Health News
- Judge Rules University Of Louisville's Hospital Is Public And Subject To Open Records Act; It May Appeal
The University of Louisville's hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access to the university's deals with other health providers. Judge Martin McDonald ruled yesterday in favor of The...
- Same Catholic Health System Considering University Hospital's Request For Proposals
Though Gov. Steve Beshear twice rejected a proposal that would have merged it with a Catholic health system, University Hospital's expected release of a request for proposals is drawing attention from the same Catholic health system, reports Laura...
- St. Joseph Health System Announces Merger With Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare
Rebuffed in its bid to take over Louisville's University Hospital, Catholic Health Initatives announced today that its St. Joseph Health System had merged with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary?s HealthCare, effective retroactively to Jan. 1. Gov....
- Baptist Hospital East Would Allow U Of L Docs To Perform Tubal Ligations There After Merger With Catholic System
Since the merger between Jewish Hospital, University Medical Center and Saint Joseph Health Systems will prevent female patients from getting their tubes tied there ? because St. Joseph is owned by a Catholic-based parent company ? Baptist Hospital East...
- Louisville Hospital Merger Probably Means Poor Women Won't Get Their Tubes Tied At University Hospital Any More
Women who deliver through Caesarean sections at the University of Louisville Hospital may no longer be able to get their fallopian tubes tied at the same time, Patrick Howington of the The Courier-Journal reports. This rule may be one of many the...
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U of L and KentuckyOne Health announce partnership that keeps women's health services intact at University Hospital
The University of Louisville and KentuckyOne Health have reached a partnership agreement that will leave the resolution of any "moral roadblocks" up to a higher authority. U of L President James Ramsey said the partnership will allow the hospital board to continue its control over the public entity, a principle that scuttled an earlier deal with Catholic Health Initiatives, which then formed KentuckyOne with Jewish Hospital. Gov. Steve Beshear signed on to the agreement, after killing the first one.
The goals of a public institution that provides all women's health services -- including reproductive and end-of-life care -- were not the same goals of those espoused by the Roman Catholic Church. The new agreement seems to have solved that issue by continuing to allow the hospital's pharmacy and Center for Women and Infants and to provide the same services as they did before, reports Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal. The services will be provided by the same people as currently, the partners said. This includes all reproductive services.
The Archdiocese of Louisville said in a statement that it was not part of the negotiations but that there were no more ?moral roadblocks? to its continued official recognition of KentuckyOne as a Catholic entity. The archdiocese said the partners involved ?have committed to respecting one another?s traditions, missions, and values, including our own Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.? (Read more)
The goals of a public institution that provides all women's health services -- including reproductive and end-of-life care -- were not the same goals of those espoused by the Roman Catholic Church. The new agreement seems to have solved that issue by continuing to allow the hospital's pharmacy and Center for Women and Infants and to provide the same services as they did before, reports Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal. The services will be provided by the same people as currently, the partners said. This includes all reproductive services.
The Archdiocese of Louisville said in a statement that it was not part of the negotiations but that there were no more ?moral roadblocks? to its continued official recognition of KentuckyOne as a Catholic entity. The archdiocese said the partners involved ?have committed to respecting one another?s traditions, missions, and values, including our own Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.? (Read more)
- Judge Rules University Of Louisville's Hospital Is Public And Subject To Open Records Act; It May Appeal
The University of Louisville's hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access to the university's deals with other health providers. Judge Martin McDonald ruled yesterday in favor of The...
- Same Catholic Health System Considering University Hospital's Request For Proposals
Though Gov. Steve Beshear twice rejected a proposal that would have merged it with a Catholic health system, University Hospital's expected release of a request for proposals is drawing attention from the same Catholic health system, reports Laura...
- St. Joseph Health System Announces Merger With Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare
Rebuffed in its bid to take over Louisville's University Hospital, Catholic Health Initatives announced today that its St. Joseph Health System had merged with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary?s HealthCare, effective retroactively to Jan. 1. Gov....
- Baptist Hospital East Would Allow U Of L Docs To Perform Tubal Ligations There After Merger With Catholic System
Since the merger between Jewish Hospital, University Medical Center and Saint Joseph Health Systems will prevent female patients from getting their tubes tied there ? because St. Joseph is owned by a Catholic-based parent company ? Baptist Hospital East...
- Louisville Hospital Merger Probably Means Poor Women Won't Get Their Tubes Tied At University Hospital Any More
Women who deliver through Caesarean sections at the University of Louisville Hospital may no longer be able to get their fallopian tubes tied at the same time, Patrick Howington of the The Courier-Journal reports. This rule may be one of many the...