May 22, 2013

UAMS Drills in Treating Radiation Casualties

Ben Boulden

May 22, 2013 | During a May 17 drill to handle patients from a nuclear accident, UAMS Medical Center Emergency Department physicians and nurses encountered a scenario even veterans of previous drills didn’t anticipate.


May 20, 2013

UAMS Telemedicine Makes ‘Good Waves’ in Japan

Ben Boulden

May 20, 2013 | One year after UAMS donated telemedicine equipment to help a tsunami-devastated region of Japan, the positive outcomes of that gift are multiplying, prompting a Japanese physician to travel to Little Rock to thank the university in person.


May 17, 2013

Conference Highlights Telemedicine Achievements, Future

Ben Boulden

May 17, 2013 | As he opened the fourth annual Telestroke Conference on May 14, AR SAVES Director Michael Manley praised the audience for their help in the past year in expanding the program he oversees and gave them a glance at the future of telemedicine in the state.


May 10, 2013

UAMS Researchers: Smartphone Apps Could be the Answer

Ben Boulden

May 10, 2013 | Smart phones could be part of the answer to a $100 billion problem facing the health care industry involving patients who don’t fully adhere to their prescribed medicine regimens, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy.


UAMS Researchers Find Smartphone Apps Could Aid Medication Adherence

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — Smart phones could be part of the answer to a $100 billion problem facing the health care industry involving patients who don’t fully adhere to their prescribed medicine regimens, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy. </p>


May 8, 2013

UAMS Audience Learns to Bridge Language, Cultural Gaps

Ben Boulden

May 8, 2013 | Alan Lytle, Ed.D., recently brought what he called a “communication toolbox” to an audience of UAMS medical professionals to show them how to break down the barriers that can hamper communication with non-native-English-speaking patients.


May 28 Science Café ‘The Illusion of Time’

Ben Boulden

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, <i>The Illusion of Time, </i>on May 28. Panelists will discuss how time is connected to theoretical and quantum physics as well as how it affects human perception and native cultures.</span>


Interprofessional Student Teams Compete to Treat Simulated Patients

Ben Boulden

May 7, 2013 | Music from “Star Wars” filled a UAMS lecture hall May 2 as a Darth Vader-costumed emcee waved a light saber and opened the first Sim Wars competition to the cheers of about 200 students.


May 7, 2013

Free Seminar to Teach about Arkansas e-Link Statewide Broadband Network May 16

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to learn what the Arkansas e-Link statewide broadband network can do for them in health and education during a free seminar May 16 at East Arkansas Community College in Forrest City.</p>


May 6, 2013

Medical Center of South Arkansas Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region.  </p>



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