Day: January 17, 2011
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Health reform will be difficult to implement, as faceoff between insurers and state official showed
Huffington Post contributor Don McNay, right, of Richmond, writes that states will adopt health-care reform “kicking and screaming,” as shown by the Kentucky insurance commissioner’s recent face-off with insurance companies over children’s...
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Kentucky doctors’ offices are the least digitized in the country; increase expected nationwide
Kentucky has the lowest percentage of doctors’ offices who have adopted electronic health record systems, says a survey released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology....
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Private information of Owensboro-area patients found on Web
The private information of thousands of people who visited the Green River District Health Department has been mistakenly available for perusal online since October. Owensboro’s Messenger-Inquirer found 9,986 names and...
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Health advocacy organizations reluctant to acknowledge grant money from drug companies, study finds
A study by the American Journal of Public Health shows not-for-profit groups like the American Diabetes Association get grant money from drug companies but don’t necessarily acknowledge it. Marian Wang...
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State legislator wants to mandate drug testing for recipients of Medicaid, food stamps and other entitlements
A Republican legislator wants to make recipients of government entitlement programs, including Medicaid, take random drug tests in order to keep getting help. House Bill 208, which proposes the drug screening,...