The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is celebrating its newly opened 12th Street Community Café at 3999 W. 12th St., as part of the grand opening of the city’s 12th Street Center.
Operated by employees of the UAMS Department of Nutrition Services, the café is located inside the center, which has been home to a Little Rock Police Department station since 2014.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research, recently launched a mobile CenteringPregnancy® program, a group prenatal program that is headed to medically underserved areas across Arkansas.
Two Mercy critical access hospitals in Arkansas recently were named “best practice” hospitals for quality by the Chartis Center for Rural Health.
Mercy hospitals in Booneville and Waldron, Arkansas, were ranked in the Top 20 for quality, joining just 18 other hospitals across the country in receiving the designation. Mercy hospitals in Kingfisher, Tishomingo, and Logan County, Okla., also received the honor.
Baptist Health hospitals in North Little Rock and Conway recently welcomed new members to their leadership teams.
At Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock, Kimberly Walker, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, has accepted the position of chief nursing officer.
Walker joins the healing ministry with nearly 25 years of nursing experience. She most recently served as divisional chief nursing officer over two facilities in Slidell, La.: Ochsner Medical Center - North Shore and Slidell Memorial Hospital.
The UA Little Rock Center for Simulation Innovation in the School of Nursing has been internationally recognized for excellence in nursing simulation education.
The Center for Simulation Innovation (CSI) has received the 2023 Frontline Simulation Champion Excellence Award from the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL), an association dedicated to advancing the science of healthcare simulation.
