Late last year, longtime KHC partner and former KHC Board Member Yolanda Reed joined the KHC team as an independent contractor to assist with member recruitment. In the past several months, Yolanda has enjoyed talking to and educating people about KHC’s body of work, the organization’s commitment to community, and […]
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Removing Barriers to Care with Community Health Workers
A 2022 America’s Health Ranking report from the United Health Foundation ranked Kentucky 48th out of the 50 states in overall health outcomes. The ranking considered various measures in the domains of social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care, and behaviors. In addition to the overall poor health outcomes […]
Updates from the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions Leadership Summits
In just the second in-person staff trip since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, the KHC staff attended in June the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions Leadership Summits in Detroit. The two-day event focused on fiduciary and affordability, rebuilding trust and transparency, and humanistic health. Below is a […]
KHC Member Spotlight: Andrew McCart
Andrew McCart University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences (SPHIS) Job Title: Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Health Management Programs Member of the KHC since: UofL SPHIS has been a member for more than a decade Dr. McCart teaches and works in the University of Louisville’s […]
Removing the Blinders on Racism in Healthcare
I recently had two contrasting experiences in the same day related to racism in healthcare that I haven’t been able get out of my mind. First thing in the morning, I received a copy of a commentary piece in the Wall Street Journal, Tell Your Doctor Your Symptoms, Not Your […]
Transparency Studies and Tools Reveal Variation in Quality, Safety, Price
The KHC’s three main organizational strategies are to improve healthcare quality, make healthcare more affordable, and build equitable healthcare communities. As an organization, we have long understood that transparency of information is critical to achieving those strategies. This spring, a variety of studies and tools with important information about healthcare […]
At Last: Annual Conference Attendees Meet in Person After Two Years of Virtual Events
How exciting to be back in person for the 2022 KHC Annual Conference. People were almost giddy being able to see each other in real life rather than just on a computer screen. And being able to remove the mask requirement for the event allowed us to see each other’s […]
KHC and KDPH Launch the Diabetes Learning Collaborative
In 2019, nearly 464,000 Kentuckians, or 13.3% of adults, had diabetes. This prevalence is almost double of the prevalence of adults with diabetes in Kentucky as of 2000, 6.5%. Furthermore, 11% of adults in Kentucky are at risk for developing diabetes. Kentucky ranks 4th nationally for the diabetes mortality rate. […]
KHC Member Spotlight: Jane Cheshire Gilbert
Jane Cheshire Gilbert Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Kentucky Job Title: Director of Retiree Health Care Which KHC committees have you participated in? Board of Directors Jane Gilbert is the Director of Retiree Health Care for the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Kentucky (TRS) and has […]
