March 31, 2020
UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Evaluation April 2 in Helena-West Helena
LITTLE ROCK – A free community drive-thru evaluation clinic for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Thursday, April 2 at 1804 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on the Highway 49 bypass and will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physicians. The clinic is in the old…
March 10, 2020
UAMS HealthNow to Provide Free, Online Screening for COVID-19
UAMS HealthNow has begun offering free screenings for Arkansas adults who have questions about whether they may have the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. UAMS HealthNow is the 24-hour digital connection to health care professionals that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) began in January. People who have symptoms and who have been exposed…
March 5, 2020
UAMS 12th Street Center to Host ‘March Man-ness’ at Warren Community Development Center March 28
Free health care screening and other services will be offered free to the public March 28 at the “March Man-ness Men’s Health Event” presented by the 12th St. Health & Wellness Center of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The event will be 9 a.m.-noon at the Bishop Leodies & Goldie Warren Community…
February 25, 2020
Patient Moves Forward in Sickle Cell Care and in Life
Feb. 25, 2020 | Maturing into adulthood often means leaving familiar things behind while embracing new ones, and Jayla Buford did just that in late 2019 as a sickle cell patient. Buford had been receiving care through the sickle cell program at Arkansas Children’s Hospital since she was 4. In late 2019, now an adult,…
February 24, 2020
UAMS Schmieding Program to Provide Free Respite Training for Volunteer Caregivers March 5 in Fort Smith
The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in Fort Smith, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is offering free Respite Volunteer Training on March 5 in Fort Smith. The all-day training session will he held 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Center, 2414 S. 57th St.,…
February 18, 2020
UAMS Receives $2.3 Million to Reimburse Facilities that Provide Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently received $2.3 million from the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to compensate facilities across the state providing opioid use disorder patients with medication-assisted treatment. The money will allow medical providers to offer treatment for opioid use disorder to patients without insurance or the ability to pay…
February 10, 2020
Poison and Drug Information Center at UAMS Inspires Career Choices
Spending a month last May in the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center helped Masha Yemets, a UAMS College of Pharmacy student, define the career path she wants to follow. Yemets, who graduates in May, spent that month answering calls in the center from a broad cross-section of the public. “I had an inkling I…
Lisa Smith Named Director of UAMS Library
Lisa Smith has been named director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Library. She replaces Jan Hart who retired as library director in late 2019. Before coming to UAMS in early January, she served in Fort Worth, Texas, for three years as executive director of National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South…
January 30, 2020
Free Dementia Care Workshop for Family Caregivers to be Held Feb. 12 in Texarkana
A free family caregiver workshop, “Dementias,” will be offered Feb, 12 in Texarkana for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia. The workshop is presented by the UAMS Schmieding Caregiver Training Program. The workshop, which is open to the public, will be held…
January 28, 2020
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Gives $817,000 to Upgrade Digital Health Network in State’s Rural Hospitals
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has awarded $817,000 to the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership to help South Arkansas hospitals and clinics improve how they exchange patient information and ensure better continuity of care during patient transfers.
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