By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State and federal measurements of Covid-19 in Kentucky continue to improve each week, but Kentuck...
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988 suicide-and-crisis lifeline is free and available to anyone in crisis; calls have increased 23% since launch 9 months agoHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky calls to 988, the short, easy-to-remember crisis hotline for mental health, have increa...
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UK HealthCare planning major expansions at Lexington locationsHealthy Care
The Albert B. Chandler Hospital opened the first patient rooms in its two bed towers in 2011; it is about to complete the last of the ...
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UK medical school and recently added regional campuses will graduate largest class ever, with 42% staying in Ky. for residencyHealthy Care
Students in this year's graduating class of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine at Lexington celebrated Match Day in Ma...
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First round of grants from settlements with opioid makers and distributors, over $8 million, go to 24 organizations Healthy Care
Operation UNITE was one of 24 organizations to get a grant from the first round of opioid settlement money. It got $1 million to be us...
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Lowe vs. Cerner: Large EHR company deep in lawsuit hell, and U.S. District Judge in Virginia who found in their favor overruled. If only they had read the Healthcare Renewal Blog ...Healthy Care Renewal
I have not written posts on this blog for a while now, in part due to being busy with EHR-related litigation work, and in part due to person...
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It's bad enough EHRs cause clinician burnout. It's even worse they are being used by hospitals and defense lawyers to bury mistakes through discovery fraud and information blocking.Healthy Care Renewal
This exchange I had with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) at HHS should be of interest. It comes from my now-12-pl...
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UK study finds children who were exposed to opioids before birth are more likely to develop chronic diseases when they grow upHealthy Care
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky What happens to the cardiovascular health of babies exposed to opioids in the womb? A new stud...
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Beshear administration issues regulations to maintain expansion of Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits legislature nixedHealthy Care
Family Health Centers in Louisville serves many Medicaid patients. (FHC Louisville website photo) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky H...
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Experts look back at the pandemic and issue a report saying the nation's public-health system was not equipped to deal with itHealthy Care
By Krista Mahr and Daniel Payne Politico Pulse As the Covid-19 public health emergency enters its final weeks, Washington is still grippe...
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Beshear administration issues regulations to maintain expansion of Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits legislature nixedHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has again proposed regulations to expand dental, vision and hearing benefits for...
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Threats to Democracy Round UpHealthy Care Renewal
Influence of hostile foreign powers[Like the late 1930s or peak of the cold war] Russian spy network operating in North Sea- spy ships disg...
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Introducting the Threats to Democracy RoundupsHealthy Care Renewal
We started Health Care Renewal in 2004 to address the worsening dysfunction in health care, primarily in the US. We were aboutAddressing t...
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Kentucky's Covid-19 death rate lower than U.S. average when adjusted for health conditions and average ages in the states Healthy Care
Rates before (L) and after (R) adjustment for conditions; click image to enlarge By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Now that...
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Ky. Psychological Association to offer program for news media about strategies for coping when covering traumatic eventsHealthy Care
Mind Ecology graphic In the wake of the mass shooting in Louisville on April 10, the Kentucky Lantern has worked with the Kent...
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Covid-19 levels stay low; memorial expected to be finished soon; FDA approves new booster, gives new guidance on vaccinationHealthy Care
Artist's conception of memorial to be on Capitol grounds By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state and federal Cov...
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Long Covid is keeping many Americans from returning to workHealthy Care
Medscape graphic About 16 million Americans have long Covid-19 and four million of them say this has significantly reduced their ...
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'Addiction and the media: Stigmatizing language and best practices' virtual meeting to be held May 17, registration requiredHealthy Care
National Institute on Drug Abuse i mage The HEALing Communities Study Learning Collaborative at the University of Kentucky ...
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2023 Healthy Kentucky Champion nominations are due May 1Healthy Care
The deadline to nominate someone for a 2023 Healthy Kentucky Champion award is Monday, May 1. The award, sponsored by the Foundation for...
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Sneezing? Sniffling? Climate change means allergy season lasts a month longer than it did in 1990 and has more pollenHealthy Care
Medical News Today photo By Laurel Swanz Kentucky Health News With allergy season in full swing in Kentucky, those suffering f...
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Social media hype new weight-loss drugsHealthy Care
By Darius Tahir and Hannah Norman KFF Health News Suzette Zuena is her own best advertisement for weight loss. Zuena, the “founder/visi...
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