Tag: rural health
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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...
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Nine hospitals in Kentucky get maximum Medicare penalty for readmissions; they blame socioeconomic factors
Article updated 10/20/2014 Nine hospitals in Kentucky, eight of them in Appalachia, have been hit with the highest penalty possible by Medicare for high rates of patient readmission. This is...
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2014 Kentucky Rural Health Day observance includes a photography contest; submissions are due by Nov. 7
Part of the 2014 Kentucky Rural Health Day celebration this year is the “Bridges to Rural Health” Photo Contest. Participants are asked to submit photos that express this year’s theme,...
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Ky. Rural Health Assn. gives UK’s James Norton the Dan Martin Award for Lifetime Contributions to Rural Health
James Norton of the University of Kentucky is this year’s recipient of the Dan Martin Award for Lifelong Contributions to Rural Health, which honors a health care professional who has...
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Free-standing emergency departments could be the solution to keeping hospital services in rural areas
The tribulations of rural hospitals in Georgia, and the response, could signal a new direction for saving such facilities. Four rural hospitals in Georgia “have closed in the past two...
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Edelen says rural hospitals are top issue for rural U.S. and rural Kentucky; says some pols in state want to give up on rural Ky.
By Molly Burchett and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – State Auditor Adam Edelen has finished his series of town-hall meetings across the state to get a...
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Public hearing to be held in Bowling Green Sept .19 to discuss fiscal health of Kentucky’s rural hospitals
On Sept. 19 in Bowling Green, state Auditor of Public Accounts Adam Edelen will hold the last of 11 public hearings, which have been held across Kentucky this summer, to...
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Depression should not be a taboo subject; rural Kentucky news editor details writes about her victory over it
By Tim Mandell Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Depression is a subject people often shy away from discussing, but a large percentage of Americans suffer from, or have...
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Doctors of osteopathy are an increasing answer to the doctor shortage, as more osteopathic medical schools open
Doctors of osteopathy could be part of the solution to Kentucky’s well-documented primary care doctor shortage, Laurel Black reports for The Paducah Sun. “The American Association of Medical Colleges predicts that...