September 15, 2024

Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock announces that it has received certification from DNV Healthcare USA Inc. as a Primary Stroke Center, affirming the hospital’s readiness to handle a full range of stroke-related medical problems.

September 15, 2024

Baptist Health Family Clinic-Heber Springs-A Service of Baptist Health Medical Center-Heber Springs recently welcomed Matt Rodgers, APRN.

Rodgers received a nursing education from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Cox College in Springfield, Missouri. 

September 15, 2024

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

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

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.