Med Center Health News
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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 [...]
The Medical Center Sleep Center Receives Reaccreditation
The Medical Center Sleep Center in Bowling Green recently received program reaccreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
“Almost 70 million Americans suffer from some type of sleep disorder,” says Justin Srygler, Director of Clinical Allied Services at The Medical Center, “and these disorders can be linked to chronic physical disorders as well as [...]
Med Center Health Files Lawsuit Against Cabinet for Health and Family Services As “Last Resort” Over Emergency Regulation
Med Center Health announced Monday that it has filed a lawsuit against the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to stop an emergency regulation involving ambulance services. The Cabinet issued the regulation on September 25, clearing the way for an additional ambulance provider to address what the Cabinet wrongly calls a “public health crisis” in [...]
Med Center Health First Responders and Warren County Judge-Executive Snubbed By Bevin Administration Following Request to Discuss Emergency Regulation
Adam Meier, Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, has denied a request to meet with Med Center Health and Warren County Judge-Executive Mike Buchanon concerning a recently issued Emergency Regulation which addresses ambulance service in Warren County. Med Center Health and Judge Buchanon requested the meeting to make clear to the Bevin [...]