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Focus on Function First

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Donna Ison academic Physiatrists, acquired brain injury program, admirable accomplishment, Amantadine, association of academic Physiatrists, Atlanta 's shepherd center, brain, brain doctor, brain injury, brain injury program, brain injury research, Brian Bohannon Darryl Kaelin, chief resident, cord, cord injury, Darryl Kaelin, Dayton Ohio, devastate car accident, Dr. Darryl Kaelin, Dr. Darryl Kaelin help patient, effectiveness of the physical medicine, elevator speech, Emily Holmes, Emory university 's school, Emory university 's school of medicine, endowed chair, endowed chair of brain injury, Frazier Rehab, Frazier Rehab institute, Frazier rehabilitation institute, good program, image001 photo, image002 photo, individual 's physical, injury, inpatient, Kaelin, Kaelin 's word, Kettering medical center, Louisville, medical director, medical director of brain injury research, medical director of the acquired brain injury program, medical director of UofL health, medicine, medicine rehabilitation, miraculous story, multidisciplinary care, musculoskeletal perspective, neuro-rehabilitation, non-surgical treatment of disease, outpatient, perfect specialty, photo, physiatrist, physiatrists, physiatry, physiatry make, physical medicine, physical medicine rehabilitation, physician, PM&R specialist, PMR, power of the human spirit, practice of UofL health, quality of life, recovery, rehabilitation, specialist, specialty, spinal cord injury, stroke, stroke rehabilitation, TBI, telemedicine, telerehabilitation, therapist, time provide elevator speech, traumatic brain injury, university of Louisville, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, UofL school, UofL school of medicine

LOUISVILLE Completing a 5K run is an admirable accomplishment for anyone. But, for someone who has suffered a traumatic brain

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Headlines-OP/ED 

COVID-19: Reflections, Remembrances and Recollections

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Gil Dunn adoption of virtual visit, affected staff, Bardstown, Becky CAROTHERS, boredom of the nurse home resident, broad adjustment, Cady Brown, CareFirst, chi, chi saint, clinical deterioration, colleague, COVID-19, COVID-19 's arrival, COVID-19 case, COVID-type, COVID-type symptom, creation of electronic medical record, Dav Doodnauth, disruptive change, downtown Drs., Drs., early patient, even prior, FACP, fear of the unknown, Flaget, GHP, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn image003, Gil Dunn image003 photo, great travesty, great travesty of the pandemic, Grow-A-Frog, Grow-A-Frog tadpole, healthcare, home infection, image001 photo, image002 photo, image004 photo, image005 photo, importance of nourishment, incredible high, incredible work, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph M. Flynn, Joseph medical group, Kentuckiana physician, long day, loved-one 's hug, M., M. Flynn, medicine, memes, minute-to-minute evolution, minute-to-minute evolution of information, moment, mortality rate, new environment, non-COVID, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's medical associate, Norton Healthcare, Norton medical group, nurse home community, nurse home infection, nurse home resident, organized parade, pandemic, past couple month, patience, patient 's compromised vision, pediatrician, photo, physician, physician owner, potential hospital visit, rehab patient, routine clinical care, routine clinical care of resident, safe care, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-2 virus, singular change, son 's Christmas present, specialist, tadpole, tadpole 's adaptation, teachable moment, telemedicine, tradeoff, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, video visit capability, virtual visit, virus, zoom visit

“What will you remember? What would you like to forget?” We asked Kentuckiana physicians and administrators to share their thoughts

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Special Section 

Hope and Health for Louisville’s “Forgotten Side”

March 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Maggie McCombs age group, Brent Duncan, broad age range, Broadway, buy car, Carolina 's Spartanburg, clinic, Dageforde, David Dageforde, doctor serve, Dr. Eugene Giles, Duncan, Duncan 's career, east Louisville area, exhaust day, family care clinic, forgotten side, generation physician, Gil Dunn Brent Duncan, Gil Dunn Cardio, high quality healthcare, hurt community, image001 photo, image002 photo, importance of meet patient, improved work-life balance, Jenn, Kenya, Kenya pediatrics location, life look, Louisville, Louisville area, Louisville Brent Duncan, Louisville native, medical associate, Norton, Norton 's new family care clinic, Norton community, now-retired cardiologist, patient ample time, pediatric residency, pediatrics, pediatrics rotation, physician, prac-tices, reassure tone, residency, Shawnee, Shawnee Christian Healthcare, Shawnee Christian Healthcare center, Shawnee neighborhood, slow mail delivery, south Carolina 's Spartanburg, specialist, two-way trust, west Broadway, west Louisville, west Louisville area, YMCA

