April 25, 2022

Jessika Sanz, a third-year medical student at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State), has received a Research and Mentor Program (RAMP) Scholar Award to perform a research elective at Columbia University during the 2022-23 academic year.

April 25, 2022

Arkansas Children’s Hospital has again received the highest international recognition for excellence in nursing, achieving redesignation as a Magnet® hospital.

Just eight percent of U.S. healthcare organizations earn Magnet® designation, widely considered the highest international credential for professional nursing practice and signifying excellence in clinical care.

April 18, 2022

CHI St. Vincent announced that gynecological surgeon J. Afton Cooper, MD, has joined the team of specialists at the CHI St. Vincent Urogynecology Clinic in Little Rock. Cooper is now seeing patients at the clinic, located at 5 St. Vincent Circle, Suite 300 in the Blandford building.

April 18, 2022

Whole Health Institute, a nonprofit organization founded to make whole health available to all people in all communities, named Walt Cooper, PhD, as chief executive officer.

Cooper served as managing director for healthcare initiatives, overseeing strategic planning, budget, and operations at Whole Health Institute. Prior to this role, he served as head of Walmart health innovation and optimization.

April 18, 2022

CHI St. Vincent Infirmary  announced that it is partnering with MobileSmith Health (OTCBB: MOST), a leader in the digital health and mobile development sector who is changing traditional healthcare patient engagement and adherence management. The initiative will focus on improving practice-to-center surgical patient management while increasing patient adherence to pre- and post-surgical instructions across multiple specialty groups within the health system. CHI St.