Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
-
Neurosurgeon in a county at high risk from the coronavirus gets local paper to share the facts about the virus and the vaccines
Dr. Amr El-Naggar —– In a big Kentucky county with a low coronavirus vaccination rate, a critical infection rate and Covid-19 patients filling its intensive-care beds, a doctor reached out...
-
UK HealthCare again best Ky. hospital in U.S. News & World Report rankings; Baptist Health has two of top six in the state
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. They are, in...
-
130 Ky. rural health clinics, more than any state but Texas, will get $6.38 million to increase confidence in coronavirus vaccines
The federal government is sending $198 million to more than 1,980 rural health clinics for outreach efforts to increase locals’ confidence in the safety of coronavirus vaccines, and Kentucky is getting more...
-
Closed hospitals in Ky. border counties in Va. and W.Va. are reopening, one as part of a chain, one bought by a local clinic
Its old slogan: “Your Friends on the Hill.” (HD Media photo) —– “Rural hospitals must leverage the full resources of their communities in order to survive.” That’s the “most critical” lesson...
-
National settlement would bring Kentucky and its local governments $460 million over 18 years to fight opioid epidemic
Opioid tablets (Getty Images photo) —– Kentucky’s Daniel Cameron and other state attorneys general announced Wednesday a tentative settlement with the nation’s three top drug distributors and drug maker Johnson & Johnson for their...
-
UK and other Ky. partners get grant to expand and coordinate prevention of stroke, which kills over 2,000 in state each year
Larry Goldstein, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAHA —– The University of Kentucky, the state Department for Public Health, the University of Louisville and other state partners have been awarded a prestigious grant to expand and...
-
Group supports women of color seeking advanced health degrees
By Jenny Wells-Golden University of Kentucky Tyona Golden and Johnnetta Burns came to the University of Kentucky as freshmen in 2013. As two longtime friends from the South Side of Chicago, they...
-
Baptist to share Madisonville hospital with Deaconess, which now also has hospitals in Henderson and Morganfield
Baptist Health Madisonville —– Starting Sept. 1, the hospital in Madisonville will be jointly operated by Baptist Health, which has owned it for nine years, and Deaconess Health System Inc. of Evansville, which...
-
People in recovery, and people trying to help them, talk about it at Chamber’s annual meeting designed to help employers help, too
Keeneland cook Krystal Grimes talked about her recovery. (Photographs by Sawyer Coffey, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce) —– By Jacqueline Pitts The Bottom Line, Ky. Chamber of Commerce Kentuckians who are in...
-
Kentucky ranks low in vaccinations of nursing-home employees
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge —– Employees providing care at Kentucky nursing homes are among the least likely in...