Tag: hospitals
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UK Hospital gets below average marks on patient satisfaction, infections; data on your local hospital are available online
Despite $900 million being invested in expanding the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, its patients at do not seem all that happy with the care they receive there. In an...
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Markey Cancer Center at UK says its patients have higher survival rates than those treated elsewhere in Ky. and the nation
“Patients at the University of Kentucky‘s Markey Cancer Center who have certain types of cancer have higher rates of survival than patients with the same cancers treated elsewhere in the...
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The Courier-Journal, continuing to explore Louisville hospital merger, says many more questions still need answering
The proposed merger of the University of Louisville hospital with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare and with St. Joseph Health System of Lexington, which follows the teachings of the...
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At Nov. 11 conference in Lexington, Health Watch USA will focus on health-care transparency, patient advocacy
Health-care transparency and patient advocacy will be the focus at the 2011 Health Watch USA 2011 conference Nov. 11 in Lexington. Topics will include hospital-acquired infections and the importance of...
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Baptist Hospital East would allow U of L docs to perform tubal ligations there after merger with Catholic system
Since the merger between Jewish Hospital, University Medical Center and Saint Joseph Health Systems will prevent female patients from getting their tubes tied there — because St. Joseph is owned...
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Jewish Hospital cuts 155 jobs, reflecting national trend of patients deferring treatment for economic reasons
In the face of a bad economy and people putting off health care to save money, Jewish Hospital is cutting 155 positions at its downtown Louisville facility. The move is...
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U of L physicians’ group drops open-records appeal, but C-J may still not get records
An organization representing University of Louisville doctors who were trying to keep their financial records private dropped its lawsuit appealing an adverse open-records decision Tuesday. In April, Attorney General Jack...
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Planned merger of Louisville hospitals grows more controversial; C-J devotes considerable space to it and Beshear steps in
UPDATE, July 27, 3:43 p.m.: Gov. Steve Beshear issued a statement saying “It is clear there are growing concerns within the community about issues related to the hospital’s future level...
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Louisville hospital merger could thwart some patients’ final wishes
More concerns are being raised about the merger that would put a Catholic hospital group in charge of the University of Louisville‘s hospital. First, it was the prospect that women...
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Patients in isolated rural areas have higher rates of death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease living in isolated rural areas “seem to be at greater risk” of death from COPD than those living in urban areas, even when “hospital rurality...