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

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 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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OP/ED 

“45 Is the New 50”

October 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Shana Moore, PhD, MPA $2, 2 state, affordable screen option, age 45, age 45 give, average-risk, cancer, cancer institute, colorectal, colorectal cancer, CRC, CRC mortality, direct messaging, discussion of the screen option, end result data, epidemiology, family history, figure 1, figure 2, figure 3, figure 4, figure 5, Frankfort, https://seer.cancer.gov/data/, https://www.kcr.uky.edu/, impactful, impactful step, incidence, incidence of CRC, initiation.3, Kentucky, messaging, mortality, mortality data, national cancer institute, new messaging, new motto, new screen age, on-time screen, patients, pertinent family history, provider, recommended age, recommended age of initiation.3, referral, registry-, review of pertinent family history, review of surveillance, review of the importance of on-time screen, risk-appropriate, screen, screen message, screen option, screen rate, severity of CRC, statement1, stool-based, stool-based test, surveillance, undetected cancer, USPSTF, value-concordant, value-concordant preference, young population

FRANKFORT The recent change in the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines to start colorectal cancer (CRC) screening at

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Public Health 

Obesity Prevention and Weight Loss a Community Effort

February 1, 2021April 14, 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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Md-Update News News News & Events 

Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Foundation Unveils New Equipment to Help Hospital’s Most Fragile Patients

May 1, 2020June 1, 2020 MD-Update Staff $, $36, 000, 000 grant, 25, 333, 333 gift, al Botts, Alan Oster, American board, board-certified, busy birth center, CFRE, CNOR, crusade, Dawn Lee, designation, fragile condition of infant, fragile patient, Frankfort, Frankfort regional medical center, GE, GE giraffe, giraffe, Greg Rennirt, guild, image001 Dennis Fouch II, infant, Joseph, Joseph mount, Leslie, Leslie smart, Lexington Shriners, Lexington Shriners medical center, MD-UPDATE, medical doctorate, neonatal abstinence syndrome, neonatal infant, new GE giraffe, new orthopedic practice, News item, nurse, nurse staff, OmniBed Carestations, OmniBeds, orthopedic surgery, Oster, parent turn, patient outcome, perioperative, perioperative nurse, photo, Rennirt, Rockcastle county area, Sherry Taul, Sterling, Sterling birth center, Sterling foundation, Sterling mayor, Sterling saint, Sterling volunteer guild, surgery, volunteer, volunteer guild, WHAS, WHAS crusade

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com MOUNT STERLING Saint Joseph Mount Sterling’s most fragile patients, infants born with

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News News & Events 

News – Mar 2020

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 MD-Update Staff 173-bed, accredited chest pain center, additional experienced orthopedic surgeon, advanced orthopedics, AHL hockey, Alan Oster, Alankar, American board, American board of orthopedic surgery, aspect of sport medicine, board-certified, C., cardiology, cardiovascular service, care approach, catheterization, CEO, CEO of Frankfort regional medical center, chest pain center, chi, chi saint, diplomate, diplomate of the American board of orthopedic surgery, director of orthopedic trauma, Dr. Oster, Dr. Rennirt, executive director of orthopedic surgery, fellowship, field of orthopedic surgery, Frankfort, FRANKFORT Frankfort, FRANKFORT Frankfort regional medical center, Frankfort regional medical center, FRMC, general surgery internship, general surgery residency, Greg Rennirt, HCA Healthcare, Jewish hospital, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph hospital of London, Joseph medical group, Kiev, kuntcher, level of orthopedic care, Lipscomb clinic, Louisville, Louisville school, medical doctorate, medical staff, medicine, member of the American academy of orthopedic surgeon, Michael davenport, new orthopedic practice, News, Norton Healthcare, orthopedic care, orthopedic surgery, orthopedic surgery residency, orthopedic trauma, orthopedic trauma fellowship, orthopedics, Oster, partnership, photo, primary PCI, primary stroke center, Reed Hammond, Rennirt, residency, sport medicine fellowship, SUNY health science university, surgeon, surgery, surgery internship, surgery residency, thoracic surgery, total joint, trauma, trauma fellowship, UK HealthCare, UKHC, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, UofL hospital, vascular institute, vascular surgery

