HJAR Sep/Oct 2023

HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS I  SEP / OCT 2023 43 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalAR.com Physicians Group clinic on the 2nd floor at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center. UAMS Receives $50K to Support Organ Engineering, Gene Therapy The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received two grants totaling $50,000 from the Arvest Foundation to benefit the Organ Engi- neering and Gene Therapy Fund for Excellence, which will support the UAMS Research Center for Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy. The Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy Fund for Excellence will provide crucial funding to support the UAMS Organ Transplant team’s research in cellular engineering, genetic repro- gramming, targeted cellular removal, and organ revitalization. It will also help acquire technology and equipment needed to carry out essential research activities. UAMS is home to Arkansas’ only adult kidney and liver transplant center. The UAMS Organ Transplant team has performed more than 1,800 kidney transplants and more than 400 liver transplants. UA Little Rock School of Nursing Earns Reaccreditation fromACEN The University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Nursing has received continuing accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) through 2030 for its associate and bachelor’s degree programs. UAMS Health Names Harrison Reed as CAO Harrison Reed, MHSA, has been appointed as chief administrative officer and associate vice chancellor for clinical finance and strategy for UAMS Health. He joined UAMS in May 2021 as associate vice chancellor for clinical strategy. In his new role, Reed has additional responsibility for day-to-day financial operations of UAMS Health, including strategic and financial decision support, man- agement of enterprise productivity, and financial analysis. Administrators for UAMS’ clinical ser- vices report to him, and he also oversees a data analytics group. Reed’s background includes leadership positions in Arkansas with Practice Plus & Arkan- sas Health Group at Baptist Health, Rock Dental Brands, and Jefferson Regional Medical Center. Additionally, he served five years as senior project manager for Penn Medicine-University of Pennsyl- vania Health System and worked as senior man- ager of quality initiatives at Society of Hospital Medicine in Philadelphia. Reed is a graduate of the University of Arkan- sas in Fayetteville, where he earned a bache- lor’s degree in physics, and he holds a Master of Health Services Administration degree from the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. He’s board-certified in healthcare management and recognized as a fellow in the American Col- lege of Healthcare Executives. Reed replaces Jason Rounds, MBA, who left UAMS to become the CEO and president of San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico. Mercy Breaks Ground on Greenwood Clinic Mercy is expanding its primary care services in Greenwood, one of the fastest-growing com- munities in Arkansas, with a new family medicine clinic scheduled to open in late 2024. At approximately 11,130 square feet, the new location will double the current clinical space and include 22 exam rooms, with ample room to add providers and services to meet the area’s grow- ing needs. In addition to traditional primary care available Monday-Friday, the clinic will provide X-ray and lab services along with dedicated space for walk-in acute care patients and expanded hours on nights and weekends. n recently launched a mobile “CenteringPreg- nancy” program, a group prenatal program that is headed to medically underserved areas across Arkansas. CenteringPregnancy is prenatal care that includes a woman’s regular health checkup, along with extra time for group learning and sharing. The program replaces the mother’s traditional 15-minute obstetrician visits with 10 group ses- sions, each between 90 minutes and two hours long, allowing for more than 10 times the amount of time normally spent with their provider. The program recently launched in Madison County, with plans to launch soon in Helena-West Helena. “Our mobile health clinics give us the ability to meet the patient where they are — literally. The ability to deliver this evidence-based program in some of the most rural and medically under- served areas of Arkansas will help to improve the health outcomes of pregnant women, babies and families by bringing care and support to where it is most needed,” said Kelly Conroy, an assis- tant director leading UAMS Community Health & Research’s mobile health initiatives Daniel Decker, MD, Joins NARMCMedical Team North Arkansas Regional Medical Center (NARMC) welcomes Daniel Decker, MD, a board- certified urologist, to the NARMC medical team. Decker graduated from Baylor University and earned a medical degree from Wake Forest Uni- versity School of Medicine. He completed a gen- eral surgery internship and urology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Decker’s office is located at the NARMC Daniel Decker, MD, Harrison Reed, MHSA