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CHI St. Vincent Reaches Agreement with UnitedHealthcare
CARTI Fundraiser Supports Those Facing Cancer
UAMS, Washington Regional Approved for Residency Programs
Baptist Health Using Ion Robot for Lung Cancer Treatment
UAMS, Partners Building CHW Workforce Amid Passage of the Community Health Worker Act
Arkansas Continues Summer EBT Program
CHI St. Vincent Launches New Website to Enhance Patient Experience
CARTI Expands Team of Fellowship-Trained Breast Imaging Specialists
July 10, 2017
New Technology to Aid UAMS Researchers E...

A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists recently began using a powerful computer system that they hope will aid them in better understanding the mechanisms of mental illness.

In June, the Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC), a division of UAMS’ Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI), installed a Dell PowerEdge system, equipped with two 20-core central processing units, three NVIDIA Tesla P100 graphics processing units, and nearly one terabyte of memory, as well as 500 terabytes of digital storage. A terabyte is 1 trillion bytes.

July 5, 2017
Department of Health to Issue Same-sex B...

After conferring with the offices of the Governor and the Attorney General, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) will now begin issuing birth certificates for same-sex couples who utilized artificial insemination and were married at the time of the birth of their child.

Amended birth certificates will only be issued in cases where the birth mother is listed on the certificate and no one is listed as the father.

July 5, 2017
Fireworks, Food, and Swim Safety

Now that summer is here, it is a good time to learn about firework, food, and swim safety.  The Arkansas Dept. of Health has issued several recommendations to help residents stay safe during the summer months:

Fireworks.  Improper use of fireworks can lead to death and injury, including burns, cuts, and foreign objects in the eye. To prevent injury, keep these safety tips in mind:

July 5, 2017
Conway Regional Launches Self-Scheduling...

Conway Regional Health System has launched an online, self-scheduling portal for patients seeking non-life threatening medical care in the hospital’s emergency department or after hours clinic. The hospital is the first medical center in central Arkansas to implement such a system, with the goal of reducing wait times for patients, and potentially providing them with a more comfortable and convenient overall experience.

July 5, 2017
UAMS Achieves Recognition for Electronic...

UAMS Medical Center’s electronic medical records system has been awarded the second-highest ranking available from a health care industry advisory firm that evaluates institutions from across the globe.

HIMSS Analytics ranked the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) hospital and outpatient services a Stage 6 on its Electronic Medical Record Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM) standards and Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption ModelSM (O-EMRAM), respectively.