Frankfort Regional Medical Center Announces Opening of New Orthopedic Practice in Frankfort FRANKFORT Frankfort Regional Medical Center announced that Greg

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Complementary Care 

Vaping and E-Cigarettes Add to Lung Disease

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Elizabeth A. Hoagland, CHFS, DPH, DPQI adult, CDC, cough, curious cluster, curious cluster of case, diarrhea, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette use, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, EVALI, Frankfort, healthcare, healthcare provider, injury, Kentucky, Kentucky department, local investigation, long-term health impact, lung, lung injury, marijuana, marijuana extract, marijuana use, national investigation, nausea, nicotine, probable case of lung injury, product use-associated lung injury, provider, public health, shortness, shortness of breath, symptom, THC, tobacco, tobacco product, use e-cigarettes, use-associated, vapes, vaping

FRANKFORT You’ve seen them in stores and on billboards on the side of the road, and heard about them on

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Headlines 

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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Special Section 

Full Service from the Neck Up

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Donna Ison advancement, Ahn, aid fit, allergy, apnea, biotechnology information point, central Kentucky multiple survey, Chadwick Ahn, chronic ear, comprehensive otolaryngologic care, ear, ENT, ENT center, ENT residency, ENT specialist, ENT specialist partner, Frankfort, Frankfort regional medical center, full-service, Georgetown community hospital, Gil Dunn Chadwick Ahn, Gil Dunn Jessica Lange, Gil Dunn Robert Wilson, Gil Dunn Ron Shashy, group treat patient, hear aid fit, hear evaluation, image001 photo, image002 photo, image004 photo, impact first-hand, in-office, infection, Joseph east, Kentucky, Kentucky 's high rate, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health system, known service, KY image003, KY image003 photo, Lange, large risk factor, lesion, Louisville undergraduate, medicine, multitude of issue, nasal problem, nose, otolaryngologic, otolaryngologic care, partner, photo, physician, prevalent complaint, residency, risk factor, Rob Wilson, Ron Shashy, senior partner, senior partner of ENT specialist, Shashy, sinus, skin lesion removal, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep disorder, specialist, throat, throat condition, throat specialist, UK college of medicine, university of Kentucky, university of Louisville undergraduate, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, vast spectrum of treatment, west Virginia school of medicine, Wilson

CENTRAL KENTUCKY Multiple surveys have declared that Central Kentucky is one of the worst areas for allergies in the United

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Advocacy Health Education & Advocacy 

The Future of Medical Cannabis in Kentucky

May 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Don Stacy, MD Alison Lundergan, Alison Lundergan grime, bill, cannabis, cannabis act, cannabis advocate, cannabis bill, cannabis issue, cannabis legislation, cannabis movement, co-sponsored, commonwealth, commonwealth of Kentucky, comprehensive medical cannabis bill, D-70, Dan Seum, final vote, forefront of the business of the Kentucky Senate, Frankfort, future of medical cannabis, HB 166, house judiciary committee, innovative medicine, introduction of HB 166, Jason Nemes, John Sims, judiciary, judiciary committee member, Kentucky, Kentucky 's medical community, legalization, legalization of medical cannabis, legislation, legislative regular session, legislator, lrc.ky.gov, lrc.ky.gov website, medical administrator, medical cannabis act, medical cannabis advocate, medical cannabis issue, member of Kentucky 's medical community, modern history of the Kentucky legislature, multiple democrat, ongoing budget, passionate cannabis movement, R-33, representative Jason Nemes, representative John Sims, representative Sims, SB 80, senator majority caucus chair, specific detail of the bill, supporter of the act, task force, third-party observer

FRANKFORT Though a comprehensive medical cannabis bill was not passed in the 2018 legislative regular session, the passionate cannabis movement

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Advocacy 

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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