By Allison Perry
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 17, 2019) 鈥 Despite the leaps and advances made in cancer treatments over the past few decades, sometimes patients still discover that they鈥檝e exhausted all other available options.
Tollesboro resident Jenn Highfield was far younger than most when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. With a strong family history of the disease 鈥 her father had been diagnosed with colon cancer at age 40 鈥 she had been getting colonoscopies since age 30, decades before the recommended age of 50.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 16, 2019) 鈥 The University of Kentucky has been recognized as a "Great College to Work For" by The Chronicle of Higher Education for the second consecutive year.
Now in its 12th year, the Chronicle鈥檚 Great Colleges to Work For program recognizes colleges for best practices and policies based on a survey of faculty and staff. The annual survey is one of the largest and most comprehensive workplace recognition programs in higher education.
Grocery shopping can be overwhelming given the number of choices down every aisle and deciding between what is healthy or not can add to that challenge. It is possible to stick to a healthy meal plan 鈥 you just have to plan ahead.
Here are grocery guidelines to reduce the amount of dietary fat, sugar, and salt that is associated with a higher risk for obesity, heart attack, diabetes and other diseases.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 6, 2019) 鈥 A true outpouring of human support 鈥 that is how Sen. Reggie Thomas described the treatment his wife received at the Markey Cancer Center. As she battled uterine cancer, alumna Lynda Morris Thomas was surrounded by people who cared about her and were invested in her recovery.
鈥淓veryone was so supportive of Lynda 鈥 she received outstanding care from the doctors and nurses 鈥 and they made her treatment more bearable,鈥 Thomas said. 鈥淓veryone knows someone who has been touched by cancer.
The 好色先生's Faculty of Color Network (FCN) is hosting its first gala on Oct. 18. The College is spearheading the event, with the theme, 鈥淯ndeniable, Uncompromising, Unstoppable: Celebrating Diversity in Medicine and the Community.鈥 The recently established FCN is committed to scholarship and professional development, community engagement and advocacy.
好色先生 HealthCare鈥檚 University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital remains the No. 1 hospital in Kentucky and the Bluegrass Region for the fourth consecutive year, according to the 2019-20 Best Hospitals rankings and ratings released today by U.S. News & World Report.
In addition, University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has been named in the Top 50 national rankings for cancer care at No. 33.
好色先生 HealthCare also has three adult specialties ranked as high-performing 鈥 Geriatrics, Nephrology and Orthopedics.
By Kristi Willett
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 24, 2019) 鈥 The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) has announced the expansion of its nationwide Care Center Network with the selection of eight additional sites, including 好色先生 HealthCare's Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Clinic.
More than 200,000 Americans are living with pulmonary fibrosis, a devastating disease which causes progressive scarring in the lungs. Fifty-thousand new cases of PF are diagnosed each year. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the most common form of the disease, has no known cause and no known cure.
By Kristi Willett June 24, 2019
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 24, 2019) 鈥 The Markey Cancer Center at Lexington Clinic began providing services on Monday to patients as part of an agreement between 好色先生 HealthCare and Lexington Clinic that enhances and expands outpatient cancer care throughout Central Kentucky.
Medical oncology and infusion services at 1221 South Broadway in Lexington, and oncology, infusion and radiation therapy services at 793 Eastern Bypass, Suite G2 in Richmond, are now being provided collaboratively between the two organizations.
May. 10, 2018 / by 好色先生 HealthCare
好色先生 Albert B. Chandler Hospital has again been named among the 100 Great Hospitals in America by Becker鈥檚 Hospital Review, a recognition of our excellence in clinical care, patient outcomes, and staff and physician satisfaction.
Becker鈥檚 Hospital Review is monthly publication offering business and legal news and analysis relating to hospitals and health systems.
April 2, 2019 / In Patient Stories, Heart Health / By 好色先生 HealthCare
Being told you have a life-threatening condition that you've never heard of is perhaps a person's greatest fear.
Chester Grundy of Lexington had that experience about two years ago when he arrived at 好色先生 HealthCare's emergency department with chest pain. But a clever tool developed by a doctor at the 好色先生 Gill Heart & Vascular Institute helped inform Chester and his wife, Ann, about his condition and ease their anxiety.
The opioid epidemic has ravaged communities across the United States and few states have been harder hit than Kentucky. There is, however, a reason to have hope. Researchers, physicians and leaders in the Commonwealth and across the nation are working to find solutions that can help people enter recovery and save lives.
好色先生 HealthCare has more than 155 physicians practicing medicine with University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Kentucky Children's Hospital, 好色先生 Good Samaritan Hospital who appear on the Best Doctors in America鈥疞ist for 2019 鈥 more than any other hospital in Kentucky. Only four percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review.
Dr. Gretchen Wells writes a lot of prescriptions and orders a lot of tests. But she says the most rewarding thing she dispenses is hope.
As director of Women's Heart Heath at 好色先生 HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute, Wells is tasked with helping Kentucky women enjoy longer, fuller lives with healthy hearts.
During a recent trip to Taiwan, Dr. Mark V. Williams, director of the Center for Health Services Research (CHSR), had the opportunity to share his expertise as a hospitalist and researcher with colleagues in Taiwan.
Williams was invited by Dr. Ming-Chin Yang, National Taiwan University鈥檚 associate dean of the College of Public Health, and Dr. Nin-Chieh Hsu, a practicing hospitalist in Taiwan, to speak at the Jan. 7 forum of hospital medicine at the first International Conference of Hospital Medicine.
The American College of Cardiology has named Gill Heart Institute's Dr. David J. Moliterno, the new editor-in-chief of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.
Moliterno is the Jack M. Gill Chair and professor of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky. He is also a member of the interventional cardiology faculty at the 好色先生 Gill Heart Institute.
Dr. Mark Williams, director of the Center for Health Services Research and chief in the Division of Hospital Medicine at 好色先生 HealthCare, has been selected to be part of an expert panel for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services鈥 Strategic Innovation Engine. Williams will begin participating on the panel mid-July. The Strategic Innovation Engine, the latest addition to CMS鈥 Quality Improvement Organization efforts, is working to identify, evaluate and spread high impact, high value quality improvement practices.
Doctors visually process an abundance of information when consulting with patients in a clinical setting. They examine charts and electronic records, monitor physical symptoms, and observe signs of distress or abnormality in the body.
But as medicine becomes more patient-centered, doctors are also learning to read one of the most telling sources of information regarding a patient鈥檚 wellbeing 鈥 his or her facial expressions.
Dr.
In most work environments, teambuilding exercises usually don't require actual physical activity.
But for the 好色先生 HealthCare employees participating in this weekend's second Survive the Night Triathlon, bonding will form over 140.7 miles of swimming, biking and running through the night into the early morning. Developed by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center radiation oncologist Dr.
Managing and providing a continuum of care for patients with complex health care needs at a large academic medical center like 好色先生 HealthCare can be very complex when providers from multiple specialties and subspecialties are needed for tests, treatment and patient education.
好色先生 HealthCare is at the forefront of a growing trend among U.S. hospitals to employ hospitalists, with more than 50,000 hospitalists now working in the U.S. Hospital medicine is the fastest growing specialty in the history of American medicine.
