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Summit to Address Youth Substance Use, Prevention Strategies
Project H.E.A.R.T. Camp Educates Future Healthcare Professionals
U of A and UAMS Advance Joint Research Through Razorback Research Catalyst
Baptist Health Acquires South Arkansas Regional Hospital
Venkat Kalapatapu, MD, Returns to UAMS as Chief of Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
James C. Walker, MD, FACS, Joins Baptist Health Surgical and Specialty Clinic-Conway
Children’s Miracle Network Partners Donate More than $5.3 M to Arkansas Children’s
UAMS Researchers Find that Smart Food Lockers Expand Access to Healthy Food in Arkansas
September 15, 2024
UAMS College of Nursing Professor Receiv...

Laura Hays, PhD, APRN, associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, has received a four-year, $1.4 million federal grant to expand and enhance the Arkansas Department of Health’s Newborn Screening Program.

September 15, 2024
Four Community Members Join Arkansas Chi...

Arkansas Children’s Foundation has announced four new members to its board of directors: Trav Baxter, Fadil Bayyari, Angie Staley Johnson, and Katie Stephens. They join the 36-member board that represents statewide communities served by Arkansas Children's. Baxter, Bayyari, and Johnson were elected to three-year terms that began on January 1, 2024. Stephens, also elected to a three-year term, began her service on July 1, 2024.

September 15, 2024
Strategic Committee for Maternal Health...

The Strategic Committee for Maternal Health has delivered a report to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders outlining recommended new policies, programs, and approaches aimed at improving health outcomes for pregnant women, new moms, and babies, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced.

September 9, 2024
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs Cancer Cente...

 CHI St. Vincent announced that the CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs Cancer Center has been awarded accreditation by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC).

Accreditation by the CoC is given only to facilities that are committed to providing high-quality cancer care and successfully undergo a rigorous evaluation process in compliance with CoC standards. ACS CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for patients with cancer by setting and raising standards.

September 9, 2024
Baptist Health, City of North Little Roc...

On Sept. 4, officials held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of Baptist Health Family Clinic-Rose City, which serves residents of North Little Rock and surrounding communities. 

A partnership between the City of North Little Rock and Baptist Health, Baptist Health Family Clinic-Rose City is the first full-service medical clinic in the east part of North Little Rock since a medical office burned in 2013.