Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Ashland hospital says surge in covid-19 cases has it full; feds allow indoor visitation at nursing homes without recent cases
King’s Daughters Hospital has 465 beds, making it one of Kentucky’s largest hospitals. —— By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As a smaller share of Kentuckians tested positive for the...
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Kentucky hospitals say pandemic has cost them $1.34 billion, net
By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Kentucky hospitals say they have had collective financial losses of $1.34 billion due to the covid-19 pandemic, with the biggest hit from elective procedures...
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Baptist Health Corbin gets $1 million grant to help fight substance abuse by pregnant women and youth in Whitley, Knox counties
Baptist Health Corbin has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to fight opioid and substance abuse, mainly among pregnant women, in Whitley and Knox counties. The...
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Morehead hospital says covid-19 surge came from patients who delayed treatment for other conditions; telehealth is here to stay
St. Claire Regional Hospital (Youtube photo, from The Daily Yonder) —– At the end of 2019, St. Claire Regional Healthcare System restructured its finances after finishing the fiscal year about $9 million...
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Nurse retires after 41 years at Shelbyville Hospital, says she never dreamed she’d end her career in the middle of a pandemic
Kathi Hornback (WHAS-TV image) —– Never dreaming she would work through a pandemic or retire in the middle of one, Kathi Hornback, a nurse of 41 years who has worked in...
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Feds send nursing homes quick-test kits, but with rules that deter their use; so do other factors, chief nursing-home lobbyist says
Betsy Johnson —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Testing is one of the few tools nursing homes have to keep the novel coronavirus out of their facilities, and the...
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8 nursing homes have had 1/3 of Ky. covid-19 deaths; one thing they had in common was having relatively few registered nurses
Stanford Care and Rehabilitation reported only 23 minutes of registered-nurse care per patient day in the last quarter of 2019. It’s had many deficiencies, and 18 of its residents have died...
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Dale Toney is new president of Kentucky Medical Association
Dale Toney, M.D. —– Dr. Dale Toney, a Lexington internist, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association. He was elected last weekend at the organization’s annual meeting, which was held...
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Baptist Health completes purchase of E’town hospital, which it has managed for 20+ years; changes name to Baptist Health Hardin
Baptist Health, which has managed Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown for more than 20 years, has completed a long-delayed purchase of the 300-bed facility and given it a new name: Baptist...
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Almost half of Kentucky’s counties are in federal report’s danger zones, reflected in the state’s slowly rising daily virus case count
Table from White House Coronavirus Task Force report; for a larger image, click on it. —– By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News Fifty-nine of Kentucky’s 120 counties are in danger zones...