Author: Jennifer S. Newton

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Small Town Services Get Big City Upgrade

December 1, 2017February 9, 2018 Jennifer S. Newton 10-county area, 25 % growth, ablation, academic medical center, access gap, autonomy of a progressive model, Bowling, Bowling green, Bowling green access, brain, clinic, craniofacial, craniofacial pain syndrome, CT, degenerative spine disease, director of the surgical movement disorder program, disorder, epilepsy, fast grow city, fast-growing population of Bowling, feel of WKONA, fellowship, functional neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery deal, functional stereotactic neurosurgery, Gilbert clinic, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, intraoperative, Kentucky, large multidisciplinary physician group develop, lesion, Louisville, majority of Shanks 's practice, Md., movement disorder, movement disorder team, multi-fellowship, multidisciplinary movement disorder team, multidisciplinary neurosurgical service, multidisciplinary team, multispecialty, multispecialty physician group, navigation, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgery deal, neurosurgical associate, neurosurgical service line, Norton hospital, outside of academic medical center, pain, pain specialist, physician, physician group develop, progressive model, real time, Shanks, Shanks 's practice, small town service, specialist, spine, spine disease, spine tumor, state of Kentucky, stereotactic neurosurgery, surgical movement disorder program, therapy, tissue, Todd Shanks, top-notch program, treatment of movement disorder, tumor, U, university of Louisville, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt university, western Kentucky, WKONA

BOWLING GREEN Access. Access. Access. It’s been the rallying cry for years in healthcare reform. In Kentucky, and nationally, public

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Letter from the Publisher 

The View from the Editor’s Desk

October 1, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton amaze publication, bittersweet, bluegrass dog, cancer treatment, Care issue, care sport medicine physician, Chevy chaser, community activist theatre, core of the MD-Update mission, doctor 's desk, Donna, Donna Ison, editor 's desk, editor of MD-Update, fantastic fit, fiction contest, former editor of skirt, Jennifer S., learn 's flash fiction contest, LinQ, MD-UPDATE, MD-Update mission, new begin, patient room, primary care sport medicine physician, publish experience, side of a doctor 's desk, Southsider, ultimate goal of health

Recently, I found myself on the other side of a doctor’s desk, but not with my tape recorder in hand.

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Reshaping Remission

October 1, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton acute leukemia, adult leukemia, Albany, antibody, antibody therapy, baptist health, baptist health cancer, bone, bone marrow transplant, cancer, chemotherapy, Chowhan, chronic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, director of medical oncology, genetic mutation, good response rate, health cancer, hematologist, IND, landscape of treatment, leukemia, line treatment, marrow, medical oncology, mutation, myeloid, myeloid leukemia, NCI, new Albany, new class, oncologist, oncology, remission, reshape remission, response rate, standard treatment, survival, survival rate, therapy, TKIs, transplant

NEW ALBANY, IND Say the word “leukemia,” and many people will immediately think of childhood cancer. But, according to the

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Cover Story 

Getting the Professional Treatment

August 1, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton 24, 24 hour sport channel, additional accredited fellowship, arthritis, aspect of puzzle, athlete, attended residency, baptist health, baptist health sport medicine, blood pressure, Breno Giacomini, care background, care patient, care physician, care provider, care sport medicine, care sport medicine physician, care sport medicine specialist, Chris Redman, Christopher Pitcock, colon, comprehensive need, comprehensive need of patient, Deion, Deion branch, doctor, Eastpoint, endorsed product, Eric Wood, family medicine, fellowship, fracture, full-service sport medicine program, group family, health performance, health performance train, health sport medicine, Hughes, influence sport, injection, injury, injury prevention, joint thing, Kentucky, L., lay hand, Louisville, Louisville native, Mark Puckett, medical group family, medicine, Michael Hughes, musculoskeletal, musculoskeletal problem, next level, non-surgical, non-surgical standpoint, non-surgical technique, OMT, on-site, orthopedic surgeon, osteopathic manipulative treatment, perceptible result, photo, physical therapy, physician, physician of baptist health sport medicine, Pitcock, primary care, primary care background, primary care physician, primary care provider, primary care sport medicine, primary care sport medicine physician, primary care sport medicine specialist, pro-athlete, professional athlete, professional treatment, provider, PRP, Puckett, puzzle, residency, routine primary care, specialist, specialty, sport medicine, sport medicine patient, sport medicine physician, sport medicine program, sport medicine specialist, stress fracture, surgeon, surgery, therapy, trainer, U, U of L., ultrasound, viscosupplementation, young medical specialty

