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July 2025
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KSHE News & Events
Kentucky Spotlight
KY Policy
If Congress enacts proposed Medicaid cuts, Kentucky could lose up to $28 billion in federal funding over the next decade, potentially forcing 35 rural hospitals to close—more than any other state—devastating access to healthcare and local economies across already vulnerable rural communities.
University of Kentucky
UK HealthCare has opened a new primary care clinic in Frankfort to expand access to high-quality, personalized medical care for adults in the region, aiming to serve both UK employees and the surrounding community with a focus on prevention, chronic disease management, and patient-centered treatment.
ASHE Update
Your Facilities Management News
Healthcare Construction + Operations News
Effective pediatric healthcare design goes beyond cheerful aesthetics to create resilient, flexible, safe, durable, and cleanable environments that support healing, reduce fear, and adapt to evolving care needs while offering children moments of comfort, calm, and imaginative escape.
Healthcare Facilities Today
A recent patient evacuation in Ohio due to smoke from an overheated pump highlights the critical importance of robust, well-practiced emergency preparedness plans in healthcare facilities, which often require unique strategies like partial or defend-in-place evacuations to ensure patient safety. Facility Executive
Text messaging remains an underused yet highly effective communication tool for facility managers, offering rapid, cost-efficient delivery of both urgent alerts and routine updates that can streamline operations, enhance safety, and improve team coordination when thoughtfully implemented. 
Sustainability Spotlight
FacilitiesNet
The LEED+WELL certification pathway has rapidly expanded to nearly 250 million square feet across 47 countries, reflecting growing global demand for buildings that prioritize both environmental sustainability and human health through streamlined dual certification. Facility Executive
Modern workspaces are increasingly relying on flexible, scalable, and safe power and data solutions—such as floor-based and modular raceways—to meet rising energy demands, support evolving layouts, and ensure seamless integration of new technologies while minimizing disruption, safety risks, and long-term costs.
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