Recent Press Releases

• September 18, 2018 Baptist Health Paducah offers heart murmur screening

  Baptist Health Paducah is offering a new heart murmur screening for adults. The screening will take place the last Monday of each month at Baptist Health Medical Group Heart Group, Suite 301, Walker Medical Park 1.

• September 17, 2018 Jody Prather MD named Baptist Health's chief strategy officer

  An Elizabethtown physician who previously served as Baptist Health's first chief medical officer is returning as chief strategy officer.

• September 13, 2018 Baptist Health Foundation Paducah hosts 11th annual golf tournament

  Baptist Health Foundation Paducah hosted its 11th annual golf tournament Monday, with 57 teams and 40 volunteers at The Country Club of Paducah.

• September 12, 2018 Baptist Health Paducah to offer lung cancer screening assessment at Big Boy Toy Expo

  Baptist Health Paducah will offer a lung cancer screening assessment and an interactive photo booth at the Big Boy Toy Expo at the Paducah Expo Center.

• September 06, 2018 Dr Jason Cumbers joins Baptist Health Medical Group Podiatry and Vascular Surgery

  Vascular surgeon Jason Cumbers, MD, has joined Baptist Health Medical Group Podiatry & Vascular Surgery.

• September 06, 2018 Keith Smith named new director of Oldham County EMS

  A familiar face will take the helm at Oldham County EMS. Keith Smith was recently named the new director of the agency, where he has served as deputy director for eight years. Smith precedes Todd Early, who retired in September.

• September 05, 2018 Baptist Health earns Joint Commission Hip and Knee Replacement Certification

  Baptist Health Lexington has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for Hip & Knee Replacement Certification.

• August 31, 2018 HMHF Approves $28,000 for HMH Cancer Care Resource Center

  The Hardin Memorial Health Foundation (HMHF) Board of Directors approved a $28,000 request

• August 29, 2018 NRC Health ranks Baptist Health Lexington in Top 100 for consumer loyalty

  Baptist Health Lexington is ranked 30 in the Top 100 for consumer loyalty nationwide and has earned a 2017/2018 Consumer Loyalty Award from patient experience firm National Research Corporation (NRC) Health.

• August 24, 2018 Baptist Health Paducah names Lung Navigator

  Robert Rose, CRT, has been named Lung Coordinator for Baptist Health Paducah.