August 5, 2024

CHI St. Vincent announced that electrophysiologist Bilal Saqi, MD, has joined the team of specialists at the CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic in North Little Rock.

Saqi joins CHI St. Vincent from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo., where he completed an electrophysiology fellowship. Previously, he completed a cardiology fellowship at Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida College of Medicine. His extensive experience includes an internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio.

August 5, 2024

Baptist Health announced the promotions of two Baptist Health corporate fellows to new positions within the healing ministry.

Destiney Walker has been named director of business operations for patient navigation. Randon Carlton is now director of hospital operations for Baptist Health Medical Center-Stuttgart and Baptist Health Medical Center-Heber Springs. 

August 5, 2024

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will provide contraceptive services and reproductive health education to women living in rural Arkansas counties in an effort to prevent unintended pregnancies and to improve access to women’s healthcare in Arkansas.

August 5, 2024

Baptist Health recently announced promotions to its system leadership.

Joni Stephenson has been promoted to corporate vice president of human resources for Baptist Health. She has been in human resources roles since 2003, including 16 years at Baptist Health, where she began in central staffing nurse recruitment in 2005. 

August 5, 2024

CHI St. Vincent has received top rankings in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-2025 Best Hospitals list. The CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute was listed as the No. 1 heart program in Arkansas for the fourth consecutive year, while the CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs, and CHI St. Vincent North each received prestigious recognitions on the list across multiple categories of care.