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2010-4-HW (PDF) Hospital Acquired Infections Reporting and Kentucky's HAI Health Plan Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, KY, July. 25, 2010 The State of Kentucky Needs to require hosptials to report all Hospital Acquired Infections.
2010-3-HW (Link to Paper) Kentucky Should Award CONs so All Hospital Systems in The State Benefit, Not Just One Medical News - The Business of Healthcare, Louisville, KY, March. 12, 2010 The certificate of need should be abolished or placed up for bid so all facilities can benefit.
2010-2- HW (Link to Paper) Fight Hospital-Acquired Infections Courier Journal, Louisville, KY, Jan. 12, 2010 The healthcare industry can and needs to do more to prevent healthcare acquired infections.
2010-1-HW (PDF) Poor Way to Decide Who Gets Hospitals Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, KY, Jan. 11, 2010 The Certificate of Need is adversely affecting the health of residents of Jessamine County and is running up healthcare costs.
2009-3-HW (PDF) Keep Public Reporting in Reform Plan Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, KY, Oct. 4, 2009 Public reporting of healthcare acquired infections is now supported by major national medical organizations.
2009-2-HW (PDF) Stop Hospital Borne Infections Courier Journal, Louisville, KY, July 9, 2009 Public reporting of healthcare acquired infections is now in the process of implementation in 27 states. View CJ Editor's Comment on HAI
2009-1-HW (PDF) Kentucky's Certificate of Need Process Needs Overhauling- Courier Journal, Louisville, KY, January 5 2009 Kentucky's CON process for acute care facilities is frozen with decronian regulations making it impossible to build additional facilities. The State not petitioners, should decide where CONs are needed; they should place them nationally up for bid.
2008-3-HW (PDF) Hospitals Reckless to Leave Floors Short of Nurses- Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, May 28, 2008 Low levels of hospital staff has been reported by nurses and lack of facility cleanliness and responsiveness by patients. Medicare is no longer paying for preventable adverse patient outcomes, Medicaid should follow suit.
2008-2-HW (PDF) The Case for Surveillance for MRSA - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, March 21, 2008 One could argue that Medicare patient admissions in the State of Kentucky would develop 2,500 hospital acquired infections and at risk of losing between $80,000,000 to $131,000,000 in revenue.
2008-1-HW (PDF) Mandatory Reporting of MRSA and HAIs - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, Feb. 4, 2008 HAIs are more common than any other reportable disease and deaths exceed several of the causes listed in the top 10 causes of death in the US vital statistics.
2007-7-HW (PDF) Health Care Crisis Unites Disparate Groups, Interests - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, Oct. 15, 2007 Problems in Kentucky's health care system are discussed in a statewide conference.
2007-6-HW (PDF) Two Much to Expect From Too Few Nurses - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, April 16, 2007 Frontline Caregivers get little support in protecting patients.
2007-5-HW (PDF) The CON Steals Jessamine's Health Care Access - Jessamine Journal, Nicholasville Kentucky, April 12, 2007 As long as hospitals exist in Lexington, the CON is preventing Jessamine County from building a hospital.
2007-4-HW (PDF) The Fletcher Administration & Oakwood, a Sordid Affair - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, Feb 26, 2007 Reason for outrage, scrutiny -- Fletcher aides, donors hurt Oakwood, State.
2007-4-BG (PDF) CON Law Shrinks Health-Cares Iron Triangle - Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky, Jan 8, 2007 The CON fails to lower prices or improve quality or access.
2007-3-HW (PDF) Give Public Info About Health Care Facilities2 - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky Jan 29, 2007 A call to increase the transparency of health care quality.
2007-2-HW (PDF) Medical Tourism or Creative Destruction - Courier Journal Online, Jan 18, 2007 Foreign countries are competing and trying to attract patients from the United States.
2007-1-BG (PDF) Prognosis for Ailing Health Care System Will Improve Only With Competition, Transparency - Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky, Jan 8, 2007 The high cost and low quality of the United States healthcare system
2007-1-HW (PDF) Quality Not Rising With Cost of Health Care - Herald Leader, Lexington KY, Jan 2, 2007 The high cost and low quality of the US healthcare system
2006-8-HW (PDF) Certificate of Need Unneeded - Herald Leader, Lexington KY, November 13, 2006
2006-45-BG (PDF) Eliminate CON, Embrace Competition - Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky, OCT 23, 2006
2006-7-HW (PDF) State Blocking Medical Competition - Herald Leader, Lexington KY, July 31, 2006
2006-6-HW (PDF) Health Care in Crisis: What is Wrong With Frankfort? - Jessamine Journal, Nicholasville KY July 27, 2006
2006-5-HW (PDF) Frankfort Didn't Tell Whole Story on CON Details - Commonwealth Journal, Somerset KY July 5, 2006
2006-4-HW (PDF) Certificate of Monopoly - Courier Journal, Louisville KY, June 22, 2006
2006-3-HW (PDF) Second Hospital Now Out of Reach ? - Commonwealth Journal, Somerset KY, April 26, 2006
2006-2-HW (PDF) Nursing Shortage Argument Doesn't Hold Water - Commonwealth Journal, Somerset KY, January 8, 2006
2006-1-HW (PDF) Kentucky's New Healthcare Plan - Courier Journal, Louisville KY January 3, 2006
2005-3-HW (PDF) Let Consumer Demand Ensure Adequate Nursing Staff - Herald Leader, Lexington KY November 21, 2005
2005-2-HW (PDF) Health Savings Accounts a Possible Solution for the Kentucky Health Care Crisis - Herald Leader, Lexington, KY February 26, 2005
2005-1-HW (PDF) Marriage of Managed Care, Medicaid Can Be Saved - Herald Leader, Lexington, KY January 24, 2005
2004-1-HW (PDF) RX For High Drug Costs - Herald Leader, Lexington, KY October 21, 2004