Provider Resources: UK•MDs

UK•MDs Physician to-Physician Service: 1-800-888-5533
UK•MDs is a unique service offered by UK HealthCare, dedicated to providing community physicians with an extensive range of physician-to-physician services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 1-800-888-5533 toll free and our call agents will connect you with the appropriate UK physician for consults, appointments, admissions, transfers and patient information.

UK Medical Contact Center
The UK medical contact center provides convenient, customer-friendly access to UK HealthCare services for consumers and referring physicians.

Physician Liaison Program
Liaisons are available to meet with UK HealthCare physicians, nurse practitioners or physician assistants and their office staff throughout the region to discuss concerns relating to referrals.

2012 Physician Handbook
UK HealthCare’s Physician Handbook for Patient Referral is a comprehensive directory of our departments and physicians. An interactive version of the directory is available to download here (PDF, 9MB). For mobile viewing, please upgrade to the latest version of your operating system.

Printed copies will be distributed to medical offices in December 2011. Physicians: call 859-323-4845 to request a copy of this handbook. Patients and visitors: please use UK HealthCare's online physician search or call 1-800-333-8874 for assistance.

UK HealthCare CECentral
A unit of UK HealthCare offering convenient, accredited continuing education, with an emphasis on areas pertinent to current health care delivery. Most are accredited for continuing medical (CME), pharmacy (CPE) and/or nursing (CNE) education credit.

For UK Physicians

For Referring Physicians

General Information

Center for Enterprise Quality and Safety
CEQS manages and supports patient safety and quality initiatives through provision of expertise in identification, implementation, and measurement improvement processes.

UK HealthCare provides subspecialty care close to home. (PDF, 1.7MB)
Rockcastle Regional Hospital is one of many community hospitals throughout the state partnering with UK HealthCare to bring quality care to local communities.

2005 Trauma Report (743kb PDF)
The UK HealthCare Trauma Program's Annual Report is designed to provide a brief synopsis of activity relative to volume and patient acuity, including patient demographics, regional referral distribution, volume trends, injury severity and overall outcomes.

UK HealthCare has grown dramatically over the past five years to meet the health needs of the Commonwealth, including our UK community. We have been recognized numerous times for our top quality medical care.