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(photo) Dr. Kraig Humbaugh received the 2021 Jack Trevey Award for Community Service.
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James Borders, MD
LMS President 2021
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Patients as Consumers of Healthcare
James Borders, MD
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The pandemic has had a profound impact on how consumers of goods and services and those who provide them behave. Some restaurants have discovered the efficiencies and profitability of being confined to drive-through service, thus avoiding the space and service requirements of an “eat-in” population. In healthcare, aided by reimbursements for virtual medical interactions rendered on par with face-to-face visits during the pandemic, providers have accelerated their adoption and promotion of a virtual option to their interactions with patients. Still, there are differences in the acceptance to new alternatives to the delivery of healthcare services when one analyzes these preferences based upon the age of the healthcare consumer.
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LMS Presents the Jack Trevey Award
for Community Service to
Kraig Humbaugh, MD, MPH
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Kraig Humbaugh, M.D., M.P.H., Lexington-Fayette County Commissioner of Health, was presented the Jack Trevey Award for Community Service by James Borders, M.D., Lexington Medical Society President, on May 11, 2021. This award is the Society’s highest honor and is not presented every year but only when a worthy recipient is selected. Dr. Borders, during the award presentation, stated, “Dr. Kraig Humbaugh calmly guided our community through the CoVID-19 pandemic from the first indication of the virus to the vaccination efforts. His leadership represents the best in the practice of medicine and an inspiration to us all.” |
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UK College of Medicine Students Take on In-Person Adventure Challenge |
Over two dozen first year UK College of Medicine medical students capped off the academic year by participating in the Lexington Medical Society’s Adventure Event at the Life Adventure Center in Versailles on May 12th and May 28th. The first-year medical students, who had been on campus only 3 or 4 times this past year due to the pandemic, were excited to be together taking on the challenge of climbing a 60-foot wall, negotiating a high-ropes course, and taking a zip-line back to the ground. A fun time was had by all.
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2021 KMA Virtual Annual Meeting, "Better Together: Transforming the Landscape of Care"
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KMA Wraps Historically Successful 2021 Legislative Session |
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Thanks to the advocacy of engaged physicians from across the state, the Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) completed one of its most successful legislative sessions in recent history. Despite challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and several inclement weather delays, five KMA priority issues were sent to the Governor’s desk and became law. These include:
Telehealth Expansion: Expands the definition of telehealth to include remote patient monitoring, allows telehealth services to continue through audio-only encounters, and removes the face-to-face restriction for certain behavioral health services. Also prohibits commercial health plans and Medicaid MCOs from requiring prior authorization for a telehealth service that would not be required if that service were provided in person.
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The Hospital Evolves with the Pandemic
By Lee Dossett, MD
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When I originally wrote my article in March of 2020 about how COVID 19 was impacting the hospital and my team of hospitalists at Baptist Health Lexington, I probably would not have believed that we would still be dealing with COVID some 15 months later. Being on the frontlines along with my colleagues in the ED, ICU, infectious disease, pharmacy, and hospital administration has been a lesson in leadership and crisis management. The early days of the pandemic was marked by severe uncertainty. We had to develop and institute protocols that would frequently changes as new information came in. Availability to testing early on was a major bottle neck. Treatment regimens and best practices were unknown. Outside of COVID, my team had to adapt to a new normal of a decreased hospital census as elective surgeries were stopped and patients avoided coming in for fear of getting sick.
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Enhancing Patient Relations
with Virtual Care
By Danesh Mazloomdoost, MD
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I’m a squishy kind of doctor who really values my connection with patients. Our field demands it - very few obstacles in life challenge one’s sense of self more than having to adjust to a physical limitation. Physical pain inevitably manifests emotionally vice versa. So the concept of a fulfilling healthcare model delivered remotely through a digital screen and telecom waves seems counterintuitive to touchy-feely doctors. It’s not. Used correctly, remote patient care will enhance the patient-doctor relationship in surprising yet foreseeable ways.
The pandemic’s disruption in continuity of care has forced many offices to radically change their processes. In an environment of healthcare burnout, inundated with insurance and bureaucratic challenges, any major challenge is a daunting but it also forces us to reexamine processes we take for granted and re-envision the future we hope to see. It forced my entire office into a deconstructive mindset, challenging every norm and questioning our workflows to sieve the value-adds from the bureaucratic templates.
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Featured Physician
Marvin Bishop, MD
Member Since 2004
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Why did you become a physician?
I became a physician because I had a strong desire to make an investment in my education in order to help my community at a local and individual level. I was also intrigued by the thought process that is required to make a diagnosis and treatment plan for a particular disease state. It still fascinates me the knowledge that has been acquired in modern medicine that we, as physicians, have at our fingertips to alleviate some of the diseases that afflict our fellow man/woman.
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