biostatistics in the UAB School of Public Health, the winner of the David G. Sherman Lecture Award. The award recognizes lifetime contributions for investigation, management, mentorship can College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, as well as achieving excellence in clinical performance regarding cancer care measures and for their high patient recommendation rate. EAMC ranked in the top nine percent for cancer care in the nation.

EAMC earned the Best Hospitals for Obstetrics award based on its exceptional scores for patient recom- and community service in the stroke field.

Howard’s career in public health and medicine spans more than 40 years, with more than 20 years at UAB. He has published 21 book chapters, 565 articles and eight letters in an array of biomedical areas, with emphasis on biostatistics and epidemiol- mendation. Other factors were an analysis that weighs criteria identified as the most important to women for patient satisfaction, including early elective delivery rates, having a Level III/IV NICU, and having infection and surgical complication scores that were ranked below the weighted national average for patient safety. EAMC is recognized for ranking in the top 10 percent for obstetrics care. ogy methods, stroke, chronic disease epidemiology, and neurological diseases. He is the principal investigator for the UAB REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study, or REGARDS, a national study that examines why more African Americans die from strokes than other races, and why people in the Southeast develop more strokes. The study has received nearly $100 million in funding from the NIH since it began in 2003.

By offering a full range of diagnostic and specialty services for patients with injuries or conditions of the muscles, bones, or joints, EAMC earned recognition as one of the Best Hospitals for Orthopedics. Apart from being a comprehensive facility, EAMC has high patient recommendation and recovery ratings, and low adverse surgical event scores. For orthopedics, EAMC ranks in the top seven percent of hospitals in the nation.