Tag: doctors
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Health reform should make Medicaid and Medicare more interested in preventing chronic diseases in young, expert says
Dr. Wayne Myers While some rural areas may not have enough doctors (or those who accept Medicaid patients) to treat new patients generated by federal health reform, the key to...
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Not only may you not get to keep your plan under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor; there are reasons
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their doctors, but many Americans and some Kentuckians won’t...
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Community paramedics program could help provide primary-care services, help address state’s provider shortage
Next spring, the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services could establish a community paramedics pilot program that has the potential to ease the state’s shortage pf primary-care health providers. The idea was...
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Health care’s culture doesn’t encourage doctors to report medical errors of colleagues; article says patients should come first
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Doctors are often aware of their colleagues’ medical errors, but fail to report them because of a culture that does not support or encourage...
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Prescriptions for better health care and health: empowering patients, increasing health education and collaboration
By Melissa Patrick University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The importance of empowering patients, increasing health education and collaboration were a few of the topics discussed at the...
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Speakers at conference discuss impacts and possible solutions for deadly mistakes and near misses in hospitals
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Medical mistakes made in hospitals cause 98,000 deaths per year. Or four times that many? That is the widely accepted number based on a...
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1 in 3 don’t get potentially life-saving screening for colon cancer, second leading cause of cancer death in Ky. and U.S.
Federal officials said Tuesday that although detecting colon cancer early saves lives, only about two-thirds of Americans aged 50 to 75 have undergone recommended screening. The U.S. Preventive Services Task...
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Primary care clinics added to Ky. Health Cooperative’s network
The Kentucky Primary Care Association, a nonprofit charitable organization that promotes access to comprehensive primary health care services for the under-served, has been added to the Kentucky Health Cooperative’s provider...
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Physicians say they dislike regulations on use of electronic health records, but they don’t want to go back to paper records
Doctors say use of electronic health records is one factor contributing to physician dissatisfaction because it interferes with patient care, says a new study. Surveyed physicians blame EHRs for reduced...
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Congressman visits Telehealth Primary Care Clinic in Campton
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, a freshman Republican from the Sixth District, recently visited the Telehealth Primary Care Clinic in Campton. The clinic, one of two in...