October 23, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Testing RESCHEDULED to Nov. 4 in Hot Springs

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Nov. 4 at Hot Springs Farmers & Artisans Market, 121 Orange St. Because of weather forecasts predicting that rainstorms will likely affect the area on Oct. 27, the testing drive-up has been rescheduled to Nov. 4. There will be…


UAMS College of Pharmacy Business Plan Team Takes National Award for Fourth Time for Most Wins Ever

Ben Boulden

On March 5 before masking and social distancing guidelines were in effect, the NCPA Student Business Plan team stands in front of a pharmacy decorated with signs to stand in for the team's Functional Pharmacy concept they proposed in their winning business plan. Team members are, left to right, Patrick Gurley, Brittany Butterfield, Marissa Johnston and Byron Johnson.

LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy team of four student pharmacists achieved a record-setting win recently in a national business plan competition. It marked the fourth time in eight years a team from the college has won the National Community Pharmacy Association’s Good Neighbor Pharmacy Pruitt-Schutte Student…


October 21, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Oct. 30 in Palestine

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Oct. 30 at Palestine City Hall, 101 Higgins St. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)…


October 19, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Oct. 22 in Caldwell

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Oct. 22 at Caldwell Community Center, 4971 Arkansas 1 in Caldwell. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical…


Program Aims to ‘Flip the Pharmacy’ Experience for Pharmacists, Patients

Ben Boulden

Megan Smith, left, talks to Brandon Achor on Oct. 1 outside Achor Family Pharmacy in Maumelle. Oct. 1 was the official launch date for the Flip the Pharmacy program in Arkansas.

Gone are the days when your local pharmacy just dispensed prescriptions. Community pharmacists get to know their patients in a way that helps them recognize and act on health problems and medication issues that result in improving their health outcomes. And they believe those services deserve to be compensated by insurance companies. Sixteen Arkansas community…


UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Oct. 27 in Hot Springs

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Oct. 27 at Hot Springs Farmers & Artisans Market, 121 Orange St. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for…


October 13, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Oct. 20 in Prescott

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Oct. 20 at the Nevada County Fire Department, 113 E. Walnut St., in Prescott. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by the University of…


October 12, 2020

UAMS HealthNow Offers New Digital Health Program for Prevention of HIV Infections

Ben Boulden

Stacy Petty, left, and Latunja Sockwell discuss the different working aspects of the UAMS HealthNow HIV Prevention Program. Sockwell worked with Petty to set up the new program, and she is assistant research director for the UAMS Department of Family and Preventative Medicine

LITTLE ROCK — Through UAMS HealthNow, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is providing screening, monitoring and medication prescribing services to patients to prevent HIV infection. Non-HIV positive patients who engage in high-risk behaviors and adhere to the use of anti-retroviral medications have experienced a 90% reduction in the transmission of HIV. The…


October 9, 2020

21st Geriatrics Update Focuses on ‘Living Long, Living Strong’

Ben Boulden

Priya Mendiratta, M.D., left, moderates a question-and-answer session with keynote speaker Joel Kahn, M.D., during the Geriatric Update and Long-term Care Conference. The conference was virtual this year.

The foods older adults eat can be just as, or even more, vital to their heart health as the cardiovascular medications they take and the surgeries and procedures they may undergo. That’s the message keynote speaker, Joel Kahn, M.D., gave at the 21st  annual Geriatrics Update and Long-term Care Conference held Oct. 1-3 at the…


October 8, 2020

Lauren Reeves, M.S.N., Joins UAMS Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK —Lauren Reeves, M.S.N., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena where she sees patients as a nurse practitioner Reeves is a lifelong resident of Phillips County where she has chosen to practice. She has served the population of the rural delta as a registered…



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