Med Center Health News
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The Medical Center at Bowling Green Earns Blue Distinction® Centers+ Designation for Cardiac Care
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has recognized The Medical Center at Bowling Green, the flagship hospital of Med Center Health, with a Blue Distinction Centers+ for Cardiac Care designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated providers that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better [...]
The Medical Center at Albany now offers bone density tests
The Medical Center at Albany now offers central dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, also known as bone densitometry or Dexa, for residents of Clinton and surrounding counties. Dexa is a bone mineral density test that measures bone mass and is the only test that can diagnose osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a potentially debilitating disease that causes bone to [...]
Med Center Health joins campaign to register organ, eye, and tissue donors
Med Center Health has joined other area healthcare organizations to create a donation-friendly community through the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Campaign. This national initiative sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services challenges healthcare organizations to educate employees, patients, visitors, and the community [...]
DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses Program Launched at Med Center Health
Med Center Health announces the launch of the DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses. The DAISY Award is an international program designed to say “thank you” to nurses who have truly made a difference in the lives of their patients. Founded in 1999, the DAISY Foundation was created to honor the exceptional nurses who profoundly impacted [...]
Med Center Health Announces 10K Classic Donations to American Cancer Society and The Medical Center Cancer Treatment Center
Med Center Health announced a total of $13,000 raised through the 2018 Med Center Health 10K Classic will be donated to the American Cancer Society (ACS) and to benefit cancer patients in Southcentral Kentucky. After expenses and cash prizes, the $13,000 proceeds from “the race for everyone” will be split evenly between the ACS and [...]
Med Center Health Employee Donations Top $2 Million
Med Center Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Med Center Health, announced the Employees Contributing to Help Others (ECHO) program recently reached the $2 million mark. ECHO is a program that offers employees of Med Center Health the opportunity to choose payroll deduction when donating to the Foundation each pay period. All of the money [...]
Cabinet for Health and Family Services Changes Regulation In Effort to Help Greenview Hospital After Losing Recent Battle Over Ambulance Service
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services has changed a regulation following Greenview Hospital’s recent defeat in its attempt to establish an ambulance service in Warren County. The Cabinet’s changes improperly favor TriStar Greenview Hospital, an HCA-affiliated, for-profit, Tennessee-based corporation. The newly amended regulation brazenly seeks to remove the obstacles Greenview encountered when its [...]
Cabinet Denies TriStar Greenview’s Ambulance Service Application
Today, the independent hearing officer assigned to hear the case involving TriStar Greenview’s certificate of need (CON) application to initiate a second ambulance service in Warren County issued a Final Order denying the application. TriStar Greenview will therefore not be able to proceed with its proposed ambulance service. The Final Order (copy attached) cancels the [...]
Court Denies Motion by Greenview and Cabinet for Health and Family Services to Dismiss Medical Center EMS Lawsuit
Franklin Circuit Court has denied a motion filed by Greenview Hospital and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to dismiss a Medical Center EMS lawsuit challenging the Cabinet’s emergency regulation involving ambulance service.
The Cabinet issued the emergency regulation in late September which allows Certificate of Need (CON) applications for new ambulance services to be [...]
Med Center Health’s Western Kentucky Diagnostic Imaging Adding Region’s Only High-Field Open MRI Imaging System
Med Center Health’s Western Kentucky Diagnostic Imaging, a department of The Medical Center, has added Hitachi’s Oasis High-Field Open Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging system to its list of diagnostic offerings. Oasis has an accommodating, open design that reassures patients, as well as a broad range of clinical capabilities and features. Hitachi has been a long-time [...]