June 18, 2023

Walmart and Sam's Club have announced the commencement of their annual campaign to change kids’ health through Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals.

Running through July 14, this initiative aims to raise funds to support the 170 CMN Hospitals across the United States and Canada. Every dollar raised at most Arkansas stores and clubs will directly benefit Arkansas Children's Hospital and Arkansas Children's Northwest, the CMN Hospitals in the state.

June 18, 2023

Emily Reams, MD, recently joined Baptist Health Family Clinic-Lonoke.

Reams received a medical degree at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She later completed residency training in family medicine and community health at the University of Kansas.

June 18, 2023

St. Bernards Internal Medicine Residency Program graduated eight internal medicine physicians on June 16. This group has trained within St. Bernards for the past three years, working in both hospital and clinic settings while training as internal medicine specialists.

Graduating physicians included Chief Resident John Armstrong, DO, Hadia Arzoun, MD, Josh Buell, DO, Derek Childers, MD, Anna De Feria, DO, Zachary “Carter” Lee, DO, Austin Richardson, DO, and Siji Thomas, MD.

There ceremony was held at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

June 18, 2023

Less than a year in, the 10-year collaboration agreement between Mercy and Mayo Clinic is going global through Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect, a distributed data network. After first joining with Mercy to collaborate last summer, Mayo Clinic has also reached similar agreements with Brazil's Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Israel's Sheba Medical Center, and Canada's University Health Network.  

June 12, 2023

CARTI unveiled Arkansas’ first dedicated cancer surgery center on June 9. Located at its flagship Little Rock campus, the 57,000-square-foot facility is the latest step in CARTI’s mission to make trusted cancer care accessible to every patient it serves.