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The staff of Harrison Memorial Hospital  announces the addition of Kevin Bryant, Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.), to its medical staff.
Podiatry is a field of medicine that strives to improve the overall health and well-being of patients by focusing on preventing, diagnosing, and treating conditions associated with the foot and ankle. Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPMs) are physicians and surgeons who practice on the lower extremities, primarily on feet and ankles.

Licking Valley Internal Medicine and Pediatrics is announce the addition of Holly Becker, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), to the staff. She joined Dr. Stephen Besson, Dr. Andrew Usery, Dr. Lauren Blackwell and Lindsey Florence, APRN, in the practice in May 2015. Licking Valley Internal Medicine and Pediatrics has two office locations - Cynthiana and Carlisle. Becker will be based in the Carlisle office starting June 2.

In 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Partnership for Patients’ Hospital Engagement Network.  
Through that program and a partnership between the Anthem Foundation and the Kentucky Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Inc. (KIPSQ), a nonprofit subsidiary of the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA), many Kentucky birthing hospitals joined together to reduce non-medically indicated deliveries before 39 weeks.