Why utilizing physician/PA teams improves efficiency, patient satisfaction. Although physician assistants (PA) are relative newcomers to the healthcare field, they have carved out a niche as one of three primary care providers, along with physicians and advance practice nurses. Ann Davis, PA-C, senior director of State Advocacy for the AAPA said the physician assistant field…
We are hospitalists, not glorified residents
Three misconceptions cleared. Hospital medicine is a young field. Introduced as a general medical inpatient service, hospital medicine has seen tremendous growth since its birth. The hospitalist service at King’s Daughters Medical Center (KDMC) is just one example. The Ashland, Ky.-based facility houses an established hospitalist service. The program began in 2004 with one provider.…
Simply the best
Kentucky hospitals earn national rankings; UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital best in state. The wait is over and many Kentucky hospitals are celebrating. Especially the employees at the Lexington, Ky.-based University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, which was recently ranked the No. 1 hospital in Kentucky according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best…
When one degree is no longer good enough
Local universities meet student demand for more dual degrees options. by Chelsea Nichols As the landscape of healthcare continues to change, it’s not enough to be skilled in one discipline. That’s where a dual degree comes in handy. The dual degree is an attractive option for students looking to differentiate themselves from the competition or…
The 2012 MediStar Awards
Celebrating the region’s best-of-the best and 20 years of Medical News. On May 22, 2012 the Hyatt Regency Louisville filled with more than 500 healthcare professionals and executives to celebrate the 6th annual MediStar Awards. Since 2007 IGE Media, publisher of Medical News and Medical News For You, have recognized excellence in the business of…
Happy Birthday Medical News!
Medical News 20 years then and now Medical News began when the owner of a very small Bluegrass newspaper—Kentucky Medical News—asked then healthcare marketing consultant, Sandy Wensley, if she would be interested in purchasing the paper. (At the time Wensley penned a marketing column in the paper.) The year was 1992. For the next 17…