Tag: health care
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Madisonville program aims to develop home-grown doctors
Photo from overseastraineddoctors.com Rural areas are too often underserved by the medical community, but a Madisonville program targeting high-school seniors as prospective health-care providers is helping change that. There are...
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Kentucky’s life expectancy, a basic measure of health status, is 76; it fluctuates as many as 9 years from county to county
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News A life lived in Kentucky is expected to vary up to nine years in length depending on the county in which it’s spent. Life...
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Feds strengthen anti-discrimination health rules
Photo from mdxipe.wordpress.com By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The Department of Health and Human Services issued rules Friday in an effort to ensure equality in health care for women,...
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Health Watch USA to hold major conference on health-care transparency and patient safety Friday, Nov. 13 in Lexington
Health Watch USA will hold its annual conference, “Healthcare Transparency & Patient Safety,” Nov. 13 at the Four-Points Sheraton in Lexington, Kentucky. The Somerset-based organization tries to promote health care...
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Issues between managed care companies and Kentucky Medicaid providers still mar the state’s implementation of the program
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News For many health care providers in the state, implementation of Kentucky’s Medicaid Managed Care system has been taxing, but Cabinet for Health and Family...
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Baptist Health is first stand-alone health provider to become founding partner of Shaping our Appalachian Region effort
Baptist Health has become the first stand-alone health-care provider to sign on as a founding partner in Shaping Our Appalachian Region, an initiative to improve the economy of Eastern Kentucky....
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Health reform law drives a trend to include lifestyle changes in a patient’s health care plan, alongside traditional medicine
Lifestyle changes can play a huge role in treating and warding off many health conditions and thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act there is now a shift...
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Midwest pollen count indicates that seasonal allergies are expected to be worse than usual this year
Seasonal allergy sufferers beware. Allergy season is officially here and is predicted to be worse than usual, says a news release from Chicago’s Loyola University Health System. image from healthguru.com After weeks of...
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Conference focuses attention on importance of patient- and family-centered care, health education, communication
Health education, communicating with physicians, and patient- and family-centered care that empowers patients to be their own best health advocates, were some of the topics discussed at the Health Watch...
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The price for health care could be right, if it’s known
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News People often shop around and compare prices when making a large purchase, and some consumer advocates, employers and health plans are pushing for price...