LOUISVILLE In a world dominated by 24-hour sports channels, pro-athlete endorsed products, and an increasing pressure to compete at a

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Complementary Care Obstetrics/Gynecology Orthopedics Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Women's Health 

That’s Not Normal

July 1, 2017December 20, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton aspect of physical therapy, Colorado hospital, entire neuromuscular system, evaluation, exam, floor therapy, Frazier Rehab, Frazier Rehab institute, GYNs, incontinence, Julie Lockwood, Kentucky, Kentucky can self-refer, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, lack of knowledge of the specialty, leakage, leakage pad, Lockwood, Lockwood 's patient, muscle, normalized pee, orthopedic exam, orthopedic physical therapy visit, orthopedic therapy, pain, pelvic floor therapy, pelvic pain, physical therapist, physical therapy, physician referral, Pt, range of therapy, self-refer, sheer volume of commercial, therapist, therapy, therapy visit, university of Colorado hospital, urinary leakage, urogynecologists, woman 's health

LOUISVILLE Given the sheer volume of commercials and advertisements for incontinence products on TV and in the media, it’s easy

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Cancer Care Cover Story Obstetrics/Gynecology Women's Health 

Educating Patients, Optimizing Costs, Empowering Women

July 1, 2017December 20, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton 3D tomography, ablation, ACOG, anesthesia, appropriate professional guideline, ASC, assistant, bladder, booth, Botox, breast, breast cancer, breast exam, breast self-exams, callback, cancer, cancer screen, caregiver of the entire family, Caregivers, cervical cancer, cervical cancer screen, cervix, clinician, co-managing, co-managing partner, co-managing partner of woman, conflict recommendation, confuse information, cost-conscious way, dense breast, detection, early detection, educate patient, entire family, exam, executive director, family history, genetic test, GYN, GYN care, GYN office, GYN practice, gynecologic, gynecologist, healthcare agenda, healthcare relationship, heavy bleed, high volume, high-risk patient, historical data, hormonal age, important healthcare relationship, in-office, in-office procedure, individual risk factor, infection, interval, Kirkham, lens, lens of wellness, lens of Wellness Rebecca Booth, Louisville, low risk, mammography, medical decision-makers, Miller, nurse, nurse practitioner, OB, opportunity, overactive bladder, pap, pap smear, patient-physician, patient-physician relationship, photo, physical exam, physician, physician assistant, PLLC, practitioner, procedure, recommendation, right interval, risk factor, risk patient, screen, screen interval, screen recommendation, self-exams, smear, tomography, tomosynthesis, ultrasound, unique lens, wellness, Wellness Rebecca Booth, woman 's health, woman 's overall health

LOUISVILLE We hear this time and again – Women are often the caregivers for their entire family, the medical decision-makers,

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Cancer Care Cardiology Cover Story Health Topics Heart & Lung 

Two Teams. One System. Comprehensive Care.

