Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Broad symposium on rural-health issues to be held at UK Aug. 26
Health-care practitioners and people interested in rural health policy are invited to attend a wide-ranging symposium on rural health issues Friday, Aug. 26, at the University of Kentucky. UK’s Rural and...
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CJ visits Illinois abortion clinic; Bristol clinic closer to much of Ky.
Supporters post signs at the Tennessee Clinic, above, and the new Virginia clinic. (Photo by Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News) —– With almost all abortions illegal in Kentucky, at least for...
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As overdoses among Blacks in Kentucky more than double, UK researchers explore their relations with drug-treatment providers
Danielle Stevens-Watkins (UK photo by Mark Cornelison) —– By Amanda Nelson University of Kentucky Black adults share about their experiences in drug treatment in a new University of Kentucky study published in the Journal...
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UK HealthCare and St. Elizabeth Edgewood-Covington Hospitals tie for best Ky. hospitals in U.S. News & World Report rankings
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six Kentucky hospitals have been named among the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report magazine. The No. 1...
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Loved ones say actor killed himself after losing all in flood, showing need for mental-health services for region’s homeless
Tony Calhoun (Showhouse Productions) —– A Kentucky actor and screenwriter killed himself after losing everything he owned in last month’s flash floods, his fiancée said, and “His friends and family hope the incident...
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UK health workers in flooded areas work to provide care
A mobile dental unit donated by Ronald McDonald House was converted to a basic-care unit for wound care and vaccinations. (UK photo by Hilary Brown) —– By Hillary Smith University of...
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Ky. has a nursing shortage; SOAR issues a plan to address the issue in the east, where health care is the main employer
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospital staffing shortages continue across the state, and are so dire in Eastern Kentucky that Shaping Our Appalachian Region, an organization dedicated to revitalizing and...
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Deadline is nearing for nominations for the Dan Martin Award for lifetime contributions to rural health in Kentucky
Since 2003, the Kentucky Rural Health Association has presented an individual with an award for lifetime contributions to rural health in Kentucky. The award is named for its first recipient, Dr. Dan...
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Feds will raise nursing-home payments, not cut them as planned
Nursing homes will get a big increase in payments from Medicare payments instead of the cut that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services originally planned. “In April, CMS proposed cutting Medicare Part A...
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Eastern Kentucky health-care workers and patients face more threats: heat, mold, mental-health and substance-abuse issues
Dr. Van Breeding (Photo: Ryan C. Hermens, Herald-Leader) —– The rescues and initial cleanup are over, but health-care workers in areas of Eastern Kentucky that were hit by flooding now face...