HJAR Nov/Dec 2020

DEPARTMENTS Healthcare Briefs ................................................................................... 23 Hospital Rounds .................................................................................... 57 Ad Index ....................................................................................................... 66 FEATURES One on One José R. Romero, MD ............................ 8 Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health Q&A Ryan Gehrig ............................... 16 President, Mercy Hospital Fort Smith COVID-19: Educational Attainment, Economic Mobility and Health Disparities . ............................... 22 Billy Thomas, MD, MPH Professor, Department of Pediatrics University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contents 8 CORRESPONDENTS Policy ............................................................................................................. 38 ADH Corner .............................................................................................. 40 Medicaid ...................................................................................................... 42 Oral Health ............................................................................................... 44 Children’s Health.......................................................................... 48 Neurology........................................................................................ 50 Urology.............................................................................................. 52 Community Health ............................................................................... 54 Oncology.......................................................................................... 56 November / December 2020 I Vol. 7, No. 6 16 22