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton Albany, baptist health, benign disease of esophagus, Bousamra, breath, breath analysis, breath analysis study, Brian Bohannon, cancer, cancer center, Care, chest, Christiana Care, Christiana Care health system, clinic, comprehensive care, courtesy of baptist health, CT, CT scan, CT screen, CT screen program, esophageal cancer, esophagus, excite possibility, Floyd, full range of general thoracic surgical procedure, full-service, general surgery residency, general thoracic surgery, general thoracic surgical procedure, good outcome, guideline, heart side, heart side of the equation, hernia, hiatal, hiatal hernia, high risk, hospital stay, improved surgical outcome, innovative clinical trial, invasive procedure, invasive technique, Jonathan kraut, Kentucky, kraut, linker, Louisville, low-dose, lung, lung cancer, lung program, medical director, medical director of the oncology program, medical school, Medicare, Michael Bousamra, Mo. Bousamra, multidisciplinary lung, multidiscipline, new Albany, new drug, oncologist, oncology, oncology program, optimal patient care, outcome, patient care, patient morbidity, photo, procedure, progressive refinement, proven program, radiation, rapid return of function, residency, revolutionary advance, rib, Robert linker, scan, screen, service task force, St. Luke 's Mid America, steady mentality, surgeon, surgeon kraut, surgery, surgery practice, surgery program, surgery residency, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgeon kraut, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery practice, thoracic surgery program, thoracic surgery residency, treatment of lung cancer, U, US preventive service task force, USPSTF, vat

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IND. Often, when it comes to heart and lung programs, it is the heart side of

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Special Section 

Dispelling the Pain Clinic Myth

February 1, 2017April 24, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton ablation, analgesic plan, anesthesiology, APRN, baptist center, baptist Eastpoint, baptist health, big misconception, board-certified, Board-Certified pain physician, Brigid Buckman, care physician, chronic narcotic therapy, chronic pain, chronic pain management, chronic pain treatment option, clinic, conservative therapy, Darel Barnett, dose, dose narcotic, double board-certified, double Board-Certified pain physician, Dr. Kristal Wilson, effort of specialist, field of pain management, good outcome, healthcare provider, high dose narcotic, Jacqueline Dennis, Kristal Wilson, Louisville, medication, misuse, multimodal, myth of pain clinic, narcotic, narcotic therapy, narcotic use, neck pain, nerve, option, pain, pain clinic, pain clinic myth, pain control, pain management, pain management physician, pain treatment option, physical therapy, physician, primary care physician, provider, steroid, surgical option, therapy, variety of non-narcotic, Wilson

LOUISVILLE Unfortunately in the field of pain management, there are still many misconceptions among both patients and healthcare providers. But,

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Health Topics Pediatrics Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section 

From Cradle to Grave

January 1, 2017July 27, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton Abby Hefner, APRN, baptist health, care of multiple generation, Christensen, comradery, cradle, current healthcare climate, diabetes, direct pay, double-boarded, entire family, equal train, family doctor, family medicine, family medicine physician, generational care, good care of patient, group of internal medicine, healthcare climate, Hefner, high volume practice, internal medicine, Jett, Katherine Jett, Kindig, L., Lagrange, Louisville, low volume practice, medical group, medical school, medicine, patient 's desire, patient base, pediatrics, physician, practice model, practice philosophy, provider, residency, Robin Kindig, Sarah Thayer, shortage of primary care physician, small-town live, solo practitioner, southeastern Kentucky farm, specialty, take care of family, Tannika Christensen, Thayer, traditional insurance, U, U of L., university of Louisville, Utah, volume practice

LAGRANGE Across the country, and mirrored in the Bluegrass, we often hear about the shortage of primary care physicians. The

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Continual Refinement

December 1, 2016January 19, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton 25 % cranial work, 75 % spine-related disorder, advanced neurosurgery, army treat active duty service member, baptist health, baptist health center, board-certified, board-certified neurosurgeon, Cole, continual refinement, general neurosurgeon, health center, I, I trauma center, John Cole, Jonathan Hodes, Kentucky 's high rate, Kentucky 's high rate of smoke, limitless enthusiasm, neuro reference, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgery practice, neurosurgical resident, new practice, obvious neuro reference, oncology, outcome, practice of Jonathan Hodes, quiet role, search of a position, spine, spine fellowship, spine work, spine-related, spine-related disorder, trauma, tumor, UK 's level I trauma center

LOUISVILLE Perhaps you could call his approach tactical, as his military background might imply, or cerebral, as is the obvious

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