By Michelle Churchman Say the word doula, and most people think of the women who assist other women during childbirth. Birth doulas or midwives, while an ancient concept, became legitimized and recognized in this country in the past few decades. Today, many of those same people who pushed to give birth to their babies at…
Climate change, ENERGY STAR and your building walk into a bar…
By Angie Stokes Volatile reimbursements and margins, unpredictable population health crises and now you can add world-wide pandemic to the list of difficulties encountered by the healthcare industry in the last decade. Couple this new normal with the growing climate concerns and it’s almost more than we can manage. Like with any major change, we…
New Pharmacy Arrangements Cause Harm to Drug Program
By Kyle Keeney, PhD One of the most important functions of our elected leaders in Washington is ensuring that the programs they create are working as intended. Without proper oversight and periodic maintenance, even the most well-intentioned of programs can run astray. Such is the case with 340B, a little-known health care program Congress created…
KMA president in an unprecedented year
By Emily Schott The recently installed president of the Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) feels he has “big shoes to fill.” Dale Toney, MD, an internist at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, feels that way for many reasons. Earlier this spring, the Lexington Medical Society (LMS) nominated him for the position of KMA…
The importance of our state’s mask mandate
By Monalisa Tailor, MD, Lewis Hargett, MD and Heidi Marguilis Recently, the physicians of the Greater Louisville Medical Society, the Falls City Medical Society, and local community leaders on the Louisville Metro Board of Health, reached out to our members to get their thoughts on our state’s mask mandate. I ask every patient I see…
Treating an epidemic within a pandemic
By Tim Robinson In communities across the commonwealth and throughout the U.S., mental health and addiction treatment providers are facing a new set of challenges as they continue to care for some of our population’s most vulnerable amid a global pandemic. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 67,367 Americans died from drug overdoses…