LOUISVILLE Brent Duncan, MD, a Louisville native and fifth generation physician, is a welcome sight around West Louisville. The doctor

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A Founding Member of Treating Pain

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 MD-Update Staff addictive component, anesthesiologist, anesthesiologist relieve pain, Ballard Wright, behavioral medicine, behavioral medicine department, behavioral medicine specialist, bluegrass, care physician, CEO of the pain treatment center, CEO of the pain treatment pain medicine of the bluegrass, chronic pain, Dr. Wright, effective pain medicine, Engl, Engl J, found member of treat pain, Gil Dunn Heather Wright, Gil Dunn Jason Goumas, heather, help patient cope, image001 Goumas, image001 Goumas photo, image002 Goumas, image002 Goumas photo, interventional procedure, interventional technique, J., LCSW, magnitude of pain, management physician, medical specialty of pain management, medication, medicine, medicine department, medicine specialist, multiple modality, N., new England journal of medicine article, outpatient, pain, pain management, pain treatment center, pain treatment center of the bluegrass, pain treatment pain medicine, physical therapy, physician, physician practice, prevalence of chronic pain, Pt, rehab, specialist, specialty, surgery, surgery center, therapy, treatment plan

LEXINGTON For some people, acute or chronic pain is a fact of life. A New England Journal of Medicine article

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A Foot in the Door

September 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Jim Kelsey ankle, ankle fellowship, ankle procedure, ankle replacement, ankle replacement surgery, ankle specialist, arthritis, bone, bunion, bunion deformity, calf, calf muscle, carpenter of surgeon, central Kentucky market, central Kentucky market of Winchester, David Hamilton, deformity, difficult foot, door, engineer type mind, fellowship, fit, Gil Dunn David Hamilton, Hamilton, image001 photo, importance of a good fit, joint replacement procedure, Kentucky, Kentucky football team, Kentucky market, Kentucky Orthopaedics, Kos, mid-foot, mid-foot arthritis, orthopedic operate room, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, perform ankle replacement, pharmacist mother, Pittsburgh, procedure, replacement, replacement procedure, residency, scout team quarterback, shoe, son of a veterinarian father, specialist, spine, spine procedure, sport procedure, subspecialty coverage, surgeon, surgery, tight calf muscle, type mind, ulcer, veterinarian father

WINCHESTER As a foot and ankle specialist with training and experience in performing ankle replacements, David Hamilton, MD, knows a

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News News & Events 

News – Dec 2018

December 1, 2018December 28, 2018 MD-Update Staff A grade, A., accreditation, accreditation program, advanced laparoscopic, American college, American Gastroenterological association, arthritis, baptist health, bariatric, bariatric surgery, Blair, blood flow, board-certified, board-eligible, breast, breast center, breast disease, breast program, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer center, CDC, CDC recognition, center accreditation, chief resident, clinic, Daryl Nisbett, diabetes, diabetes prevention program, disease control, disease management, doctor, doctor of medicine, family medicine, fellowship, gastroenterological, Gastroenterological association, gastroenterology, general surgery, Grade, hospital safety, image001 Mathis, injection, Inova Fairfax medical center, internal medicine, J., James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Kendrick, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne surgical associate, Kim, laparoscopic, leapfrog, leapfrog group, Lexington, Lexington baptist health, Lexington clinic, Lexington Rachel Mathis, Lifeline®, Lifeline® heart attack, Lifeline® heart attack receive center accreditation, Louisiana state university, Louisville, Mathis, MD-UPDATE, Md., medical degree, medicine, NAPBC, NAPBC accreditation, national conference, News, News item, obesity, obesity center, oncology, osteopathic medicine, physician, prevention, recognition, residency, resident education, resident research award, rheumatology, safety, Sizemore, specialist, surgery, surgical associate, surgical education, surgical fellowship, U, undergraduate, undergraduate degree, university of Kentucky, wellness

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Physicians Join KentuckyOne Surgical Associates in Lexington LEXINGTON Rachel Mathis, MD, has

