Primary Care & Pediatrics

Cancer Care Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section 

Lung Cancer Screening – Not Just a Primary Care Responsibility

April 1, 2017July 27, 2017 Ruth Mattingly age 55-77, Angela Criswell, Angela Criswell of lung cancer alliance, Anthony weaver, cancer, cancer institute-sponsored study, CMS, CMS cover, Criswell, criterion, eligible patient, high-risk criterion, institute-sponsored, Kentucky, Kentucky lead, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, LDCT, LDCT lung, LDCT screen, life-saving screen, Louisville, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer alliance, lung cancer incidence, lung cancer screen, lung cancer screen criterion, Mahmoud Moammar, major proponent of lung cancer screen, major statewide push, Medicare, Moammar, nation 's high lung cancer incidence, national cancer institute-sponsored study, national lung screen trial, national nonprofit advocacy group, NLST, online course, pack year, pack-years, PCPs, preventive service benefit, primary Care responsibility, provider, Pulmonology, Pulmonology associate, recommended test, requirement of CMS, screen, service benefit, specialist, symptom of lung cancer, tobacco smoke history, true symptom, university of Kentucky college of medicine

There is a major statewide push to encourage primary care providers (PCPs) to refer eligible patients to low-dose computed tomography

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Cardiology Heart & Lung Pediatrics Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section 

Caring for the Hearts of Children

April 1, 2017July 27, 2017 Gil Dunn Abeer Hamdy, abnormal heart valve, abnormality, adult congenital cardiac surgeon, advancement, APRN, bypass valve operation, Callie Rzasa, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology division, cardiology team, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgery team, Carol Cottrill, catheterization laboratory, chief Douglas J., Cincinnati child, Cincinnati child 's hospital, congenital heart defect, congenital heart disease, congenital heart disease cut, congenital heart patient, correct abnormality, defect, Dr. Mohan, Echocardiography, electro-physiologists, era of surgical treatment, former chair of pediatric cardiology, general cardiology, heart defect, heart disease, heart disease cut, heart murmur, heart of child, heart patient, high quality of care, interventional pediatric cardiology, interventionalist, J., Jacqueline Noonan, James Quintessenza, Jennifer Davis, Joshua Hayman, Kelly Van, Kelly Van metre, Kentucky, Kristopher Cumbermack, Laura Murphy, lifestyle, Majd Makhoul, malformation, management of congenital heart defect, Mark Vranicar, mechanical aspect of the cardiovascular system, Melissa Lefebvre, member of the UK pediatric cardiology team, mission of provide access, murmur, Noonan 's mentorship, occluded blood vessel, pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiology division, pediatric cardiology division of UK HealthCare, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery team, pediatrics, progression of repair, question of nature, remote region of Kentucky, Schneider, Schneider 's team, Schneider 's team of cardiologist, Shaun Mohan, surgery, SVT, syndrome, trained group, UK 's Kentucky, UK HealthCare, UK pediatric cardiology team, ultrasound, university of Cincinnati child 's hospital

LEXINGTON The pediatric cardiology division of UK HealthCare is led by Division Chief Douglas J. Schneider, MD. “Congenital heart disease

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Health Topics Orthopedics Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Pediatrics Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section 

Caring for Patients Like Family

January 1, 2017July 27, 2017 Morgan Hall absolute good thing, ambulatory care center, B., Chandler hospital, Elizabeth Hubbard, EOS image system, estimated cost of the new Shriners hospital, expert medical team, general orthopedist, Hubbard, Hubbard 's hometown, Kentucky Albert, Kentucky Albert B., large percentage of the staff, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, level of staff commitment, Lexington, Lexington Shriners, Lexington Shriners hospital, Lexington Shriners hospital facility, limb length discrepancy, medical center, mission of Shriners hospital, motion analysis laboratory, new facility, new Lexington Shriners hospital facility, new Shriners hospital, orthopedic need, orthopedic need of child, orthopedist, pediatric orthopedic surgeon, pediatric orthopedic surgery, Shriners, Shriners hospital, south limestone, staff commitment, subspecialties, surgeon, surgery, type of general orthopedist, university of Kentucky Albert B., variety of subspecialties

