Some candid honesty: To hell with doctors and nurses and their concerns about horrible health IT. That seems the international standa...
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UK health IT 'glitch': Hundreds of thousands of patients have potentially been given an incorrect cardiovascular risk estimation after a major IT system errorHealthy Care Renewal
This in the UK. What is euphemistically referred to as an " IT system error " is, in reality, the mass delivery of a grossly def...
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Murder, Canadian Style: Nanaimo doctors say electronic health record system unsafe, should be shut down, non-medical PR hacks say it's perfectly safeHealthy Care Renewal
Some candid honesty: F*ck doctors and nurses and their concerns about horrible health IT. That seems the international standard in 20...
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State Medicaid boss says program won't charge premiums but may have fewer benefits; Bevin's office says all is still on the tableHealthy Care
The state's revised Medicaid program won't require any beneficiaries to pay premiums, but it may offer fewer benefits, Medicaid Comm...
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Clark County schools to provide mental health services via contract with agency that can bill Medicaid or private insuranceHealthy Care
Facing a surge in behavioral health cases among students, the Clark County Board of Education has contracted with a mental-health agency se...
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Pediatricians' national group calls for at least one nurse in every school; Ky.'s schools have a long way to go to meet that goalHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky's high schools fall far short of new recommendations by the American Academy of Pedi...
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...use your voteHealthy Research
It was great to stand side by side with people affected by homelessness in the House of Parliament on Tuesday as part of the ongoing colla...
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Study says if Ky. cut its smoking rate to the national average, it could save $1.7 billion in health-care costs the very next year Healthy Care
Illustration from University of California-San Francisco By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If Kentucky could cut its smo...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky seeks nominations for seats on its board of directors and Community Advisory CommitteeHealthy Care
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is seeking nominations for two seats on its board of directors and three seats on its Community Advis...
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Are You Ready for Some (Political) Football? - the NFL, Concussion Research, the NIH, and the Revolving DoorHealthy Care Renewal
Probably because it involved the favorite American sport, the controversy about the risk of concussions to professional National Football Le...
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Woman stuck by needle faces up to one year of testing for HIV and hepatitis; dirty needles becoming common in public placesHealthy Care
A Monroe County woman was stuck by an insulin needle found in a pair of sweatpants she purchased at the Walmart in Tompkinsville and now ...
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Health-insurance companies ask state for rate increases averaging 22 percent for policies to be sold on exchangeHealthy Care
Department of Insurance website Health-insurance companies are seeking rate increases averaging 22.3 percent in 2017 for individ...
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Kentucky is the only truly Appalachian state to have put a brake on fatal overdoses from narcoticsHealthy Care
Kentucky is the only truly Appalachian state to have put a brake on fatal drug overdoses, report Rich Lord and Adam Smeltz of the Pittsbur...
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Bevin says he will transform programs for kids with special health needs constructively and in a 'forward-thinking way'Healthy Care
Gov. Matt Bevin told stakeholders for children and youth with special health-care needs May 25 that his administration is “committed to tra...
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