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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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Legal 

Kentucky’s New Telehealth Act

September 1, 2018November 9, 2018 Sarah Charles Wright act amends, act means, authorization, brief overview of Senate Bill 112, care law, care provider, communication technology, comprehensive change, confidentiality, coverage, deny coverage, deny coverage of telehealth service, electronic medium, exclude coverage, exclude coverage of telehealth service, face-to-face, healthcare, healthcare coverage, healthcare provider, I, Kentucky, Kentucky 's managed care law, Kentucky 's new Telehealth act, Kentucky 's telehealth law, Kentucky Medicaid, Kentucky Medicaid participate provider, Kentucky Medicaid provider, Kentucky physician, Kentucky Telehealth, Kentucky telehealth law, Kentucky Telehealth network, Kentucky.1, list of Kentucky Medicaid participate provider, MD-UPDATE, Medicaid, Medicaid MCOs, Medicaid patient, Medicaid patient 's primary care provider, Medicaid recipient, Medicaid.4, Medicaid.4 specific, new definition, new section of the Kentucky, out-of-state, patient 's health, payer, physician, physician use of telehealth2, prior authorization, provider, SB 112, Senate Bill 112, specialist, statute, statute cover, telehealth, telehealth definition, telehealth service, telehealth2, Telehealth3, telemedicine, treat patient, use of telehealth

Back in 2014, I wrote an article for MD-Update about treating patients by “telehealth” in Kentucky.1 While Kentucky was one

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Special Section 

Breeding Success

January 1, 2018March 23, 2018 Jim Kelsey $, $25 million nonprofit operation, based clinic, behavioral health professional, boy scout aid, breed, breed 's vision, breed serve, breed state, breed success, care doctor, care pulmonology, clinic, clinical affair, colonoscopy, community health center, comprehensive health corporation, comprehensive healthcare, country doctor, critical care pulmonology, director of clinical affair, doctor, doctor leader, eastern Kentucky, example of MCHC 's connection, family practice, family practice residency, Farmacy, four-and-a-half hour drive, full array of primary healthcare service, good healthcare, health corporation, healthcare, internal medicine, Kentucky, large black lung clinic, little clinic, local family doctor, lung clinic, Malcolm Wilson, MCHC, MCHC 's connection, MCHC patient, medical degree, non-profit corporation of clinic, OB/ GYN, optometry, Pauletta, pediatrics, people of eastern Kentucky, personal cell phone number, photo, primary care doctor, primary healthcare service, quality healthcare, quality of patient care, specialist, unduplicated patient, university of Kentucky, Van breed, Whitesburg, Whitesburg Van, Whitesburg Van breed, wide range of service

WHITESBURG Van Breeding, MD, has always been an early riser. He gets up at 4:30 am every day, arrives at

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Special Section 

Small Town Services Get Big City Upgrade

December 1, 2017February 9, 2018 Jennifer S. Newton 10-county area, 25 % growth, ablation, academic medical center, access gap, autonomy of a progressive model, Bowling, Bowling green, Bowling green access, brain, clinic, craniofacial, craniofacial pain syndrome, CT, degenerative spine disease, director of the surgical movement disorder program, disorder, epilepsy, fast grow city, fast-growing population of Bowling, feel of WKONA, fellowship, functional neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery deal, functional stereotactic neurosurgery, Gilbert clinic, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, intraoperative, Kentucky, large multidisciplinary physician group develop, lesion, Louisville, majority of Shanks 's practice, Md., movement disorder, movement disorder team, multi-fellowship, multidisciplinary movement disorder team, multidisciplinary neurosurgical service, multidisciplinary team, multispecialty, multispecialty physician group, navigation, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgery deal, neurosurgical associate, neurosurgical service line, Norton hospital, outside of academic medical center, pain, pain specialist, physician, physician group develop, progressive model, real time, Shanks, Shanks 's practice, small town service, specialist, spine, spine disease, spine tumor, state of Kentucky, stereotactic neurosurgery, surgical movement disorder program, therapy, tissue, Todd Shanks, top-notch program, treatment of movement disorder, tumor, U, university of Louisville, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt university, western Kentucky, WKONA

BOWLING GREEN Access. Access. Access. It’s been the rallying cry for years in healthcare reform. In Kentucky, and nationally, public

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