A federal agency, magazines and a consulting group have compiled ratings that allow comparison of hospitals. Now Dr. Kevin Kavanagh of Somerset-based Health Watch USA has compiled the ratings, allowing...
The federal government is penalizing 11 Kentucky hospitals for falling short on patient safety in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, two more than last year. Medicare has imposed...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Patient safety was the topic at the 2016 HealthWatch USA conference this month in Lexington, with health advocates calling for a more collaborative and...
The Kentucky Hospital Association says it will again be part of a national effort to reduce preventable hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions. “Kentucky hospitals work very hard to provide the highest...
U of L Hospital (Photo from WDRB-TV) The state is investigating whether patient care is unsafe at University of Louisville Hospital because of staff cuts, particularly in nursing, made...
A colorized scanning of E.ColiCredit: CDC/Jancie Haney Carr For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria that can’t be treated by “last resort”...
Researchers in England say an ancient folk cure might help kill the superbug MRSA, Justin Moyer reports for The Washington Post. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is among the infections that have...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky will have a new weapon, in the form of data, to fight infections acquired in hospitals and other health-care facilities, with legislative...
A new deadly superbug that is almost totally resistant to antibiotics and kills about half who get bloodstream infections has found its way to community hospitals in the Southeastern United...
“Nightmare bacteria” leading to deadly infections that are difficult and sometimes impossible to treat are on the rise in American hospitals, and threaten to spread to otherwise healthy people outside of...