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DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Desk ................................................................................................. 8 Healthcare Briefs ................................................................................... 39 Hospital Rounds ..................................................................................... 63 Ad Index ....................................................................................................... 66 FEATURES New, Innovative Legislation Tackles the Nursing Workforce Crisis in Arkansas . ............................................................. 10 Sarah Bemis, DNP, BA, RN; Ashley Davis, PhD, RN; Angela Keith, PhD, RN; Sue Tedford, MNSc, APRN; Cody Waits; Senator Kim Hammer Changing the Care of Chronic Conditions: Diabetes ...................... 18 Kenny J. Cole, MD, MHCDS Value-Based Healthcare Correspondent CTE: Football’s Aftermath - Part III .......... 24 Repetitive Head Impacts, Not Concussions, Believed to Cause CTE Leveraging football accelerometer data to quantify associations between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in males Daneshvar, D.H.; Nair, E.S.; Baucom, Z.H. et al. Nature Communications CORRESPONDENTS Policy ............................................................................................................ 44 ADH Corner .............................................................................................. 46 Medicaid ...................................................................................................... 48 Children’s Health ................................................................................... 50 Nursing ......................................................................................................... 52 Oncology ..................................................................................................... 56 Oral Health ................................................................................................ 58 Urology ......................................................................................................... 60 September / October 2023 I Vol. 10, No. 5 Contents 18 10