LEXINGTON In August 2016, Elizabeth Hubbard, MD, joined Shriners Hospitals for Children – Lexington as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. Hubbard

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Cover Story Pediatrics Primary Care & Pediatrics 

Expansion of Service

January 1, 2017July 27, 2017 Jim Kelsey bone, cardiac surgery, challenge introduction, change perception, Chariker, Chariker share, complex lesion, complex wound, craniofacial, Craniofacial fellowship, craniofacial surgery, Cuba four, Cuba four time, cut edge surgery, distraction, distraction osteogenesis, Dr. Rapp, Dr. Scott Rapp, Drs., early Chariker, edge surgery, expansion of service, five year process, grand implication, grand implication of a young patient, grow demand of pediatric plastic surgery patient, growth necessary, hand surgery, hand surgery mission work, head of hand surgery, innovation, Jerry O’Daniel, Jerry Verdi, Kentucky, Kentucky center, Kleinert, Kleinert fellowship, l-r, Louisville, manifestation of cancer, Mark Chariker, maxillofacial, mission work, natural bone, negative pressure, new hobby, new surgery, office day, one-third adult, osteogenesis, outcome, outside of the navy, passion, patient grow new tissue, pediatric plastic surgery, pediatric plastic surgery patient, pediatric surgeon, people 's life, philanthropy, Philippines, photo, plastic surgery, pretty drastic improvement, procedure, Rapp, Rapp pride, recent case involve conjoined twin, reconstruction, reconstructive surgeon, reconstructive surgery, refer doctor, refresh level, refresh level of energy, replacement part, Scott Rapp, Scott Rapp Chariker, separate practice, state-of-the-art medicine, state-of-the-art train, successful outcome, suction, surgeon, surgery, take care, take care of child, tissue, tissue expansion, total trust, Tuck celebrity lifestyle, two-thirds pediatrics, unbelievable amount, unbelievable amount of pressure, virtual surgical plan, VSP, VSP model, William soler hospital

LOUISVILLE Cosmetic and reconstructive surgeons know a thing or two about expansion. From tissue expansion to bone distraction, the procedures

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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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Complementary Care Pediatrics Primary Care & Pediatrics 

A Champion for Pelvic Dysfunction

May 1, 2016July 27, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton anal manometry balloon train, balloon, biofeedback, bowel, broad forum, chronic pelvic pain, constipation, Dunn, Dunn 's practice model, Dunn 's therapist, Dunn physical therapy, dysfunction, fecal incontinence, fellow therapist, floor, general orthopedic rehab need, host of pelvic floor, incontinence, large percentage of the practice 's overall pelvic patient population, Life-Changing, Life-Changing treatment, live ultrasound image, Louisville, manometry, manometry balloon train, muscle, muscle performance, one-on-one, outpatient rehab, P., pain, painful penetration, pelvic dysfunction, pelvic floor, pelvic health, pelvic issue, pelvic pain, perineometry, physical therapy school, postpartum issue, practice 's overall pelvic patient population, practice of ultrasound image, practice owner, pressure perineometry, private physical therapy practice, private practice owner, Pt, Pt curriculum, regular Pt curriculum, rehab, rehab need, single therapist, subsequent hemorrhoid, surface electromyography, Susan Dunn, team approach, therapist, therapy, therapy school, treatment solution, ultrasound, ultrasound image, variety of pelvic dysfunction

LOUISVILLE Sixteen years ago, Susan Dunn, PT, launched her private physical therapy practice and began treating a subset of patients

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Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section 

Subscribe to Better Primary Care

January 1, 2016July 27, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton 6225, 6225 W Hwy 146, addiction, addiction medicine, adult age 26-45, after-hours, bill insurance, bluegrass, bluegrass family, board-certified, care model, care practice, concierge medicine, Crestwood, direct primary care, direct primary care model, doctor, DPC, DPC business, EMR, good meet patient 's need, good primary care, group practice, hassle of bill insurance, healthcare, hospitalization, husband 's desire, Hwy 146, in-office, insurance, insurance code, internal medicine, Josh Umbehr, KY 40014, lab, medical home, medication, medicine, meet patient 's need, mindless click, Molly Rutherford, office-based test, OneFamilyMD, owner of atlas MD, owner of bluegrass family, owner of OneFamilyMD, Paige primary Care center, patient volume, patient-physician, patient-physician relationship, physician, pile of paperwork, pressure of patient volume, primary care, Ragland, Ragland share, routine office-based test, Rutherford, subscription, Tracy Ragland, traditional primary care practice, Umbehr, W., wellness, wholesale price, wholesale-priced, wholesale-priced medication, work-life, work-life balance

