Arkansas Surgical Hospital has been awarded the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award® for Patient Experience.
The nationally-recognized award honors top-performing healthcare organizations that have achieved the 95th percentile or above for each reporting period of the award year for patient experience.
In its 52nd year, the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auxiliary will have its Holiday Card Project. Presented by Slim Chickens, the project features the artwork of current and former Arkansas Children’s patients. This year’s holiday card artists include 12 children who have received care at Arkansas Children’s, plus Arkansas artist Ellen Hobgood as the featured professional artist.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for use in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40 kilograms (about 88 pounds) for the treatment of COVID-19 requiring hospitalization. Veklury should only be administered in a hospital or in a healthcare setting capable of providing acute care comparable to inpatient hospital care. Veklury is the first treatment for COVID-19 to receive FDA approval.
Early results from a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led COVID-19 antibody study show that 3.5% of Arkansans have been infected with the novel coronavirus.
UAMS researcher Joshua Kennedy, MD, revealed the initial findings of the Arkansas Coronavirus Antibodies Seroprevalence Survey during a presentation on Oct. 21 with Laura James, MD, director of the UAMS Translational Research Institute.
Baptist Health recently partnered with Arkansas-based medical device startup Vascugenix to introduce new technology to the U.S. that was developed by Baptist Health cardiologist Dr. Dwight Chrisman.
The Speed Torque is specially designed to improve the process of guidewire manipulation in cardiovascular procedures. The patented design allows physicians to easily manipulate a guidewire with one hand, unlike traditional guidewire torque devices that require two hands to advance and reposition.
