Tag: hospitals
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Consumer Reports releases annual hospital-acquired infection report; some Ky. hospitals have work to do; state to get data
A new study from Consumer Reports has analyzed hospital-acquired infection data for thousands of hospitals across the U.S. and rated them on how well they prevented these infections. Not all...
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Baptist Health Lexington is Ky.’s best hospital in U.S. News and World Report hospital rankings for second year in a row
For the second consecutive year, Baptist Health Lexington is recognized as Kentucky’s best hospital by U.S. News & World Report. It was also recognized as a nationally ranked hospital for...
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More dental patients using ERs, showing lack of dental coverage, shortage of dentists and the stepchild status of oral health
More patients are going to hospital emergency rooms for dental care, illustrating how oral health remains the stepchild of the health system despite health-care reform. “An analysis of the most...
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Half again as many Kentucky newborns were hospitalized for drug dependency last year as the year before
Mother Samantha Adams and her newborn Leopoldo Bautista,10 days old, spend quality time inside the Louisville NortonHealthcare child care center for children experiencing drugwithdrawal. (Photo by Alton Strupp, The Courier-Journal) Increasing...
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Dr. Steven J. Stack of Lexington is sworn in as 170th president of the American Medical Association
Dr. Steven J. Stack, an emergency physician practicing in Lexington, was sworn in as the 170th president of the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest physician organization. Dr. Steven J....
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Bluegrass Family Health changes name to Baptist Health Plan
Bluegrass Family Health, the insurance arm of Baptist Health, is changing its name to Baptist Health Plan. This change will make the Lexington-based health insurance carrier, which has offered insurance...
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Lexington Herald-Leader says Kentucky Hospital Association report on members’ finances damages the group’s credibility
The Kentucky Hospital Association‘s recent “Code Blue” report on its members’ finances is a symptom of “financial hypochondria,” the Lexington Herald-Leader said in a long editorial Sunday. It said the...
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Kentucky hospitals say they’re losing money on Obamacare, as cost of treating new Medicaid patients exceeds reimbursements
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky hospitals are struggling financially because of the billions of dollars in cuts caused by the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
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Federal agency offers a consumer-friendly website that ranks patients’ experiences in your local hospitals
Consumers now have access to a website that ranks 3,500 hospitals around the country on patients’ experiences to help them choose a hospital and better understand the quality of care...
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Fate of rural hospitals rests in the hands of community members, writes publisher of weekly Crittenden Press in Marion
Just like country grocery stores in rural areas often have to close because community members drive past them to chain stores to save a few cents, rural hospitals will also...