Bush Named Project Director of Tri-State Telehealth Center

By Holland Doran

| LITTLE ROCK — Erin Bush, R.N. has been named director of the South Central Telehealth Resource Center, part of the Center for Distance Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and one of only 12 such telehealth resource centers in the United States.

Bush will lead the SCTRC as it supports telehealth and telemedicine in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Previously, Bush was director of continuing education for the UAMS CDH since 2012. From 2011-2013 she served as an antepartum/postpartum nurse in the UAMS maternal infant division, and from 2010-2011 she served as a clinical care assistant in the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit.

Previously, Bush was director of continuing education for the UAMS CDH since 2012. From 2011-2013 she served as an antepartum/postpartum nurse in the UAMS maternal infant division, and from 2010-2011 she served as a clinical care assistant in the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit.

UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.

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