Conway Regional Health System has acquired Renaissance Women’s Center.
Conway Regional Health System will manage and oversee all operations of Renaissance Women’s Center. The providers who currently practice and who will remain at the location include Michael Wood, MD; Courtney Sick, MD; and Megan Moix, APRN. Kala Slayton, MD, has also joined the practice.
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University has reached an agreement with Medic One Ambulance that will allow third-year medical students to ride with the Jonesboro-based ambulance company as part of their emergency medicine rotation.
Thirty grants of up to $75,000 each are available to help rural Arkansas communities apply for federal grants and loans to make broadband accessible to their residents.
The Rural Broadband I.D. Expenses Trust Fund Grant, sponsored by state Sen. Missy Irvin, is funded by the state’s Restricted Reserve Fund and federal coronavirus aid allocated by the Arkansas Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Steering Committee created by Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
Baptist Health-Little Rock recently introduced new technology to the state that was provided by Donna Terrell’s Yoga Warriors Fighting Colon Cancer organization.
The ERBEJET® 2 is a new dimension in hydrosurgery that allows for precise, selective tissue separation gently by waterjet. Blood vessels and nerves remain intact up to a certain pressure. The ERBEJET 2 dissects sharply and precisely with minimal trauma to structures such as vessels, nerves, and ducts.
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) will host a free virtual educational conference as part of its national Educating America Tour to help Arkansas residents affected by Alzheimer’s disease during the COVID-19 crisis on Sept. 1 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CST. The conference, which is free and open to everyone, will provide information and advice from health, legal, and caregiving experts. To register, go to www.alzfdn.org/tour.
