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UAMS Researchers Identify New Ways to Protect Vision, Regrow Nerves in the Eye
Tamara T. Perry, MD, Named President of Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
UAMS Launches Toolkit to Support Doula Integration in Hospitals
Baptist Health Memory Clinic Welcomes Anthony Davis, MD
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Unveils Champions Pavilion, New Lobby, Gallery
Baptist Health Family Clinic-Cabot Welcomes Two New Providers
UAMS Now Offering Histotripsy Treatment for Liver Tumors
UAMS Says Proton Center Continues Operating Amid Payment Dispute
March 17, 2019
Arkansas Surgical Hospital Receives Five...

Arkansas Surgical Hospital, a physician-owned surgical facility, has been awarded a five-star rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

CMS, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, updated its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings on its Hospital Compare website in February.

The website reports quarterly on quality measures for more than 4,500 hospitals in the United States, using data from Medicare beneficiaries’ experiences, surveys sent to patients, and clinical data in categories such as mortality, safety, and readmissions.

March 10, 2019
History of Medicine Society to Hold Annu...

The public is invited to the Society for the History of Medicine and Health Professions’ annual dinner and lecture from 6-9 p.m. on April 5 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

The meeting will be held in the UAMS Medical Center Lobby Gallery. Parking is available in the Parking 1 deck.

Laura Smith, a history instructor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, will present the lecture, “A Tale of Two Communities: The Business of the Medical School and Physician Respect in the Nineteenth-Century South.”

March 10, 2019
NYITCOM at A-State to Host ‘Rhythmic Hea...

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University will host the second-annual Vollman and Wilson Lecture as part of the Distinguished Medical Lecture series on March 26 at 6:30 p.m. at A-State’s Riceland Hall. The program, entitled “Rhythmic Healing: Music & Medicine,” will feature Vollman & Wilson Distinguished Lecturers Alex Pantelyat, MD, and Nina Kraus, PhD, both of whom have done extensive research on the correlation between music, medicine, and neuroscience.

March 10, 2019
Future School, Mercy Partner to Fight Ob...

One of the best ways to prevent obesity is to form healthy habits early in life. That’s why Mercy and Future School of Fort Smith have created an innovative partnership that teaches health literacy to high school students.

The partnership is part of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement’s Healthy Active Arkansas initiative. A Mercy and Future School case study is part of a series of studies highlighting success stories across the state.

March 10, 2019
UAMS-Led Stroke Program Helps Lower Arka...

Arkansas recently fell from sixth to seventh place in the nation in the number of stroke deaths per capita, a huge improvement that health officials credit in part to a statewide telemedicine program of stroke education and treatment led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Only four years ago, Arkansas was still ranked first in per capita stroke deaths based on data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.