Author: amy_wilson
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More child-welfare indicators added to Kids Count data site
Kentucky Youth Advocates has added four new child welfare indicators to the agency’s Kids Count Data Center. These four new indicators provide Kentuckians and those who report on them with...
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Association of Health Care Journalists’ reporting fellowship application deadline is Nov. 9
The Association of Health Care Journalists is offering fellowships for reporting on health care performance to journalists who wish to pursue a significant year-long reporting project related to the U.S....
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CaldWELL County group campaigns for smoking ban
A committee dedicated to the wellness of Caldwell County, which makes the most of the county’s name, is pushing for a smoking ban. The CaldWELL Committee‘s internal acronym stands for Wellness Education...
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Infections, other safety issues plague hospitals, maybe more so when nursing is cut; here’s a good series on it
The Centers for Disease Control has reported that nearly 1 million patient-safety incidents, including infections that patients acquired in hospitals, occurred among Medicare patients over the years 2006, 2007, 2008....
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Medicaid managed-care firm files suit, alleging the state’s rush job resulted in unreliable financial information for bidders
Medicaid managed-care company Kentucky Spirit alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday that Gov. Steve Beshear so hurriedly privatized the service last year that he gave incorrect cost information to the...
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Wellness programs looking good as business investments
Businesses should like these numbers a lot: Invest $1, get $3 back. That’s the latest math on the return on employee wellness programs and experts are saying that may just...
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Opportunity for news stories: New federal rules mean all nonprofit hospitals must do a community health needs assessment
It’s long been the rule that nonprofit hospitals have had to provide charitable benefits to their community in order to keep their nonprofit status. That’s no small matter, given that...
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Breast cancer awareness: Testing urged, guidelines explained, misconceptions explored
Women with BRCA1 and BRCA2, the genes most commonly involved in breast cancer, have up to an 80 percent chanceof getting the disease. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Although...
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Northern Kentucky group forms in response to what some consider ‘epidemic’ of heroin use in their area
Ashel Kruetzkamp with a vial of Naloxone HCl, used to treat those who overdoseon heroin. (Photo by Patrick Reddy) Heroin use is reaching such high levels in Northern Kentucky that...
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One of Humana’s plans to get 5% more in Medicare payouts under bonus plan that rewards proof of preventive care
The Courier-Journal reports that Louisville-based Humana Inc. will get 5 percent more in Medicare payments and the highest rating for one of its health plans under a government program that...