COVID-19 – MD Update

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BiFocal: The Dual Preoccupations of the COVID Era Pulmonologist

April 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Tim Corkran acute respiratory issue, advocate of early screen, bifocal attention, biopsy, bronchoscopy, cancer, Care medicine, career-long focus, cat scan, chi, chi saint, clot, colon, COVID, COVID-19, critical Care medicine, detection, develop clarity, develop clarity of the dynamics of long COVID-19, distant region, distant region of the lung, dual preoccupation of the COVID era, early screen, eastern half of the commonwealth, Eliseo, Eliseo colon, emphysema, endo-bronchial, evolve field of long COVID, FDA, gas trap, high risk, high-risk patient, hyperinflation, illness, image001 endo-bronchial valve, joined chi saint, Joseph, Joseph medical group, lesion, long COVID, long COVID-19, lung, lung cancer, native of Puerto Rico, new set of preoccupation, nodule, pandemic, patient population, point of concern, practice leader, pre-pandemic, pre-pandemic practice, pulmonologist, pulmonologists, scan, screen, severe emphysema, severe respiratory illness, sufferer of severe respiratory illness, suite of symptom, symptom, time of COVID-19, valve

LEXINGTON As a pulmonologist in the time of COVID-19, Eliseo Colon, MD, has had a busy two years. The practice

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Infectious Enthusiasm

April 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Jim Kelsey about, about 5 years old grow, advanced classroom work, animal coronaviruses, area of medicine deal, burn call, Burns, Burns 's eye, Burns credit, community speaker, comorbidity, coronaviruses, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, dangerous infection, disease specialist, diverse patient, division of infectious disease, Dr. Mark Burns, duPont manual high school, established patient, FACP, field of infectious disease, former infectious disease specialist, former nurse 's aide, great impact, high risk, HIV, HIV clinic, image001 photo, image002 photo, immune system, importance of infectious disease, infection, infection clinic, infectious disease, infectious disease specialist, infectious enthusiasm, joint infection clinic, Julio Ramirez, junior varsity basketball, large group of diverse patient, little boy, little boy of about 5 years old grow, local laundromat, long white coat, Louisville, Louisville Mark Burns, Louisville school, Mark Burns, Mark Mahan, medicine, medicine deal, mom, open wound, pandemic, photo, physician, potential career, pulmonary critical care, solid organ, specialist, stem cell transplant patient, type of medical field, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, vaccine, virus, wide patient population

LOUISVILLE Mark Burns, MD, FACP, has a passion for infectious disease that could be called, well, contagious. It’s one that

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Complementary Care

Silent No More

April 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Gil Dunn American hypertension specialist certification program, APRN, APRN certification, baptist health, baptist health referral system, blood pressure, cardiology, cardiology nurse practitioner, certification, certified hypertension clinician, CHC, clinician, COVID-19, COVID-19 infection rate, COVID-19 restriction, health referral system, hypertension, hypertension clinician, hypertension clinician certification, hypertension program, hypertension specialist certification program, in-office, in-office hypertension program, in-office visit, Kentucky, Kristy Salley, Lexington, Lexington cardiology, Lexington individual, nurse degree, official hypertension clinician certification, patient flow, refractory hypertension, return of in-office visit, Salley, specialized hypertension program, specialized in-office hypertension program, telehealth, telehealth visit, uncontrolled hypertension

LEXINGTON Individuals in Central and Eastern Kentucky with uncontrolled hypertension have a new ally in their struggle with “the silent

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Infectious Disease Prevention Is So Much More than COVID-19

