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Ky. Rural Health Association seeks nominations by Aug. 20 for annual award honoring health service to rural Kentuckians
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12:56 PM
The Kentucky Rural Health Association is seeking nominations for this year's recipient of the Dan Martin Award, an annual honor for an...
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Family physicians group objects to cuts to primary-care physician training programs; cites doctor shortage, which is worse in Ky.
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6:57 PM
Facing an already-existing shortage of primary care in the country and state, the American Academy of Family Physicians sent a letter to U....
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Doctor shortage news: Residencies are filling the pond with primary care doctors, but U.S. and Ky. need an ocean of them
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7:33 PM
Despite a critical shortage of primary care in the country, only 25 percent of newly educated doctors go into this field, and even worse for...
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Pikeville Medical Center joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
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5:33 PM
Pikeville Medical Center President Walter May and Dr. Stephen Lange, Mayo Clinic's Southeast medical director Pikeville Medical Center ...
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U of L's Trover medical campus ranked among best for rural medicine education and addresing rural physician shortage
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12:54 PM
The University of Louisville School of Medicine Trover Rural Campus in Madisonville was rated third best in the nation for preparing medica...
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Frontier Nursing University in Hyden helps bring better family health care to rural America with distance learning
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6:20 AM
Midwives and nurse practitioners who recently graduated from Frontier Nursing University in Hyden address the unique challenges of rural ar...
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Fiscal-cliff deal revives program that helps rural hospitals dependent on Medicare; 200 in nation, 10 in Kentucky
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11:53 AM
Even though most of the hospital industry wasn't happy with the fiscal-cliff deal that will only pay half the $30 billion needed to avoi...
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Harlan doctor tells White House summit about his changeover to electronic health records
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9:06 AM
Dr. Carl Smith Jr. Almost a decade ago, Dr. Carl Smith Jr. did something that many health care providers across America are still struggling...
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Humana allows policyholders to keep old plans without paying more; Anthem is still deciding
Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...