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First in the Fight

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey Brian mulberry, Care associate, CDC, CDC 's guideline, CDC guideline, chairman of the HMH board of director, clinic, cough, cough clinic, COVID-19, COVID-19 case, COVID-19 virus, Currans, Cynthiana, employee, family medicine physician, family medicine physician of family, flu, given day, Harrison memorial hospital, HMH, HMH board, HMH Brian, HMH Brian mulberry, HMH CEO Sheila Currans, HMH chief, HMH chief of medical staff, hospital staff, image001 photo, Kentucky public health department, medical staff, medicine, mulberry, multiple staff, pediatrics, photo, physician, positive COVID test, self-quarantined, state lab, symptom, tabletop, tabletop drill, tertiary facility, thought of COVID-19, united state of COVID-19, virus

CYNTHIANA On January 21, the first confirmed case in the United States of COVID-19 was reported in the state of

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Experts on Aging, Dementia, and Public Health Scheduled for Statewide Aging Conference

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 MD-Update Staff age experience, age field, aging-related, aging-related policy, Alzheimer, Alzheimer 's disease, Alzheimer 's research, Anna Faul, area of public health model, Dale Bredesen, executive director of the university of Louisville Trager institute, Gregory Jicha, Kentucky, Kentucky association, Louisville, Louisville high-profile expert, Louisville Trager, Louisville Trager institute, optimal age conference, presentation of Drs., provider, statewide age conference, statewide conference, strong lineup of speaker, technology professional, university of Louisville Trager institute, UofL Trager, UofL Trager institute

LOUISVILLE High-profile experts in aging, dementia and Alzheimer’s research, and public health are headed to Kentucky this spring to speak

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Public Health, Safety, and Access to Care Priorities for Physicians in 2020

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Emily Schott authorization requirement, Care priority, cessation, co-pay, co-pay accumulator policy, co-pay card, copays, deceptive drug injury advertisement, driver 's license renewal process, drug injury advertisement, e-cigarette/vaping, e-cigarette/vaping excise tax, government-mandated rate, image001 photo, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky medical association, key issue impact Kentuckian, KMA, KMA Emily Schott, legal sale of tobacco product, legislation, list of legislative priority, medication-assisted, medication-assisted treatment, non-opioid, non-opioid pain treatment, out-of-network, out-of-network service, patient 's out-of-pocket, patient of the commonwealth, payer, physician, prior authorization requirement, public health, removal of prior authorization requirement, robust public health agenda, session, session of the Kentucky general assembly, state tobacco prevention, story of cost increase, surprise bill, third-party financial assistance, tobacco, vision test, voice of physician

The 2020 session of the Kentucky General Assembly kicked off on Tuesday, January 7. As with all even-numbered years, the

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On the Frontlines of the Fight

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Donna Ison advocate change, Anderson cancer center, anesthesiology, anesthesiology residency, capability of the drug, case of Oklahoma v., change pharmaceutical climate, complexity of pain, Danesh Mazloomdoost, danger of prescription painkiller, effect of the opioid epidemic, epidemic, expert witness, Frontlines of the fight, Gil Dunn Danesh Mazloomdoost, image001 photo, impoverished region, intense dialogue, interventional pain, issue span decade, J&J, J&J 's legal counsel, John Hopkins medical institute, Johnson, Judge Thad Balkman, landmark trial, little intimidate, Mazloomdoost, medical director, medical director of Wellward regenerative medicine, medicine, medicine fellowship, Mike Hunter, mislead market, Oklahoma, Oklahoma v., Opioid, opioid epidemic, opioids, pain, pain clinic, pain issue, pain specialist, pharmaceutical powerhouse, prestigious MD, recent landmark trial, scientifically-supported, scientifically-supported fact, shade of pain, shallow understand, shallow understand of the topic, v., Wellward, Wellward regenerative medicine, yes

LEXINGTON Though Kentucky and Oklahoma are nearly 800 miles apart, when it comes to the effect of the opioid epidemic,

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KMA 2019 Annual Meeting: “Moving Medicine, Together for Tomorrow”

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff A., additional initiative, additional initiative of the foundation, anti-physician, bountiful presentation, bountiful presentation of information, Brent Wright, C., CEO of the foundation, Chandler, chief federal law enforcement officer, Coleman, compel performance, department 's deep respect, department 's investigation, e-cigs, Facebook, forum, foundation 's new effort, foundation 's public service TV ad campaign, foundation 's success, Gil Dunn, healthcare fraud, healthy Kentucky, high prescription rate, host of KET 's, ijustdidn’tknow.org, Kentucky, Kentucky 's western district, Kentucky health, Kentucky medical association, KET, KET 's town hall forum, KMA, KMA president, KMA trustee, law enforcement officer, legitimate medical need, Marriott east, medical community, move medicine, new KMA president, obesity, obesity prevention, old Claire, Opioid, Opioid misuse, opioids, outside of the medical community, past president, photo, physician, prescription rate, R., Russell Coleman, Schott, service TV ad campaign, session, small vaping device, social medium, status of public health, target tobacco, tobacco-free school district, trustee, US attorney, vaping, vaping device, vaping product, video of the foundation 's public service TV ad campaign, welcome remark, whistleblower complaint

LOUISVILLE The Kentucky Medical Association’s Annual Meeting, held September 20–22, 2019 at the Marriott East, was a bountiful presentation of

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Moving Medicine: Together for Tomorrow

