Tag: hospitals
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FactCheck.org finds little support for Sen. Rand Paul’s claim that Medicaid expansion will ‘bankrupt’ Kentucky hospitals
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said on ABC‘s “This Week” Sunday, Nov. 3 that the federal health-reform law may “bankrupt” rural Kentucky hospitals “by overwhelming them with Medicaid patients.” However, health-care...
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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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New CEO of Owensboro Health says hospitals are working to improve care, regardless of federal health reform
Philip Patterson, the new CEO of the Owensboro Health, says hospitals are moving towards health reform regardless of what happens with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Patterson is coming...
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Beshear says his managed-care plan is saving money and improving health outcomes; state points finger at hospitals
Six months ago, Gov. Steve Beshear applied an intensive plan to solve Medicaid managed-care implementation issues. On Thursday, he said the system is working more effectively for both providers and...
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Lexington TV reporter was moved to donate a kidney to a still-unknown stranger and hopes her story will encourage others
Lexington television reporter Leigh Searcy donated one of her kidneys to an unknown stranger and explained it to her 5-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son this way: “It’s like having two...
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Adair County residents will get an extra tax bill as trustees of bankrupt hospital vote to levy a tax to pay its debts
Facing a $20 million debt and in bankruptcy, the Adair County Hospital District trustees voted unanimously Oct. 4 to impose a 10 cents-per-$100 value property tax, effective immediately. In August,...
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New type of artificial knee, designed for individual patients, is being implanted at St. Joseph East in Lexington
Saint Joseph East hospital in Lexington is Kentucky’s first hospital to offer a customized total knee replacement system in which each the knee implant is made to match the individual...
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KentuckyOne Health to start around-the-clock online or phone access to health-care providers for $35 a visit on Nov. 1
Hospital group KentuckyOne Health says it will launch a program on Nov. 1 that will let Kentuckians get urgent care at any time by consulting with a medical professional over...
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Ashland hospital lays off another 4 percent, citing lower revenue
King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland is laying off another 4 percent of its payroll and closing satellite centers in Pikeville and Russell, citing lower numbers of patients and reduced...