The Hardin Memorial Health Foundation (HMHF) Board of Directors approved a $28,000 request to create a new Cancer Resource Center at the HMH Cancer Care Center on Robinbrooke Boulevard in Elizabethtown. The board, during its August meeting, unanimously approved the request to construct, furnish and equip a location where cancer patients and their families can find information, support and resources they may need. HMH Assistant Vice President of Cancer Care Services Nancy Bowles and former … [Read more...]

Today, Kosair Charities awarded the Hardin Memorial Health Foundation (HMHF) a $78,060 gift for the HMH Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the only Level II NICU in the region. Leaders from HMHF, HMH, the Knights of Columbus 1455 and the Riasok Shrine Club joined Kosair Charities President and Elizabethtown native Keith Inman at HMH for the announcement today. “For more than 95 years, Kosair Charities has worked to protect the health and well-being of children,” said Inman. “We are proud to … [Read more...]

Hardin Memorial Health officials announced it has earned the highly coveted Pathway to Excellence designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). HMH is one of only seven hospitals in Kentucky to receive the designation and one of only 163 internationally. The Pathway designation recognizes that HMH is a best place to work for nurses, that nurses trust HMH and that the HMH team supports them. HMH Chief Nursing Officer Sharon Wright called the designation a reflection of … [Read more...]

The Hardin Memorial Health Foundation (HMHF) announced a $2,500,000 gift from Rita and Robert Robbins, M.D. – the largest in the Foundation’s history and one of the largest announced in our community’s history.  The couple hopes to donate a grand total of $5 million with a planned future estate gift. Robbins, a retired Hardin Memorial Health (HMH) surgeon and longtime entrepreneur and his wife Rita, a retired nurse, helped HMH establish a philanthropic Foundation many years ago and again when it … [Read more...]

The 2018 Purses, Pumps and Prevention was an overwhelming success.  Enjoy a look at the photos from the event below. … [Read more...]

Lexington resident and horse breeder Nancy Mazzoni drove three hours roundtrip so that she could utilize the cutting-edge technology available at the HMH Cancer Care Center. The HMH Foundation and the generous donors at HMH’s 2017 Purses, Pumps, & Prevention Cancer Awareness Social made the Paxman Scalp Cooling System technology possible here in our own community at Hardin Memorial Health. See more about her battle with breast cancer and how the Paxman Scalp Cooling System helped her … [Read more...]

The Hardin Memorial Health Foundation (HMHF) received a $125,000 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant from the state to expand the support and services HMH offers sexual assault victims. The grant will fund training for six additional nurses to become certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE), bringing HMH’s total to 14. HMH Assistant Vice President for Emergency Services Deanna Parker said the training will allow HMH to provide trained nurses ready to help victims 24 hours a day, seven … [Read more...]