April 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Bethany Hodge, MD, MPH -related infectious disease, 12 % increase, AIDS institute, Amanda Wilburn, C estimate, C., chronic infection impact quality, citizen of the commonwealth, common STDs, control program, COVID-19, COVID-19 response, disease branch, disease transmission model show, disease trend, division of epidemiology, dog tick, drug-user, drug-user network, emerge disease trend, epidemiologist, epidemiology, foodborne, Frankfort, goal of the Kentucky STD prevention, group of public health worker, guidance, harm reduction service, HCV, HCV rate, health leader, hepatitis, hepatitis program manager, high burden of new HCV infection, HIV cluster, incoming morbidity, infection impact quality, infectious disease branch, infectious disease prevention, infectious rate, infectious syphilis case, insect vector illness, instance of HIV cluster, item, Kentucky, Kentucky 's public health infrastructure, Kentucky department, Kentucky public health leader, Kentucky STD, Kentucky STD prevention, KY STD prevention, meat, national trend of increase rate of STDs, new HCV infection, ongoing health threat, pandemic, pathogen, prevalence of HCV, prevention, public health, public health staff, rate of substance use disorder, real-time intervention, reported syphilis, safety of the commonwealth, salmonella, STD prevention, STDs, stress of the pandemic, SUD, surveillance, syphilis, syphilis case, syphilis surveillance effort, TB, tick, tick species, tick-borne, tick-borne disease, transmitted disease, tuberculosis, unprecedented new challenge, utensil, vector, viral hepatitis, viral hepatitis program manager, warm weather, winnable battle

FRANKFORT The Infectious Disease Branch in the Division of Epidemiology and Vital Statistics at the Kentucky Department for Public Health

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Lexington Medical Society Installs 2022 President

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 MD-Update Staff border 's tenure, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccination, Dow medical college, Dr. Khalil Rahman, graduate of Dow medical college, graduate of the university of Louisville 's MBA program, image001 photo, importance of COVID-19 vaccination, James border, Lexington, Lexington internal medicine physician, Lexington Khalil Rahman, Lexington medical society, Lexington nephrologist, LMS, LMS president, Louisville 's MBA program, nephrology residency program, past Lexington medical society president, physician, president of the Lexington medical society, president-elect, Rahman, virtual ceremony, virtual induction

LEXINGTON Khalil Rahman, MD, a Lexington nephrologist, was installed as president of the Lexington Medical Society (LMS) on January 11,

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News News & Events

News – Feb 2022

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 MD-Update Staff A., advanced practice provider, American medical group association, Aqeel Mandviwala, Bardstown Flaget memorial hospital, Berea, breast, breast cancer, cancer, Carmel 's list, Carmel 's list of accomplishment, Carmel Jones, Cecil, central Kentucky, CEO Anthony Houston, certified medical practice executive, chi, chi saint, clinic, COVID-19, COVID-19 patient, davenport, delta surge, Donny Hardy, Dr. Hardy, finance leadership role, Flaget, Flaget memorial hospital, founder of hope scarf, graduate of Transylvania university, group association, group management association, growth of a high perform physician enterprise, health care career, high perform physician enterprise, high quality physician, hope scarf, image002 photo, image003 photo, image004 photo, John Abe, Jon Myers, Jones, Joseph, Joseph Berea, Joseph health, Joseph London, Joseph medical foundation, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, Lara, leadless, leadless pacemaker, Lexington, Lexington Carmel Jones, Lexington clinic, Mandviwala, Marymount hospital, medical group, medical group management association, member of the medical group management association, Michael T., native of London, News, overall physician, overall physician of the year, pacemaker, photo, physician, physician enterprise, physician of the year, practice executive, practice provider, president of chi saint, president of the chi saint, provider, Pulmonology, quality physician, recent delta surge, Robert A. davenport, scarf, Shailendra Chopra, T, traditional pacemaker, wonderful team

Jones Named President of CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group LEXINGTON Carmel Jones has been appointed president of the CHI Saint

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Central Kentucky Heart Ball Returns

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Jeff Koonce American heart month, ball, Ball supporter, board of the central Kentucky, board trustee, central bank center, central Kentucky heart, central Kentucky heart walk, chair couple, COVID, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, CVD, end tobacco, executive leadership team, gala fund research, heart disease, heart month, image001 Jeff Koonce, Kentucky, Kentucky heart, Kentucky heart walk, Lexington cardiovascular disease, McKinsey global survey, pandemic, provide resource, reported low emotional wellness, reported low physical wellness, skip exercise, vaping, vaping use, wellness, work empower individual

LEXINGTON Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has long been the leading cause of death, not just here in Kentucky, but around the

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Special Section

The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Professionals: Occupational Hazard, Unique Opportunity

