Source: The News-Enterprise PUMPED ABOUT HMH EVENT. In four short years, a fashion show staged by Hardin Memorial Health and the HMH Foundation has become an annual local favorite. It’s more than a fundraiser. Purses, Pumps and Prevention has become a source of encouragement for cancer sufferers. It raises awareness about the disease and demonstrates that it’s possible to thrive as well as survive following a cancer diagnosis. The models are at various points in their personal battle … [Read more...]

Source: The News-Enterprise Listening to Joe Prather’s speak in his precise, measure baritone voice, it’s hard to think of him as an upstart. But that’s what he was in November 1967 when he challenged incumbent legislator Martin Louis Straney for the state representative’s seat. After all, Prather was a young businessman barely a decade removed from graduation at Vine Grove High School. Few could have predicted the impact he would have in the next half century. An oft-recounted story … [Read more...]

Source: The News-Enterprise About 20 fifth-grade students from St. James Catholic School, Heart­land and Morning­side Ele­­mentary schools laughed with and at one another Friday inside an auditorium on the fifth floor of the hospital as they “scrubbed in.” While donning a cleanroom suit, or bunny suit, which is an overall garment worn in a cleanroom, an environment with a controlled level of contamination, the students left the auditorium for a tour of an operating suite and a … [Read more...]

Source: The News-Enterprise Joe Prather, along with other former and current Boy Scouts, saluted with three fingers Tuesday evening and recited the Scout Oath, which states, “On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times: to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.” At 79 years old, Prather continues to uphold that oath. More than 300 people gathered at Grace … [Read more...]

Source: The News-Enterprise While attorneys exchange legal documents in the appeal process, life continues as normal for Hardin Memorial Health. The sale of the hospital and its nearly 50 related health care entities to Baptist Health remains on hold while a legal challenge brought by retired local physician and former HMH chief medical officer Dr. Larry Hall continues. That unexpected delay easily could led to operational inertia grinding to a halt. But the HMH leadership including … [Read more...]

Source: The News-Enterprise Hardin Memorial Health on Wednesday announced the HMH Medical Group, comprised of more than 200 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, received a perfect score on the most recent federal Merit-based Incentive Payment System. An HMH news release said the distinction from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recognizes physicians and physician groups that meet and exceed key preventative standards in four categories: quality, resource use, clinical … [Read more...]

Source: The News-Enterprise  Health was the focus of this month’s Hardin County Chamber of Commerce luncheon with Hardin Memorial Health taking center stage. The event, held Wednesday at Prit­chard Community Center in Elizabeth­town, included the Health and Human Services Expo, which featured local vendors aimed at providing the community with information on health and wellness. The speaker at the luncheon was Dennis Johnson, president and CEO of HMH, which is … [Read more...]