Day: January 5, 2011
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Bill would require background checks for all nursing home staff
A bill filed Tuesday would require that all nursing home staff, not just employees in direct contact with residents, be subject to background checks. State Sen. Tom Buford, R-Nicholasville, right,...
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Kentucky is one of 11 states with federal incentives for using electronic records in Medicaid
Medicare is now offering incentives to hospitals and eligible health-care professionals for the use of electronic health records, but Medicaid is doing so in only 11 states. Kentucky is one...
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As renowned minister fights two tough diseases, journalist chronicles his journey
A well-known Kentucky pastor is nearing the end of his battle with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Laura Ungar, health writer for The Courier-Journal, has been chronicling Charles Music’s fight since 2005....
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Republican lawmaker, a nurse and former hospital boss, offers bills to help children’s health, gets criticism from tea-party types
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News A Republican legislator from Northern Kentucky is proposing several bills that she says would improve children’s health, defending herself from criticism by conservative bloggers who...