An anonymous donor has provided $600,000 in second-year grant funding to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to continue providing long-acting reversible contraception devices (LARCs) for uninsured post-partum patients in Little Rock and Fort Smith.
The intrauterine devices and birth-control implants are inserted before a patient is discharged from a hospital after giving birth to reduce unintended pregnancies and increase birth spacing. Insertions can cost more than $3,000 and aren’t currently reimbursable by the state Medicaid program.
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center (NARMC) announced the opening of theMED Urgent Care, located at 4318 Hwy 65 South in Bellefonte (across from Harps Grocery and next door to Dollar General).
Washington Regional Director of Hospice Sheryl Davis, APRN, has announced she will retire after nearly 35 years with the health system. Davis has served in many different director roles during her tenure at Washington Regional, including director of critical care, emergency department, surgical services, home health, and care transitions.
Sri Obulareddy, MD, has joined the breast team in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she is treating patients with breast cancer. She is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $2.5 million to Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) to identify potential causes of long-term side effects of treatments for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer.