National Organizations Recognize Quality Care at UK HealthCare
Published 04-23-2012 8:12 AM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
April has been a good month for UK HealthCare, as two national organizations have confirmed the high quality care that's available here. Our stroke program has earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Gold Plus Award. It recognizes...
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Tim Couch returns to help out heart care in Eastern Kentucky
Published 04-04-2012 7:27 AM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
UK HealthCare welcomed a Wildcats legend back to campus recently. Tim Couch, a native of Hyden, Ky., and UK's quarterback from 1996-98, was here to unveil a special bottle of Maker's Mark that he helped design. It's the 16 th year that Maker's...
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Horse’n Around SAFELY
Published 03-26-2012 7:44 AM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
A team from UK HealthCare was on hand March 8 as the Kentucky Horse Park dedicated its new Children's Barn. The Children's Barn consists of 20 child-friendly exhibits designed to teach kids a wide variety of equine safety information. We're...
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Young Man Receives Artificial Heart
Published 03-15-2012 11:15 AM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
At such a large institution, we try every day to keep in mind why we're here: To help patients get better. We celebrated one such occasion recently with a young man from Northern Kentucky, who came to us with a serious health problem. Zack Poe, a...
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DanceBlue 2012
Published 02-29-2012 3:19 PM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
For those of you with some extra energy to burn off this weekend, the annual DanceBlue marathon is definitely worth your time. DanceBlue is a student-run charitable organization here at UK. It's a year-long fundraising drive that culminates in a 24...
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Health reform, Medicare and your doctors
Published 02-27-2012 2:47 PM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
With so much discussion and debate out there about health care reform, the federal budget and changes to Medicare, it can be difficult to keep everything straight. To that end, we hope to use this space to keep you informed about how all those issues...
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Process improvement in the KNI
Published 02-01-2012 7:34 AM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
On Saturday, January 21 st , representatives from the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (KNI) clinic met on their day off for a 4 hour Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) event. The group split into teams to map the customer experience in the KNI clinic - from...
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Dr. Koh Speaks to UK HealthCare
Published 01-17-2012 8:11 AM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services, spoke to a full crowd last Tuesday. About 400 people packed into the new Pavilion A Auditorium and even into two overflow conference rooms to listen to the Assistant Secretary. It was...
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Dr. Koh Visiting UK HealthCare
Published 12-21-2011 1:24 PM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
As many of you know, one of my favorite job duties is keeping abreast of the ongoing healthcare reform discussion, especially as it relates to UK HealthCare and others around the state. I enjoy giving talks to different groups on healthcare reform, and...
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KY-REC examines progress transitioning the state to a uniform health record system
Published 12-20-2011 10:35 AM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
More than 1,000 health care providers across the Commonwealth are adopting electronic health record systems with assistance from the University of Kentucky HealthCare's Regional Extension Center (KY-REC). Passing this program milestone, the KY-REC...
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Home is Where the Heart is
Published 12-12-2011 9:21 AM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
Owning a home is a wonderful feeling, and yesterday, Habitat for Humanity gave one of our favorite and most valuable employees this great opportunity. DeShanda Player, who works in the CTW building, was the recipient of a brand new home yesterday. For...
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A Discussion on Medicaid
Published 12-07-2011 12:01 PM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a congressional Medicaid briefing sponsored by the National Association of Children's Hospitals (NACH) in Washington, D.C., discussing the impact of Medicaid on America's underprivileged populations,...
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College of Pharmacy and Markey Cancer Center Ribbon Cutting
Published 12-01-2011 8:35 AM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
The College of Pharmacy, along with the Markey Cancer Center, held a very important "ribbon cutting" on Tuesday. With President Eli Capilouto in attendance, Dr. Mark Evers and Dean Timothy Tracy announced that the University of Kentucky BioPharm...
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Circle of Love Program: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Published 11-23-2011 9:54 AM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
It is hard to believe that the holiday season is right around the corner. This time of year, we are extra busy at UK HealthCare trying to bring cheer to patients and families who are facing difficult health issues. Our efforts to bring a bit of extra...
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UK College of Pharmacy and Norton Healthcare Announce a 3-Year Extension
Published 11-18-2011 3:59 PM | Mark D. Birdwhistell
Last Friday I traveled to Norton Healthcare's downtown campus to attend a very important press release regarding Norton Healthcare and the University Of Kentucky College Of Pharmacy. As part of the Louisville Clinical Education Center (CEC), Norton...
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