Psychologists honor KHN publisher Cross for health work

The Kentucky Psychological Association recently recognized Kentucky Health News Publisher Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, for "his outstanding career in journalism, his work in bringing coverage to every corner of the Commonwealth and his passion for improving the health of Kentucky," KPA and the university said in press releases.

Cross's work to advance the health of Kentucky is reflected in Kentucky Health News, which is published with support from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, and the institute's national publication, The Rural Blog. Cross is a member of the Friedell Committee for Health System Transformation, a statewide group working on ways to improve the health in Kentucky.

Federal official and expert on integrating physical and behavioral health services will speak in Louisville Wednesday morning

The integration of physical health and behavioral health services, one of the hottest topics in health care, will be the topic of a Health Enterprises Network forum in Louisville Wednesday, Oct. 3.

The speaker will be Kathleen Reynolds, director of the federal Center for Integrated Health Solutions, vice president of health integration and wellness for the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare and author of Raising the Bar: Moving Toward the Integration of Healthcare. She will review the landscape of integration, discuss how it will affect Kentucky, and offer ideas on how health-care organizations can accomplish it.

The forum will be held from 8 to 9:15 a.m. Oct. 3 at the University of Louisville's Clinical and Translational Research Building, 505 S. Hancock Street. The registration fee for members of the Health Enterprises Network is $45; non-members $60; full-time students $10. For more information call 502.625.0179 or email Register@HealthEnterprisesNetwork.com.