Showing posts with label hospitals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hospitals. Show all posts
New cardiovascular inpatient unit opens at UK
UK hospital's request to add 120 beds clears hearing phase; decision now before state officials
The University of Kentucky 's plan to add 120 beds to its hospital moved forward Friday as no one filed a request for a public hearing o...
U of L plans to create statewide health institute with $4 million, three-year grant from KentuckyOne Health hospital firm
The University of Louisville is creating an institute to improve Kentucky's health through research, education and advocacy of health p...
St. Joseph London, doctors and others win the first of a dozen trials over allegations of unnecessary procedures at hospital
A jury has decided for the St. Joseph London hospital, several of its doctors and other defendants in a lawsuit that accused them of conspi...
Conference focuses attention on importance of patient- and family-centered care, health education, communication
Hospitals, plagued by bad debt, ask or even require patients with high-deductible insurance plans to pay in advance
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...
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 Medic...
Free-standing emergency departments could be the solution to keeping hospital services in rural areas
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-ha...
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 ac...
Sicker patients, competition for beds and a growing number of patients create long wait times at UK emergency room
The University of Kentucky 's emergency room has the longest wait time in Kentucky and this time is also way above the national average,...
Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree
Women leading Kentucky health: State health commissioner sees 'stars aligned' for Kentucky to finally get healthier
Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation and Verizon team up to help certain patients with chronic diseases monitor their health
Medicaid expansion has dramatically reduced share of uninsured in most counties; some legislators worry about future cost
Hospitals say too many of the newly insured are using emergency rooms for primary care; state says it's working on the problem
As Edelen begins hearings on rural hospitals' finances, state gives figures on Medicaid expansion and reimbursement
Paducah Baptist and Ashland hospitals 'above average' in Consumer Reports' ratings of hospitals for heart surgery
