Tag: rural health
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Suicide rates are rising in the U.S.; experts attribute high rate in rural Ky. to poor mental health access, stigma and ‘gun culture’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After a decade of decline, suicide is becoming more common in the United States, increasing by 24 percent from 1999 through 2014, according to the...
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Struggling Tenn. hospital takes care of Kentuckians, who get better care than Tennesseans thanks to expanded Medicaid
Jellico Community Hospital, just across the Kentucky border in Tennessee along Interstate 75, was taken over by Community Hospital Corp. last May, but that’s not a guarantee it will survive, especially since...
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Officials hope reduction in Ky. colon cancer deaths via screening can be replicated with lung cancer, in which state is No. 1
Health officials in Kentucky, especially in the eastern part of the state, hope to increase lung-cancer screenings by following a successful colon-cancer screening initiative, Jackie Judd reports for PBS NewsHour....
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More Kentucky patients are recuperating in their local, rural hospitals after surgery in an urban hospital
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Rural residents are increasingly being transferred out of big urban hospitals to recuperate in rural hospitals, many of which are struggling financially and can...
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UK medical school says it will establish satellite in Bowling Green, expand Morehead program, add Ashland hospital to it
Citing doctor shortages in rural areas, the University of Kentucky is starting a satellite medical school in Bowling Green and expanding its medical-education program in Morehead. UK will partner with Western...
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Glasgow hospital buys bankrupt one in Columbia, stops admitting patients, seeks behavioral-health unit; bad management blamed
The bankrupt Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia is now called T.J. Health Columbia, after its purchase last week by T.J. Samson Community Hospital of Glasgow. The lack of the word...
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U of L gets grant for care for seniors, Alzheimer’s and Hispanics in Barren, Hart, Metcalfe, Bullitt, Shelby and Henry counties
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging at the University of Louisville $2.55 million to create the Kentucky Rural...
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Small, rural hospitals doing more orthopedic surgeries, but their 30-day death rate is one-third higher than that of larger hospitals
Critical-access hospitals, a linchpin of health care in rural areas, are performing many more orthopedic surgeries. But the Medicare patients who get the five most common orthopedic procedures at such...
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First-year UK dental students give dental care to 388 elementary students in four counties through Seal Kentucky program
UK photo First-year University of Kentucky dental students provided basic dental care and sealants to 388 students this fall at participating elementary schools through the Seal Kentucky program, according to...
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Mt. Vernon hospital assures viability with long-term respiratory care, expanding at a time when many rural hospitals are in trouble
The scheduled expansion of Rockcastle Regional Hospital Respiratory Care Center is a prime example of how one rural hospital is evolving to not only meet the needs of its community,...