November 9, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Nov. 17 in McCrory

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Nov. 17 at the McCrory Civic Center, 103 N. Edmonds Ave. in McCrory. 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…


November 5, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Nov. 10 at Philander Smith College in Little Rock

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Nov. 10 in the Philander Smith College Library parking lot, 900 Daisy Bates Drive in Little Rock. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by…


October 29, 2020

UAMS Awarded Nearly $1 Million by U.S. Department of Agriculture for Digital Health Training in Arkansas Delta

Ben Boulden

Hari Eswaran, right, uses a live video connection at the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation to talk with Mellie Bridewell, executive director of the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a two-year grant of $999,993 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the digital health training of health care professionals, students, business and community leaders, consumers and patients in the Arkansas Delta. The grant will fund…


October 26, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Oct. 29 at Philander Smith College in Little Rock

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Oct. 29 in the Philander Smith College Library parking lot, 900 Daisy Bates Drive in Little Rock. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by…


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…



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