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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 hospit...

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...

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 larg...

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 f...

As Edelen begins hearings on rural hospitals' finances, state gives figures on Medicaid expansion and reimbursement

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The expansion of the federal-state Medicaid program funneled $284 million to Kentucky health-care providers...