UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Sept. 10 in Fayetteville
| FAYETTEVILLE – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Sept. 10 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville. Testing will be in the parking lot at the corner of North Street and Woolsey Avenue. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. The first 200 community members will be tested.
The testing will be conducted by UAMS in cooperation with the Blue & You Foundation, the Bank of America Foundation, the Marshallese COVID-19 Taskforce, the American Coalition of Marshallese, Marshallese Educational Initiative, and the Arkansas Consulate of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Marshallese-speaking and Spanish-speaking community health navigators will be on site to help those who don’t speak English.
You do not have to be a UAMS patient to be seen. This testing is for everyone over 16 who feels they need testing. Patients will get instructions on how to take care of themselves and their family at home. Test results will be returned either through an online patient portal, letter or phone call.
Even if you don’t have any symptoms, wash your hands regularly and practice social distancing by staying at least 6 feet away from other people not in your household, and wear a mask in public. An online screening tool is available at uamshealth.com/healthnow. Phone screening is available through the UAMS Health hotline at 800-632-4502.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and seven 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 and Institute for Digital Health & Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise including its hospital, regional clinics and clinics it operates or staffs in cooperation with other providers. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. U.S. News & World Report named UAMS Medical Center the state’s Best Hospital; ranked its ear, nose and throat program among the top 50 nationwide; and named six areas as high performing — cancer, colon cancer surgery, heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement and lung cancer surgery. UAMS has 2,727 students, 870 medical residents and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health.
The UAMS Northwest Regional Campus includes 250 medical, pharmacy, nursing and health professions students, 50 medical and pharmacy residents, and 1,000 community-based faculty. The campus has nine clinics including a student-led clinic and physical, occupational and speech therapy. Faculty conduct research to reduce health disparities. Visit www.uams.edu or www.uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Instagram.