barrier – MD Update

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Obesity Prevention and Weight Loss a Community Effort

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 Brian Boisseau, CHFS, DPH, DPQI activity opportunity, bariatric, barrier, behavior therapy portion of weight loss, CHFS, determinant, diabetes, DPQI, evidence-based, evidence-based program, first-line strategy, Frankfort, FRANKFORT excess weight, harsh picture, harsh picture of the consequence of obesity, image001 Brian Boisseau, impact of obesity, individual medical cost burden, initial weight loss, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky physical activity, lifestyle, lifestyle change program, line evidence-based weight loss strategy, long-term weight loss success, national diabetes prevention program, NHLBI, NHLBI obesity education initiative, nutrition, nutrition program, nutritious food, obesity, obesity prevention, overall population health, person 's risk of develop type 2 diabetes, person of normal weight, physical activity, physical activity opportunity, population health, public health, public health initiative, quality-of-life outcome, SDOH, social determinant, social determinant of health, strategy, success of initial weight loss, surgery, therapy, type 2, type 2 diabetes, weight loss success, weight loss surgery, weight-loss, wide range of health

FRANKFORT Excess weight and obesity are serious threats to the health and wellbeing of many people. In Kentucky, over 36%

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Women with Heart

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Holly Hinson baptist health, baptist health woman cardiologist, barrier, Bianca Ummat, cardiac MRIs, cardiologist, cardiology, child-bearing year, clinic, Das, feasible work-life balance, female cardiologist, field involve radiation, future of the field, Gondi, health woman cardiologist, help people, hope health clinic, image advance, image001 mini Das, image002 Rebecca McFarland, image003 Sreedevi Gondi, image004 Bianca Ummat, increase use of non-invasive, intense day, interventional cardiologist, Jamie Kemp, Kemp, lash, life care, long tenure, Louisville, Louisville cardiology, McFarland, medical group, mini Das, northwest cardiovascular institute, Oldham, Oldham county, prime child-bearing year, provider of end of life care, Rebecca McFarland, representation of woman cardiologist, role model of woman, Sandra Lewis, specialty, Sreedevi Gondi, study 's lead, sub-specialized, Ummat, woman cardiologist, woman enter cardiology

LOUISVILLE Approximately half of all medical school graduates are women. Fewer than 20 percent of cardiologists who see adult patients

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Tort Reform and Administrative Simplification Remain KMA Priorities

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Emily Schott administrative burden, administrative improvement, administrative simplification, advocacy, advocacy effort, advocacy priority, assembly 's emphasis, association 's main objective, barrier, Bill 4, Bill 69, brought dozen, brought dozen of physician, burnout, charged topic, consistent legal climate, drug abuse, efficient health care, Frankfort, good care, great patient safety, health of Kentuckian, healthcare, healthcare discussion, high smoke rate, image001 Emily Schott, image001 Emily Schott serve, impact of the physician presence, initiative, introduction of Senate, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky general assembly 's emphasis, Kentucky medical association, Kentucky physician, KMA, KMA priority, launch of a new initiative, legislative session, liability system, meaningful exchange, meaningful exchange of dialogue, medical review panel, medicine, new initiative, obesity, opioid abuse epidemic, physician, physician 's day, physician presence, practice efficiency, practice of medicine, practice staff, priority, priority bill, provider, public health challenge, quality control mechanism, resource perform nonclinical activity, Senate Bill 79, session, state 's legal liability system, suggest improvement, timely care, tort, tort reform central, trusted resource, unlimited risk, unnecessary barrier, well-known provider shortage

LOUISVILLE Despite the Kentucky General Assembly’s emphasis on politically charged topics such as the budget and pension reform, it is

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Cancer Care Education

Reducing Barriers

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Melissa Karrer Appalachian region of the state, appropriate cancer screen, assistance, availability of cancer screen, barrier, cancer, cancer screen, cancer survivor, cancer treatment, CDC director, childcare, colon, colon cancer, completion of cancer treatment, death rate, eliminate barrier, expanded Medicaid, federal poverty, financial issue, healthcare, high cancer incidence, high rate of new cancer, incidence, insurance, insured Kentuckian, KCL, KCL 's certified patient navigator, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky CancerLink, Kentucky health fair, Kentucky rank, level guideline, Lexington Kentucky, low-cost/no-cost, low-cost/no-cost cancer screen, lung, navigator, patient navigator, patient referral, patient self-referrals, provide assistance, qualified patient, reduce barrier, referral, result of KCL, screen, self-referrals, survivor, Tom Freiden, underinsured Kentuckian, value of early cancer detection

LEXINGTON Kentucky has the highest rate of new cancers and the highest death rate for all cancers combined in the

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