The Medical Center and Western Kentucky Universityalready cooperate on other medical-education programs. Officials and civic leaders in Southern Kentucky have high hopes for a medical school partnership between the University...
This story, which was published Thursday morning, has been updated with action in the full Senate. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Senate has approved a...
With Kentucky’s doctor shortage about to be exacerbated by expansion of the Medicaid program and federally subsidized health insurance, there will be more competition than ever to recruit physicians, especially...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The federal health-reform law will improve health care and help make Kentuckians healthier, though some will be inconvenienced, officials of Kentucky’s leading hospitals and...
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News As Kentucky expands Medicaid and implements the Affordable Care Act, more Kentuckians will have health coverage and access to care, worsening Kentucky’s already existing...
By Molly Burchett and Al Cross Kentucky Health News In the wake of Gov. Steve Beshear’s recent decision to expand Medicaid under federal health reform, there is concern that Kentucky’s...
The University of Louisville School of Medicine Trover Rural Campus in Madisonville was rated third best in the nation for preparing medical students to practice in rural areas, which is critical...
Recruiting doctors to rural hospitals will get harder in the next few years as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act reaches full implementation and the demand for healthcare services...
Kentucky’s persistent physician shortage is hardly new. Almost a century ago, the Frontier Nursing Service came to Hyden on the presumption that doctors wouldn’t. A report from the Health Resources...
Associated Press photo by Michael Schennum. The days of hanging up a shingle and opening shop are becoming more and more unusual for doctors. Afraid of being left without protection in...