July 13, 2020

Pediatric researchers at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) have received more than $1.2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a five-year study that looks at the impacts of exposure to trichloroethylene (TCE), an industrial solvent and common environmental pollutant.

July 13, 2020

CHI St. Vincent welcomes invasive cardiologist Dr. Sibghat Tul Llah to the CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute. Tul Llah is seeing patients at the CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas Cardiology and Medicine Clinic, located at 5315 West 12th Street in Little Rock.

July 13, 2020

Arkansas Children’s and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have named Freedom F. “Fred” Perkins, Jr., MD, as chief of pediatric neurology for both health systems.

July 13, 2020

Arkansas Heart Hospital has been ranked one of the six best hospitals in the country for cardiology by Newsweek in its “The World’s Best Hospital 2020” list. The rankings are based on recommendations from medical professionals, results from patient surveys, and key medical performance indicators.

July 5, 2020

Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas was named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list, announced on Fortune.com. The hospital’s quality care has been recognized in recent years, including a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and “A” safety grades from The Leapfrog Group for the past four years.

The annual independent study by IBM Watson Health reviewed 3,134 hospitals in the U.S. using publicly available clinical, operational, and patient satisfaction metrics and data.