October 28, 2024

Baptist Health is the first health care organization in Arkansas to utilize icometrix’s AI technology to improve neuroradiology services. 

Through this collaboration, icobrain, icometrix’s advanced AI software, will be introduced at all Baptist Health imaging locations across Arkansas, starting in North Little Rock. 

October 21, 2024

The following article by Jackie Llanos appeared in the Florida Phoenix on Oct. 17, 2024.

Update: A federal judge temporarily barred the DeSantis administration from intimidating and coercing television stations that air ads in support of the proposed Amendment 4, which would bar government interference in abortion.

The ruling stops Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo as the head of the Florida Department of Health from acting against broadcasters the department has already threatened with criminal charges.

October 21, 2024

AMMC Family Practice & Urgent Care welcomed Melissa Wright, MD, board-certified family medicine physician. The office is located at 1110 W. Kings Highway in Paragould, Ark.

Wright has previously practiced at Ozarks Healthcare in Thayer, Mo., and Mammoth Spring, Ark. A graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, she completed a family medicine residency at the University of Tennessee, Memphis.

Patients may schedule an appointment from Monday-Thursday between 8 a.m.-6 p.m. or use a walk-in appointment option.

October 21, 2024

65 Prime+ by Mercy clinic, located at 6801 Rogers Ave., Suite 107 in Fort Smith, is now open for patient care. 65 Prime+ by Mercy – Tower West is a clinic geared toward Medicare patients, those 65 and older.

The new clinic, located in the former Convenient Care at Mercy Tower West, offers an expanded primary care experience with longer and more frequent appointment times, ensuring that patients have ample time to discuss all their health care needs,

October 21, 2024

Nicholas Theodore, MD, a nationally recognized expert in brain and spinal cord injury, will discuss advances in spine surgery in a free, public lecture Oct. 24 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).