CRESTWOOD What if you could toss out the red tape, mindless clicking in the EMR, piles of paperwork associated with

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Pediatrics Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section 

Healthy Beginnings

January 1, 2016July 27, 2017 Sarah Wilder ability of a specialist, Andrew H., Beaumont, blood pressure, Care, care physician, care provider, care relationship, chief executive officer, clinic, Eiyad Alchureiqi, emergency, emergency room, establish care, established primary care provider, H., healthcare, healthcare team, healthy begin, Henderson, illness, injury, integral partner, internal medicine, Lexington, Lexington clinic, lifelong relationship, medicine, member of the healthcare team, nurse, pain, patient 's care, patient 's healthcare, patient 's need, pediatrics, physician, potential lifestyle change, preventive screen, primary care physician, primary care provider, primary care relationship, provider, refer physician, referral, sick visit, specialist, specialty care provider, unexpected illness, well-patient, well-patient physical

LEXINGTON A primary care physician is not just for sick visits. Primary care providers are an integral partner in the

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Ophthalmology Ophthalmology & ENT/Allergy Pediatrics Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section 

Improving Lifelong Visual Potential

May 1, 2015July 27, 2017 Jill Debolt Avastin, Avastin injection, baby, blood vessel, cataract, Cleveland clinic, disorder, Dr. wall, duct, eastern Kentucky, Eric Gilliam, eye-related, eye-related disease, general pediatrics, genetic disorder, Joseph, Joseph hospital, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Lexington, Lexington maximize lifelong visual potential, Md. wall, multiple eye-related disease, nasolacrimal duct obstruction, neurology, NICU, normal visual screen, Ohio state university college, Ohio state university college of medicine, open globe, ophthalmology, ophthalmology practice, ophthalmology service, Palak, Palak wall, pediatric ophthalmology, pediatric ophthalmology practice, pediatric ophthalmology practice of Palak wall, pediatric ophthalmology service, pediatric SUBSPECIALTIES, pediatrician, pediatrics, plastics-related, plastics-related issue, premature baby, prematurity, presentation range, president of saint, ptosis, referral, retina, retinal blood vessel, retinal detachment, Retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, ROP, specialty of pediatric ophthalmology, specialty provider state, strabismus, surgery, vigorous academic train, wall 's pediatric patient

LEXINGTON Maximizing lifelong visual potential is the passion behind the pediatric ophthalmology practice of Palak Wall, MD. Wall joined KentuckyOne

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Pediatrics Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section 

Adolescents at Risk: Eating Disorders

May 1, 2015July 27, 2017 Jill Debolt ►, abnormal body image, adolescent population, anorexia, assistant professor, assistant professor of pediatrics, binge, body image, body of the food, BULIMIA NERVOSA, Bulimic, Bulimic behavior, complex syndrome, continued counsel, diagnosis, disorder, distorted body image, Dr. Amy Meadows, eat, eat disorder, eat disorder diagnosis, electrolyte, electrolyte abnormality, electrolyte disturbance, family therapy, frequent episode of out-of-control eat, healthcare team, healthy body image, healthy eat, importance of early diagnosis, Kentucky, Kentucky medical center, Lexington eat disorder, long-term complication, major electrolyte disturbance, Meadows, Meadows treat, medical stabilization, mental health, national institute of mental health, NERVOSA, out-of-control eat, pediatrics, psychiatric issue, psychiatry, recovery process, therapy, UK pediatric psychiatrist, university of Kentucky medical center, use laxative, weight-loss, worn tooth enamel, young teen

LEXINGTON Eating disorders are a complex syndrome of medical and psychiatric issues that most commonly appear in the adolescent population

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