Tag: hospitals
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Jury awards Corbin man $21.2 million for unnecessary heart surgeries at London hospital
Lexington Herald-Leader photo A jury said Wednesday that St. Joseph Health System and its parent firm should pay a Corbin milk-truck driver $21.2 million in damages for unnecessary surgeries on...
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Ratings of hospitals may contradict their advertising, prompt low scorers to improve, health-care journalist says
Hospital rankings have been making news. Most recently, U.S. News and World Report ranked more than 5,000 U.S. hospitals and most in Kentucky. But the bigger news were the Centers...
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U.S. News and World Report rankings include five Kentucky hospitals; UK ranked No.1, followed by Baptist Health Louisville
U.S. News and World Report‘s annual Best Hospitals Rankings have five of Kentucky hospitals meeting the “high U.S. News standards” and ranked regionally. UK Albert B.Chandler Hospital Those hospitals were,...
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Feds issue ratings on 3,662 hospitals, 82 in Ky.; none get top rank, 16 get second rank; industry says ratings oversimplify
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday released its Overall Hospital Star Ratings, just two days after two U.S. House members introduced a...
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Region served by Lexington hospitals ranks low in health but beats expectations in lowering rates of uninsured
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The region served by Lexington hospitals, most of the eastern half of Kentucky, has the worst health ranking of any such area in the...
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Area served by Paducah hospitals was among nation’s most improved health regions from 2011 to 2014, data indicate
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Paducah hospitals is among the nation’s most improved in the last few years, according to data compiled...
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Owensboro health-care region ranks as healthiest of five such regions with their major hospitals in Kentucky
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Owensboro hospitals is the best of any hospital referral region based in Kentucky. So says data compiled...
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Region served by Louisville hospitals gets slightly higher health ranking but remains among poor performers
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Louisville hospitals appears to have increased slightly over the past few years but remains well below average....
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Northern Kentucky hospital region’s health ranking remains below national average and Cincinnati’s
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Covington hospitals remained below the national average in 2014. So says data compiled by The Commonwealth Fund, a foundation that...
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State inspection says poor nursing at University of Louisville Hospital endangered three patients out of 24 cases reviewed
A state inspection of the University of Louisville Hospital has found that shortcomings in nursing endangered three patients. “A dozen nurses and doctors also told state inspectors that nursing and...