Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Defenders of small, rural hospitals take issue with study that found poor patient outcomes
A recent study that concluded small, rural “critical access hospitals” have poorer patient outcomes and lower quality of care is making waves in the medical community. A federally funded monitoring...
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All students at many Kentucky schools will get free lunches, regardless of household income
All students in as many as 102 of Kentucky’s 174 school districts will get a free lunch every day starting next month. Kentucky is one of three states to be...
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Small, rural hospitals with ‘critical access’ designation have poorer patient outcomes and lower quality of care, study finds
A study has found that small, rural hospitals with the “critical access” designation have poorer patient outcomes and lower quality of care. The analysis, performed by researchers at the Harvard...
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Overweight people tend to cluster with those who are likewise
The adage “birds of a feather flock together” seems to apply when it comes to the obesity, with a study concluding that overweight people tend to befriend others who are overweight....
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Kentucky 6th in obesity; state rate rises for 2nd consecutive year
“It’s official: Kentucky is a mecca for blubber,” The Courier-Journal‘s Darla Carter reports. The state has the sixth highest rate of obese adults, is one of just six states whose...
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Louisville’s University Hospital limits care for non-local patients
University Hospital in Louisville has been forced to stop providing some free or deeply discounted care to patients who live outside Jefferson County. The number of low-income patients coming to...
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Medicaid matters, and makes people healthier, study finds, contradicting argument that it’s worse than no coverage
Though the overhaul of Kentucky’s Medicaid program has its critics and could potentially be confusing to patients, the program itself is very important, acording to a new study. It found...
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State awards Medicaid managed-care contracts to 4 firms, including Passport; networks to be established by Oct. 1
In an effort to save $1 billion in the next three years, and fill a hole in the current state budget, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday that Kentucky’s Medicaid program...
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Webinar next week will spotlight county-by-county health data
How can you find by-county health statistics and other other key health resources? That will be the focus of a July 13 webinar, hosted by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The free webinar,...
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UK prof receives Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians award
Dr. Samuel Matheny has received the 2011 Distinguished Service Award from the Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians. “It is his peers recognizing him for some of his unselfish activities, particularly...