Tag: awards
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Norton Healthcare chief, Hardin judge-executive, former Lincoln coroner receive awards from Kentucky Hospital Association
The Kentucky Hospital Association gave some awards during its annual convention in Lexington on May 9, according to a KHA press release. Stephen A. Williams, chief executive officer of Norton...
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Children 8-12 can submit a healthy lunch recipe by April 5 to get chance for trip to Kids’ ‘State Dinner’ at White House
First Lady Michelle Obama is again teaming up with the Education and Agriculture departments to run a nationwide recipe contest to promote cooking and healthy eating by young people. “Teaching...
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Accreditation commission designates UK as one of 63 comprehensive stroke centers
The Joint Commission for accredting health-care organizations, the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association have designated UK HealthCare a Comprehensive Stroke Center. The university’s medical center joins 63 other...
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Kentucky Equal Justice Center, active in Obamacare signups, wins award from Consumer Reports magazine
The Kentucky Equal Justice Center, a non-profit advocacy organization most recently in the news for encouraging Obamacare enrollments, has won the Consumer Reports Excellence in Consumer Advocacy Award, which includes a...
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Psychologists honor KHN publisher Cross for health work
The Kentucky Psychological Association recently recognized Kentucky Health News Publisher Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, for “his outstanding career...
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Irvine hospital’s Susan Starling wins American Hospital Association’s award for leadership in small or rural hospitals
Susan L. Starling, president and CEO of Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital in Irvine, is the 2013 winner of the American Hospital Association’s Shirley Ann Munroe Leadership Award. The award...
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Nominees sought for award honoring lifetime in rural health
The Kentucky Rural Health Association seeks nominations for an award honoring a lifetime contribution to rural health in Kentucky, named for Dr. Dan Martin of the Trover Foundation in Madisonville....
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Markey Cancer Center at UK gets National Cancer Institute designation, opening up new treatment options for patients
The University of Kentucky annouced Friday that its Markey Cancer Center has earned a prestigious National Cancer Institute designation. With this designation, the center becomes one of 68 in the...
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Ky. Rural Health Association seeks nominations by Aug. 20 for annual award honoring health service to rural Kentuckians
The Kentucky Rural Health Association is seeking nominations for this year’s recipient of the Dan Martin Award, an annual honor for an individual who has provided many years of service...