Nurse anesthetists no longer need to be supervised in Ky.
Kentucky will be the 17th state to opt out of a federal requirement that requires nurse anesthetists to be supervised by a physician, a move that Gov. Steve Beshear said...
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Kentucky will be the 17th state to opt out of a federal requirement that requires nurse anesthetists to be supervised by a physician, a move that Gov. Steve Beshear said...
Photo by iStockphoto Research from the University of North Carolina indicates drug databases like the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system do reduce doctor shopping and change prescribing behavior....
Reflections on the new law to fight “pill mills” are in both of Kentucky’s major metropolitan newspapers today. The Courier-Journal, which rightly takes partial credit for focusing attention on the...
Photo by Matthew Staver, Bloomberg Tonsillectomies are the most common procedure for children requiring anesthesia. “The only problem is there’s no evidence they work for most” kids, reports Sarah Cliff...
Saying it couldn’t get to his desk quickly enough, Gov. Steve Beshear signed a bill aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse in celebration today, warning so-called pill mills to “Get...
House Speaker Greg Stumbo, center, walkswith House budget committee chair RickRand and House Majority Floor LeaderRocky Adkins. (Courier-Journal photo). Legislators have sent Gov. Steve Beshear a bill to curb prescription...
A bipartisan group of political leaders issued a call today “to pass a bill that will help the state battle one of its most significant threats – prescription drug abuse,”...
Doctors should perform 45 common tests and procedures less often, a group of nine medical specialty boards recommended today. The move will “likely alter treatment standards in hospitals and doctors’...