Day: January 21, 2011
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Hybrid operating room, with both surgery and imaging, part of UK Chandler Hospital’s $800 million expansion
A distinguishing feature of the $800 million expansion to the University of Kentucky‘s Chandler Hospital will be a hybrid operating room. The 1,000-square-foot room, with a price tag of $3.2...
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As expected, Beshear asks legislature to move $100 million from next year’s Medicaid budget to make up this year’s shortfall
Gov. Steve Beshear, left, is urging the legislature to pass legislation that would rectify a $100 million shortfall in the 2011 Medicaid budget. If it doesn’t, Beshear said payments for...
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Kentucky gets an ‘F’ for how it handles food-borne illnesses
Kentucky is one of 13 states to receive an “F” for the way it handles food-borne illnesses, the Lexington Herald-Leader‘s Mary Meehan reports. The Center for Science in the Public...
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Kentucky one of six states to join Cervical Cancer-Free America
Kentucky is one of six states that has joined the Cervical Cancer-Free America initiative, led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The announcement was made today as...
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Retail medical clinics are faster and cheaper, but they can cause problems for patient care, doctors say
Medical clinics located in retail establishments such as Walgreens and Walmart are becoming increasingly popular, The Courier-Journal’s Laura Ungar reports. Researching and consulting firm Merchant Medicine lists 40 retail clinics...
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Essay contest for grad/undergrad students, topic: ‘Obamacare’
KaiserEdu.org is hosting its annual essay contest, with this year’s essay topic President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which the U.S. House voted yesterday to repeal. The competition...