Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Primary Care Association chief says racial injustice must end
By David Bolt CEO, Kentucky Primary Care Association I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe! That phrase is much more than the last words of a dying black man in Minneapolis....
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Beshear calls state’s covid-19 situation ‘very fragile,’ and tells the many not wearing masks in public, ‘We need you to reconsider’
State map labeled by Kentucky Health News shows Shelby County as new hotspot. Click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 234 new cases of...
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Baptist Health gets pandemic-relief money to expand telehealth
Baptist Health has received $873,982 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act to expand telehealth services at its hospitals. It can use the money for technology, software and network...
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Beshear says he will restart Kynect, the health-insurance marketplace his father launched as part of embracing Obamacare
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday that he will restart the state health-insurance exchange that his father, then-Gov. Steve Beshear, began in 2013 under the...
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As cases remain on a plateau, Beshear says virus is manageable, as long as Kentuckians follow the rules for preventing its spread
KHN chart shows two-week decline in May followed by a 10-day rise and a plateau higher than before. —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this...
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Beshear reports 203 new coronavirus cases and 7 more deaths; guidance up for pools and gatherings up to 50, allowed June 29
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After announcing 203 new...
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Norton Healthcare announces five-step plan to address health and racial inequalities in Louisville and in its own house
Norton Healthcare has announced a five-step plan to address health care and racial inequalities in its own organization and the Louisville communities it serves: Establishing the Norton Healthcare Institute for Health Equity,...
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Update on schools reiterates principles without saying what will be mandated, but Beshear and health chief urge more mask wearing
Kentucky Health News chart shows cases for last three weeks and seven-day rolling average. —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item will be updated....
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Study cites benefits of telehealth; commentary says mental telehealth services are ‘clinically equivalent to in-person care’
As people across the nation have been asked to shelter in place because of the novel coronavirus, never before has the importance of telehealth, especially for mental-health care, become more...
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Beshear says virus is at a new plateau, and he will be guided by hospital data; sets modified nursing-home visitation for July 15
The New York Times posts a running chart of trends in every county. For the whole chart, click here. —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this...