Source: The News-Enterprise The Hardin Memorial Health Foundation Board of Directors recently approved a $27,230 request to equip the Hardin Memorial Health Cardiac Catheterization Lab with a SonoSite Vascular Ultrasound system. The portable, high-resolution, digital system will be utilized by cardiologists during cardiac cath procedures, a news release from the organization said. “We care for more than 1,200 patients each year in the HMH Cath Lab and this imaging … [Read more...]

Source: The News-Enterprise The Hardin Memorial Health Foundation Board of Directors recently approved a $27,230 request to equip the Hardin Memorial Health Cardiac Catheterization Lab with a SonoSite Vascular Ultrasound system. The portable, high-resolution, digital system will be utilized by cardiologists during cardiac cath procedures, a news release from the organization said. “We care for more than 1,200 patients each year in the HMH Cath Lab and this imaging technology will help … [Read more...]

Source:  The Kentucky Standard Editorial Board In the time of television’s infancy, locally produced telethons designed to raise money for local charitable efforts were fairly common across the country in cities of any significant size. With charities often partnering with, or outright sponsored by, local media outlets, the variety-show format — generally using local entertainers and interspersed with appeals to the public to donate to the cause — became a familiar and effective means of … [Read more...]

Source: The KY Standard The WHAS Crusade for Children recently awarded 218 grants totaling $5,690,000 for the 2019-2020 year, and among the local recipients are public schools, medical facilities and a non-profit court advocacy group. One of the largest grants awarded this year was to the Hardin Memorial Health Foundation for $95,000. The funds will be used for pediatric therapy services at the new Bardstown Medical Plaza on John Rowan Boulevard, and include an interactive metronome used to … [Read more...]

Kosair Charities recently awarded $100,000 to the Hardin Memorial Health Foundation to purchase equipment for the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and to expand pediatric therapy services in Radcliff. “Hardin Memorial Health cared for 135 babies in Central Kentucky’s only Level II NICU last year and needs to expand pediatric therapy in the northern portion of Hardin County,” Kosair Charities President Keith Inman, an Elizabethtown native, said in a news release. “We could not be happier … [Read more...]

Hardin Memorial Health earned recognition in the U.S. News and World Report 2019-20 Best Hospitals rankings re­leased Tuesday, accomplishing high performing ratings for treating heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The rankings, now in their 30th year, recognize hospitals that excel in caring for patients, a news release said, adding they also assist patients and their doctors in identifying a hospital that best meets patient needs. More than 4,500 medical centers … [Read more...]

Source: The News-Enterprise More than $90,000 has been awarded to the Hardin Memorial Health Foundation by WHAS Crusade for Child­ren for the purchase of pediatric equipment. The foundation announced Wednesday in a news release it was awarded $95,000 to purchase the equipment for Hardin Memorial Health’s emergency department and Bardstown pediatric therapy center. Each month, the emergency department team cares for more than 1,000 babies and children from a 10-county region. The … [Read more...]