Tag: rural health
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Tennessee churches encourage healthier living
Sulphur Wells Church of Christ in Henry County, Tennessee, a few miles away from Paris, Ky., is challenging people to eat and think healthier, Amber Hall reports for Public Radio International. Bob...
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UK gets $2.5 million for rural child poverty nutrition center
L-R: Nancy Cox, dean of UK’s College of Agriculture, Foodand Environment; Secy. Tom Vilsack; Gov. Steve Beshear. Kentucky Health News Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced at the University of Kentucky...
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Beshear says Ky. rural hospitals ‘have a positive cash flow’ but he can’t prove it; industry says it sees ‘some improvement’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear says Kentucky’s rural hospitals are profitable again, thanks to his expansion of Medicaid, but he offers little evidence...
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Health care changes are driven by more than reform law; Beshear says patients need rewards for changing their behavior
“Your doctor’s visits might get longer, you deductibles probably will be higher and you might be paying cash to be treated at a Wal-Mart near you as Kentucky adapts to...
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Researchers blame Walmart, other bulk suppliers for part of obesity epidemic
Part of the rise of obesity in America can be linked to the availability of cheap food sold in bulk from warehouse stores like Walmart, says a study released this...
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Officials of hospitals and state government to discuss future of Ky. health care at Jan. 29 ‘summit’ In Frankfort
State government and the Kentucky Hospital Association will co-host a summit for hospital CEOs, hospital board members and other elected officials and decision makers on the future of health-care delivery...
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National Rural Health Day is Thursday, Nov. 20
The Kentucky Rural Health Association will participate in National Rural Health Day, held on the third Thursday in each November, to spread awareness of rural health-related issues and promote the...
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Ernie Scott, Kentucky rural health leader, gets national award
Ernie Scott, director of the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, has received the 2014 Emerging Leader Award from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Scott received his...
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Collaboration, telemedicine save lives in rural Kentucky
Many rural women in Appalachia can now have their babies closer to home thanks to a partnership between Appalachian Regional HealthCare and UK HealthCare. UK HealthCare women’s health providers are...
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Rural Ky. hospitals make sure they are ready for Ebola
Rural hospitals in Kentucky are making sure they are prepared in the event they get a patient with the Ebola virus, Bill Estep reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. The risk of Ebola...