December 1, 2021February 15, 2022 Miriam Silman, MSW $2, A., affective disorder, anxiety, burnout, C., check-in, compassion, compassion fatigue, confidential mental health coverage, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, crisis response, critical driver, current pandemic leave healthcare provider, D., E., EAP resource, elevated self-reports, elevated self-reports of depression, emotional exhaustion, evidence-informed, evidence-informed way, exception, exposure, fabric of healthcare system, fatigue, Frankfort, G., health concern increase vulnerability, health impact, healthcare, healthcare professional, healthcare provider, healthcare system, healthcare work, healthcare worker, huddle, I, image002 Miriam Silman, international journal, J., journal, journal of affective disorder, K., L., leadership, leave healthcare provider, level of healthcare, level of transformative change, M., mental health, mental health concern increase vulnerability, mental health impact, mental health impact of COVID-19, mental health of healthcare professional, mental health of healthcare worker, meta-analysis, moral distress, MSW, multi-tiered system, multi-tiered system of support, N., negative psychosocial response, occupational hazard, P., pains.1, pains.1 emerge data, pandemic, past pandemic, physician, plethora of negative psychosocial response, positivity, pre-pandemic, provider, psychosocial impact, public awareness, R., resilience-building, resilience-building practice, resilient workforce, robust body of literature, S., screener, secondary trauma, secondary traumatic stress, self-care, somatic ache, staff meet, staff well-being, stress, supervision, sustainable healthcare system, symptom of traumatic stress, system responsibility, toll, toll of healthcare work, transformative change, trauma, traumatic stress, unpredictability of the current pandemic leave healthcare provider, well-being

FRANKFORT The ferocity, duration, and unpredictability of the current pandemic leave healthcare providers particularly vulnerable to negative psychosocial impacts: COVID-19

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Critical Delays: The Importance of Meeting the Standard of Care for Cancer Diagnosis

December 1, 2021February 15, 2022 Andrew Desimone, Esq additional pain, breach, breach of the standard of care, cancer, cancer screen program, causation, causation defense, causation standard, chance, common lawsuit, competent physician, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 patient, critical delay, damage exposure, defend delay, defendant physician, delay, delayed diagnosis, diagnosis, diagnosis case, diagnosis of cancer, diagnosis of cancer case, diminished chance, diminished chance of survival, expert testimony, general negligence claim, healthcare, healthcare professional, hospital redirect resource, injury, jury, Kentucky, legal causation standard, levels.1, lost chance, lost chance of survival, malpractice, malpractice case, malpractice defense, medical malpractice case, medical malpractice defense, medical probability, multiple hospitalization, necessary expert proof, negligence, NIH find show, oncology, oncology service, oppose expert, outcome, pandemic, patient-physician, patient-physician relationship, physician, physician breach, physician breach of the standard of care, pre-pandemic, pre-pandemic levels.1, probability, provider, reasonable degree, reasonable degree of medical probability, reasonable degree of probability, reduction of the odds of recovery, requirement of an expert witness, routine cancer screen, significant damage exposure, site surgery, standard of care, subset of a general negligence claim, summary dismissal of the lawsuit, surgery, survivability, survival, testimony, wrong site surgery

One of the most common lawsuits in medical malpractice defense is a delay in diagnosis of cancer. According to the

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A Shoulder to Lean On

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Jim Kelsey ACL, ACL injury, Beliveau, chi, chi saint, Cincinnati, combination of stress, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, difficult healthcare decision, dinner, Dr. Jean-Maurice Page, Dr. Patrice Beliveau, elbow, elbow surgery, family trade, family trade of orthopedics, great mentor enter practice, happy work, hasty choice, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, importance of trusted guidance, injury, Jerry Magone, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, junior person, Kevin Magone, London ideal, Magone, Magone credit chi saint, non-surgical patient, NYU Langone, NYU Langone orthopedic hospital, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, pending birth, photo, practice go, prospect of surgery, question whirl, recruitment dinner, scope-related, scope-related procedure, shoulder, shoulder replacement, surgeon, surgery, trusted guidance

LONDON The prospect of surgery is at the least unsettling if not downright terrifying for many people. The questions whirl.

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