Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Kentucky is in need of a single, accurate system that tracks hospital-acquired infections in order to improve health care and receive state and federal funding, an op-ed piece in The Courier-Journal contends....
The state has launched an official website containing information about how Kentucky will implement the federal health care reform law, also called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The site...
State government and school employees in Kentucky have trouble seeing a psychiatrist because of Humana Inc.‘s low reimbursement rates and unrealistic requests for paperwork, an op-ed piece in the Lexington...
The White House drug czar announced today he wants to cut misuse of oxycodone and other opioid drugs by 15 percent in the next five years, and revealed his strategy...
Louisville is the second worst American city for spring allergy sufferers, based on use of allergy medicine, says the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Though the city has only...
Though three of four Kentuckians admit to talking on the phone while driving, just as many would support a law banning cell phone use while operating a vehicle, the Kentucky...
Two groups representing University of Louisville‘s faculty physicians have been deemed public agencies and are subject to open records laws, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has ruled. The groups therefore...
The number of newly diagnosed AIDS and HIV cases in Louisville is increasing even as the fear of the deadly disease wanes. The number of newly diagnosed cases in Jefferson...
Though touted as a way to improve patient care and supported by federal funding, Kentucky physicians have concerns about switching to electronic medical records. Doctors are worried about cost, lost...