Features articles

Increasing access to care through prescriber-driven pharmacist protocols

Sally McMahon - December 29, 2017 - Current Issue, Features

By: Cindy Stowe, PharmD, and Patricia Rippetoe Freeman, PharmD Standing orders and clinical protocols allow the delivery of prescribed care based on an agreed upon set of criteria. Pharmacists practicing in health system settings have had broad authority to provide protocol-driven care for many years. In contrast, community pharmacists’ authority to provide protocol-driven care has been limited to the provision of immunization services, and, more recently,…

American Cancer Society outlines legislative priorities

Sally McMahon - December 29, 2017 - Current Issue, Features

Expanding access to palliative care top goal. By: Lori Earnshaw, MD, Turner West and Kristy Young The need to improve serious illness care is particularly exigent in Kentucky because of our high prevalence of cancer and other serious illnesses and with the aging of the population. The Center to Advance Palliative Care defines palliative care as specialized care for people living with serious…

2017 Healthcare Leaders: Insights from the Physician Community

Sally McMahon - December 5, 2017 - Current Issue, Features

By Ben Keeton Each year, Medical News talks with healthcare leaders from across the Commonwealth to get their perspective on the changing landscape of healthcare. This year, we focused on leaders within the physician community to understand the opportunities and challenges that they face in improving healthcare across Kentucky. Leaders include: (click to view profile)…

Servant leadership: A model well-suited for healthcare

Sally McMahon - November 30, 2017 - Current Issue, Features

By John (Jack) Rudnick, Jr. One of the philosophies that defies a common understanding of leadership is a model known as servant leadership. The paradox is that this model is characterized, inherently, by the desire to serve others through seeking the well-being of followers and providing them with the necessary support to achieve goals. Servant…

Spencerian College preparing for move to Dupont Circle

Sally McMahon - November 3, 2017 - Current Issue, Features

Spencerian College is scheduled to begin classes Jan. 2 at its new campus at 4000 Dupont Circle within the Dupont Circle Medical Complex in Louisville, Kentucky. Spencerian plans to begin moving from its existing Shively location during finals week Dec. 11-15, said Spencerian College Executive Director Jan Gordon. “We will start the move during finals,…

Kentucky’s Opioid Response Effort

Sally McMahon - November 3, 2017 - Current Issue, Features

With over 1400 overdose deaths in 2016 (compared to over 1300 in 2015), opioid use disorder has reached epidemic levels in Kentucky. Addressing this epidemic is a top priority across all levels of government and public and private partners. One thing is certain: the opioid use disorder crisis is complex and multi-factorial. There is not…

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