December 11, 2023

Baptist Health has officially added Drew Memorial Health System in Monticello to the Baptist Health system. Baptist Health recognized the momentous occasion during a ribbon cutting ceremony with hospital officials and local dignitaries at the hospital on Dec. 4. 

December 11, 2023

CARTI Urology is expanding its team to include Ron Kuhn, MD, and Taylor Moore, MD. The department’s providers now include five expert urologists and two nurse practitioners. Kuhn will see patients at CARTI Urology in North Little Rock. Moore will be based at the CARTI Cancer Centers in Little Rock and Pine Bluff.

December 11, 2023

Rachael Rickford, APRN, recently joined the team at Baptist Health High Risk Breast & Hereditary Cancer Clinic in Little Rock.

Rickford, a Maumelle native, received a medical education from Arkansas State University. She specializes in genetics and high-risk breast cancer management.

“I want all women to feel heard and cared for as an individual,” she said.

December 11, 2023

Anna Williams, UA Little Rock assistant professor of nursing, has been named a 2023 Honoree of The Great 100 Nurses Foundation. 

December 4, 2023

COPD, which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, is long-term, progressive and makes it hard to breathe. There is currently no cure for COPD, but the disease is treatable. As the month comes to a close, the American Lung Association is driving attention to its recently released COPD State Briefs, which include data about prevention, diagnosis, health outcomes and treatment of the disease for all 50 states and Washington, D.C. The State Briefs found that Arkansas has one of the highest COPD prevalence rates in the country.