September 1, 2019October 28, 2019 MD-Update Staff administrative improvement, Allison Adams, attendee, chair of the house health, determinant of positive patient outcome, enforcement, family service committee, good care, health official, host of the award-winning, house health, image001 photo, Kentucky, Kentucky educational television, Kentucky health, Kentucky health department association, Kentucky medical association, Kentucky patient, Kentucky physician, Kentucky physician leadership academy, Kentucky physician leadership institute graduate, KET, KET forum, key focus area, Kim Moser, KMA, KMA 's public health work, KMA Brent Wright, KMA physician, KMA president, leadership, Louisville, Louisville hundred, Louisville hundred of Kentucky physician, Louisville internist, Louisville Marriott, Louisville Marriott east, Louisville otolaryngologist, medicine, medicine initiative, meet of the Kentucky medical association, Monalisa Tailor, move medicine, physician, positive patient outcome, president of the Kentucky health department association, public health advocacy, public health issue impact Kentuckian, public health official, Renee Shaw, representative Kim Moser, Russell Coleman, town hall style forum, unification of physician, Wayne Tuckson

LOUISVILLE Hundreds of Kentucky physicians will gather for the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Medical Association (KMA), to be

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The Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic

June 1, 2019September 4, 2019 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, MPH 100% tobacco, 3% strength, 5% JUUL pod, aerosol, aerosol cloud, aerosol exposure, alternative nicotine product, American journal, Ask young, benefit of e-cigarettes, cannabis, CDC website, cigarette, cigarette use, cigarette user, cigarettes.3, contain nicotine salt, conventional cigarette user, discrete aerosol cloud, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette product, e-cigarette user, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, electronic cigarette use, electronic hookah, Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, fact healthcare provider, flavored product.2, Frankfort, free help, grade e-cigarette use, health promotion section, https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/., https://smokefree.gov/or, https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.html, image001 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, image002 photo credit line, JUUL, JUUL pod, Kentucky, Kentucky incentive, Kentucky tobacco prevention, liquid contain nicotine, new generation of tobacco product, new pod-based product, nicotine, nicotine equivalent, nicotine product, nicotine salt, non-e-cigarette, old generation of e-cigarettes, package of cigarettes.3, photo credit line, pod, pod-based, pod-based device, pod-based product, pod-based system, prevention, prevention survey, product.2, risk of secondhand smoke, risk of tobacco use, secondhand aerosol exposure, Smok®, Suorin, surgeon general 's e-cigarette, teen, tobacco, tobacco product, tobacco use, US surgeon general, use e-cigarettes, users.4, users.5, users.5 e-cigarette aerosol, vape, vape pen, vapor product, worried parent, youth, youth tobacco use

FRANKFORT The US Surgeon General has declared electronic cigarette use an epidemic among youth because of an unprecedented rise in

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Jewish Hospital Celebrates 55 Years of Saving Lives Through Organ Transplantation

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 MD-Update Staff adult heart transplant, adult liver transplant, donor, donor family, double-lung transplant, firsts, hospital 's transplant, hospital transplant, hospital transplantation program director, image001 photo, Jewish hospital, Jewish hospital 's transplant, Jewish hospital transplant, Jewish hospital transplantation program director, Kentucky, kidney, KODA, life month, Louisville, Louisville physician, organ, organ transplant, pancreas, president of Jewish hospital, Ronald Waldridge II, Trager, transplant, transplant center, transplant center of choice, transplant program, transplant recipient, transplant surgery division chief, transplant team, transplantation, true testament, university of Louisville physician, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine

LOUISVILLE On April 16, 2019, Jewish Hospital Transplant Care, in partnership with UofL, celebrated “Donate Life Month” with more than

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Lexington Medical Society Foundation Distributes Grants to Area Charities

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Gil Dunn active LMS member, adventure experience, baby health service, central Kentucky 's charitable organization, chrysalis house, confidential counsel session, Faith pharmacy, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn Peggy, god 's pantry, golf, Horsin, image001 photo, image002 photo, income adult, John Collins, Lexington, Lexington eleven, Lexington eleven of central Kentucky 's charitable organization, Lexington Free, Lexington Free clinic, Lexington medical society foundation, Lexington medical society physician, LMS, LMS member, LMSF, LMSF president, low income adult, low-income patient, McDowell house museum, medically-related, mission of the LMSF, outdoor camp adventure experience, phone app, physician leadership, radio eye, Ronald McDonald house charity of the BG, smart phone app, society foundation, society physician, special radio, support of Lexington area, tournament, underinsured individual, visually-impaired adult, Wellness commission, woman overcome substance abuse

LEXINGTON Eleven of Central Kentucky’s charitable organizations received a total of $20,000 in grant money from the Lexington Medical Society

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KentuckyOne Health Is Now CHI Saint Joseph Health in Central, Eastern Kentucky

January 1, 2019March 21, 2019 MD-Update Staff Andy Barr, Bruce Tassin, chair of the board of director, chi, chi saint, chief human resource officer, eastern Kentucky, Eric Gilliam, facility 's reputation, Flaget, Flaget memorial hospital, group provider practice, health system 's commitment, heritage of Lexington 's, image001 photo, image002 photo, Jane chili, Jewish hospital, John Petrov, Joseph, Joseph Berea, Joseph east, Joseph health, Joseph health 's ministry, Joseph health logo, Joseph health partner, Joseph hospital, Joseph Jessamine, Joseph London, Joseph medical group provider practice, Joseph mount, Joseph name, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health name, legacy of the sister of Charity, Louisville, market leader, medical center, new chi saint, rebranded health system, shape 's color, strength chi saint, Tim Webb, unveil of the new logo

LEXINGTON The heritage of Lexington’s first hospital will be front and center for a newly rebranded health system. CHI Saint

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