The HMH Foundation is kicking off a new campaign to recognize outstanding staff and community leaders supporting healthcare in Central Kentucky. The campaign, Project Gratitude, allows the Foundation to feature and honor frontline heroes as well as explore the role gratitude plays in health care. This week, meet Diane Drobny, RN, the Clinical Research Coordinator at HMH Cancer Care. She works tirelessly to research cancer clinical trials, enroll HMH Cancer Care patients, and track and report … [Read more...]

Alison Ann Adkins Schilling passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at Hardin Memorial Health. During her time at HMH, Anesh Badiwala, M.D., an HMH hospitalist, provided outstanding care and information. A tribute donation to the HMH Foundation is a tangible way to honor Dr. Badiwala and remember Alison. To learn more about tribute gifts to the HMH Foundation, visit https://ourhmh.org/online-donations/.   … [Read more...]

Why should you consider supporting Hardin Memorial Health caregivers? John Huff, M.D., an HMH Hospitalist, and other hospitalists came together to donate to the HMH Foundation's COVID-19 Emergency Fund to support co-workers during these difficult times. “Our crew was very eager to step up and help out however we could. There is a bunch of people who might need help paying a bill or getting some groceries - the things we don't want to get lost in the shuffle." Please join us and give to the … [Read more...]

Today, the HMH Foundation (HMHF) received a group gift of $18,000 from HMH Hospitalists in order to help those with whom they work shoulder to shoulder. “We miss them," HMH physician Dr. Daniel Curran said. "We want them to get back to work as safely and as soon as possible. We want to be able to take care of them until then.” HMH said some employees have extraordinary expenses related to COVID-19. The donation will go straight to those employees. “Whether it’s housekeeping or a nurse … [Read more...]

The 2019 HMH Foundation Annual Report is available to view. Click here to download. … [Read more...]

Why should you consider supporting Hardin Memorial Health caregivers? Dr. Hiral Badiwala, optometrist at Visionworks, with her daughter, is supporting husband and dad, Hardin Memorial Health physician and hospitalist Dr. Anesh Badiwala by donating to the HMH Foundation. Please join us and give to the HMHF COVID-19 fund. If you would like to make a donation to support HMH Caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, visit www.ourhmh.org/online-donations.   … [Read more...]

When Holly McCoy, M.D., an HMH​ Medical Group physician at HMH Family Medical Center​ in Bardstown, Kentucky, was looking for a solution to secure more personal protective equipment (PPE), she reached out to her father-in-law Dustan McCoy for help. Through his connections as a board member at Louisiana Pacific​, Mr. McCoy helped secure 320 N95 masks and more than 3,000 gloves to help caregivers test and treat potential COVID-19 patients. Thank you Dustan McCoy and Louisiana Pacific! To read … [Read more...]

Why should you consider supporting Hardin Memorial Health caregivers? HMH Foundation donor Monika Mulhall shares why she supported the COVID-19 Emergency Fund. "My husband Aaron, an HMH physician, tells me about all the amazing things HMH’s Critical Care Unit (ICU/CCU) team does to take care of patients, and they’ve really stepped up during these challenging COVID-19 times. We are so grateful Aaron can work with such loving, caring people. The least I could do was make a donation to … [Read more...]

Charitable organizations, like the HMH Foundation, are important during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Recognizing the value of charitable organizations to the recovery of our community and the economy, Congress included four charitable giving benefits in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), enacted on March 27, 2020. 1. Universal Charitable Deduction: The CARES Act includes provisions that allow eligible taxpayers a partial above-the-line deduction of up to $300 in gifts … [Read more...]

The Hardin Memorial Health (HMH) Board of Trustees meeting, the board approved a temporary resolution allowing HMH physicians to conduct alternative patient consultations. The resolution was approved in response to the current COVID-19 crisis in order to keep patients and the community safe. For patients admitted to HMH, providers with inpatient privileges will be able to consult with one another and conduct patient evaluations via telehealth (telephone or televideo), conduct medical record … [Read more...]