August 14, 2017
Free Family Caregiver Workshop Set for Aug. 29 in El Dorado
EL DORADO – The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop Aug. 29 in El Dorado for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop is open to the public and…
Preventing Burnout in Health Care in 9 Steps
By Erick Messias, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Editors Note: This was first posted as an Employee Blog on Inside UAMS. Interest in burnout in health care professionals is trending nationally – and for good reason. Data shows that physician burnout, specifically, is staggeringly high and continues to increase – now affecting more…
August 9, 2017
UAMS One of Eight Selected Nationally for Home-Based Primary Care Education Program
Aug. 9, 2017 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently was chosen by the Home-Centered Care Institute as one of eight Centers of Excellence for its Home-Based Primary Care program, a first-of-its-kind program designed to make high-quality, home-based primary care a more common practice across the United States. The institute’s program aims to…
August 8, 2017
South Central Telehealth Resource Center at UAMS Receives $975,000 in Renewal of Grant Funding
Aug. 8, 2017 | The South Central Telehealth Resource Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a three-year grant totaling $975,000, renewing its funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It marks the third time the HRSA administration…
August 1, 2017
Educators Learn New Ways of Teaching with Technology
Aug. 1, 2017 | Headset microphone in place and ready to begin her presentation July 21 at the 11th annual Teaching with Technology Symposium at UAMS, Pooja Agarwal, Ph.D., asked her audience if they could remember what they had for breakfast. Most hands went up. Next, she asked them to raise their hands if they…
July 31, 2017
UAMS Researchers Receive $2.9 Million Grant to Study Possible Treatment for Radiation Injury
July 31, 2017 | A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists recently was awarded a $2.97 million, five-year grant by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases to investigate a possible treatment for the long-term health effects from injury caused by exposure to high levels of radiation. Marjan Boerma,…
July 13, 2017
Medical Review by UAMS Physician, Co-Author Shows How President Kennedy’s Back Pain Affected His Life, Death
July 13, 2017 | How President John F. Kennedy’s back pain affected his life and presidency along with the role it may have played in how he died are examined in a review of the 35th president’s medical history done by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physician and his co-author. In their…
July 12, 2017
Tim Hill Named Chief Operating Officer for UAMS Health System
July 12, 2017 | Tim Hill, vice chancellor for Regional Campuses at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named chief operating officer for the UAMS Health System. As COO, Hill will serve as a member of the clinical executive leadership team, reporting to Richard Turnage, M.D., senior vice chancellor for clinical…
July 10, 2017
Big Data Computer Aids UAMS Researchers Exploring Mental Health and Illness
July 6, 2017 | A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists recently began using a powerful computer system that they hope will aid them in better understanding the mechanisms of mental illness. The Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC), a division of UAMS’ Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI), in June installed a…
June 29, 2017
Strike Out Stroke Nights Add Third Baseball Game in 2017
June 29, 2017 | Strike Out Stroke became a three-game series in 2017, adding University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojans baseball to the roster alongside game nights at Arvest Park in Springdale in April and at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock in June. It was the seventh year Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency…
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