The safety and security team at King’s Daughters Medical Center received national recognition for the third year in a row in the November issue of Security Magazine. The publication ranked KDMC’s security program 39th of the 81 healthcare security departments that made the magazine’s list of the Top 500 in the Nation. Each year, Security…
King’s Daughters Auxiliary provides funding for community projects
Each year, King’s Daughters Volunteer Auxiliary provides thousands of dollars in funding to support dozens of KDMC community programs and health initiatives that benefit underserved individuals and families throughout the region. King’s Daughters Auxiliary recently announced community projects that will receive $205,000 in funding for fiscal year 2013, including:
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.…
Kentucky Heart Foundation receives grant to further Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Intiative
The Kentucky Heart Foundation recently received a $40,000 Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and Environmental change, or ACHIEVE, grant from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. The grant supports the efforts of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Coalition, which is made up of more than 75 individuals representing 27 organizations from Boyd and Greenup…