Latest Health News from the Kansas Health Institute
The Kansas Health Institute (KHI) is an independent, nonprofit health policy and research organization based in Topeka, Kansas. KHI conducts research and policy analysis on issues that affect the health of Kansans.
- 07/12/2010 - 19:50
The Kansas Medical Society and the Kansas Hospital Association will join to create a statewide health information exchange, early phases of which are expected to be operational by year's end. The initiative also incorporates the work already done by regional exchanges in Wichita and Kansas City.
- 07/09/2010 - 22:23
The Wichita City Council will wait to see the outcome of a court challenge to the new statewide smoking ban before reconsidering changes to the city’s smoking ordinance.
- 07/09/2010 - 20:25
The Kansas Department on Aging has cited six nursing homes for their success in creating more home-like environments and embracing the concepts of person-centered care.
- 07/09/2010 - 18:39
The governor named various individuals to health boards, including two new public members for the Kansas Board of Healing Arts.
- 07/08/2010 - 22:24
A federal website dedicated to helping consumers figure out which hospital best meets their needs has been expanded to include data on the quality of outpatient care.
- 07/07/2010 - 21:49
Several safety-net clinics have agreed to take part in a federal grant aimed at providing parents access to free dental care.
- 07/07/2010 - 16:46
Statehouse employees will host a fund-raising luncheon Friday to help a co-worker’s daughter pay for diagnostic tests.
- 07/07/2010 - 14:40
A response from Representative Steven Brunk: This recent tax increase to sustain an already bloated government was neither necessary nor responsible.
- 07/07/2010 - 13:46
An editorial from Senator Stephen R. Morris: The only responsible way to move forward was to implement a modest three-year, 1-cent state sales tax increase.
- 07/06/2010 - 23:54
The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services announced plans for moving an additional 143 people with developmental disabilities and 153 people with physcial disabilities off it's long-stalled waiting lists for services.
- 07/06/2010 - 23:32
The nation's top health officials came to Kansas City to talk about the need for new approaches to developing and approving cancer treatments and other drugs. Kansas officials said universities should play a larger role.
- 07/06/2010 - 20:05
The following is a message from Governor Mark Parkinson: “I’m proud of how we have handled the budget crisis in Kansas..."
- 07/06/2010 - 17:00
Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News, discusses whether contraception belongs on the list of free preventive services offered as part of health reform.
- 07/05/2010 - 11:00
Police and parole officers, homeless shelters and others are increasingly being forced to deal with problems once handled by mental health professionals. State cuts to mental health services are being felt from the Kansas City suburb of Prairie Village to rural areas on the High Plains.
- 07/05/2010 - 11:00
Cynthia Arganbright, 46, was afraid to go home for fear of what she might find. “It was my husband,” she said. “He’s bipolar, and he’d been having trouble with his medications. He was abusing them.
