USA Health Freestanding Emergency Department

01/22/2025

UPDATE (1/23): Due to current road conditions, some USA Health physician clinics will be closed today, Thursday, Jan. 23, while some will open. If your appointment is impacted, your provider’s office will reach out to you directly to reschedule or provide further instructions.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact your provider’s office. We appreciate your understanding and patience.

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ORIGINAL POST: For the safety of our patients, employees and volunteers, all USA Health physician offices and clinics, including the Mitchell Cancer Institute locations in Mobile and Baldwin counties, will remain closed until noon Thursday, Jan. 23, due to dangerous road conditions. For any questions regarding your scheduled appointments or procedures, please reach out to your provider’s office.

USA Health acute care facilities, including University Hospital, Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Providence Hospital and our Freestanding Emergency Department on Hillcrest Road will remain open.

Elective procedures and diagnostic tests will be delayed until noon Thursday, Jan. 23.
Please note hospital visitation may be limited during severe weather events.

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01/22/2025

When the forecast calls for six inches of snow in a city that sees a few flakes every decade, you have to document the accumulation! As USA Health essential employees followed our emergency operations plan, they also took a few moments to step outside to record the historic snowfall. We are grateful to our dedicated multidisciplinary teams who continue to serve the healthcare needs of our patients, their families, and caregivers.

01/21/2025

UPDATE (1/22): For the safety of our patients, employees and volunteers, all USA Health physician offices and clinics, including the Mitchell Cancer Institute locations in Mobile and Baldwin counties, will remain closed until noon Thursday, Jan. 23, due to dangerous road conditions. For any questions regarding your scheduled appointments or procedures, please reach out to your provider’s office.

USA Health acute care facilities, including University Hospital, Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Providence Hospital and our Freestanding Emergency Department on Hillcrest Road will remain open.

Elective procedures and diagnostic tests will be delayed until noon Thursday, Jan. 23.
Please note hospital visitation may be limited during severe weather events.

Follow our social media pages for additional updates.

ORIGINAL POST:

For the safety of our patients, employees and volunteers, all USA Health physician offices and clinics, including the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute locations in Mobile and Baldwin counties, will remain closed on Wednesday, Jan. 22, due to dangerous road conditions.

USA Health acute care facilities, including University Hospital, Children's & Women's Hospital, Providence Hospital and our Freestanding Emergency Department on Hillcrest Road will remain open. All elective procedures and diagnostic tests previously scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 22 will be rescheduled. Please note hospital visitation may be limited during severe weather events.

Follow our social media pages for additional updates.

01/20/2025

UPDATE (1/22): For the safety of our patients, employees and volunteers, all USA Health physician offices and clinics, including the Mitchell Cancer Institute locations in Mobile and Baldwin counties, will remain closed until noon Thursday, Jan. 23, due to dangerous road conditions. For any questions regarding your scheduled appointments or procedures, please reach out to your provider’s office.

USA Health acute care facilities, including University Hospital, Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Providence Hospital and our Freestanding Emergency Department on Hillcrest Road will remain open.

Elective procedures and diagnostic tests will be delayed until noon Thursday, Jan. 23.
Please note hospital visitation may be limited during severe weather events.

UPDATE (1/21): All USA Health physician offices and clinics, including the Mitchell Cancer Institute locations in Mobile and Baldwin counties, will remain closed on Wednesday, Jan. 22, due to dangerous road conditions.

ORIGINAL POST:
For the safety of our patients, employees and volunteers, all USA Health physician offices and clinics, including the Mitchell Cancer Institute locations in Mobile and Baldwin counties, will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 21, and Wednesday morning, Jan. 22, because of the threat of severe winter weather and dangerous road conditions.

USA Health acute care facilities, including University Hospital, Children's & Women's Hospital, Providence Hospital and our Freestanding Emergency Department on Hillcrest Road will remain open. All elective procedures have been canceled for Tuesday. Please note hospital visitation may be limited during severe weather events.

Follow our social media pages for additional updates.

11/07/2024

USA Health recognized its amazing group of sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) during Forensic Nurses Week. Sexual violence continues to be a major health crisis across the nation that knows no boundaries, with 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men experiencing sexual assault in their lifetime.

This specially trained team of nurses provide the most up-to-date, trauma-informed healthcare, and evidence collection to the community 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Adult patients (those 19 years old and older) can go to the USA Health Freestanding Emergency Department, 181 Hillcrest Road in Mobile, and pediatric patients (those under 18 years old) can come to USA Health Children's & Women's Hospital for forensic care. If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, please contact Lifelines R**e Crisis Center at 251-473-7273 for 24/7 crisis intervention.

10/02/2024

The USA Foundation announced Gwenn Moring, a medical assistant at the Freestanding Emergency Department (FED) Imaging Center, as the winner of the 2024 Frank Greiner, M.D. Award for Excellence in Radiology. https://www.usahealthsystem.com/news/usa-foundation-announces-radiology-award-recipient

04/16/2024

02/07/2024

Calling all providers who care for critically injured patients! Make plans to attend the Gulf Coast Trauma Symposium March 20-21 in Biloxi, where you'll learn the latest evidence-based concepts and techniques of resuscitation, diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic intervention from scientific and humanistic perspectives. In addition, there will be an ABLS course offered on March 22. Register for the event and reserve your stay now. https://usahealth.mobi/3unadyQ

01/17/2024

LifeSouth will host a blood drive at the USA Health Freestanding Emergency Department at 181 Hillcrest Drive on Monday, Jan. 29, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donors will receive a $20 e-gift card, as well as a LifeSouth beanie. Schedule your appointment online. https://donors.lifesouth.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/815920

03/03/2023

The University of South Alabama’s HEART Project (Health, Empowerment and Recovery from Trauma) has partnered with the USA Health Freestanding Emergency Department to provide forensic medical exams and other support services for sexual assault survivors. https://www.usahealthsystem.com/news/fed-heart-partnership

11/29/2022

USA Health has received approval to build a 28,000-square-foot, multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center in west Mobile. The state’s Certificate of Need Review Board voted unanimously to approve the center, which will be located at USA Health's West Mobile Campus on Hillcrest Road.

A new 28,000-square-foot multi-specialty ambulatory center is coming to west Mobile.

11/04/2022