Inside News
July 23, 2018
UAMS Welcomes 10 Project SEARCH® Interns
UAMS welcomed its latest class of Project SEARCH® interns to campus during a July 9 reception and orientation.
July 18, 2018
New Ad Campaign Features Those Born at UAMS
In the latest commercials for UAMS, the focus is on obstetrics and the many babies born at the state’s only academic medical center.
July 13, 2018
UAMS Medical Center Certified as First and Only Comprehensive Stroke Center in Arkansas
July 13, 2018 | UAMS Medical Center has become the first and only health care provider in Arkansas to be certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.
July 6, 2018
First-Year Residents from UAMS Regional Campuses Gather
July 6, 2018 | While health care in recent years has pursued the triple aim of patient satisfaction and positive health outcomes while reducing the costs, Mark Jansen, M.D., told first-year resident physicians June 21 there should be a fourth target — provider satisfaction. “If we don’t have healthy, happy providers, you are not going…
July 5, 2018
UAMS Gets Nurse Anesthesia Specialty Program Approval
July 5, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received approval from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education for a Nurse Anesthesia specialty in the College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program. The UAMS Council of Deans and the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees previously approved the program. The…
July 3, 2018
UAMS Telemedicine Program in Magazine School District Reduces Obesity
July 3, 2018 | More than half of obese fifth through eighth graders in the Magazine School District reduced their obesity in the last year after participating in a program by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Distance Health. The program is part of the School Telemedicine in Arkansas (STAR) program…
July 2, 2018
Pharmacy Students Create Drug-Counseling Videos for YouTube
July 2, 2018 | It all started with a visit to a local pharmacy.
Seth Heldenbrand, Pharm.D., the College of Pharmacy’s associate dean of experiential education and an associate professor, was picking up a new prescription and noticed that with a simple click of a box he had opted out of drug counseling by the pharmacist.
June 19, 2018
Laura Hutchins, M.D., Appointed Interim Director of UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
June 19, 2018 — Laura Hutchins, M.D., a hematologist oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who has devoted her medical practice and research to fight breast cancer, melanoma and brain cancer, has been appointed interim director for the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute effective immediately.
June 15, 2018
Chancellor Patterson Welcomed by UAMS Northwest Regional Campus
June 15, 2018 | UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, met today with employees of the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus, thanking them for their work to improve the health and health care for the people of Arkansas. Patterson’s first day as chancellor was June 1. He traveled to northwest Arkansas for the morning reception held…
UAMS Cheers on Crohn’s & Colitis Walk
As patients with inflammatory bowel disease and their families and friends walked to raise awareness and funding for the disease, UAMS was there to cheer on their efforts at the Take Steps Walk on May 19 in Little Rock. More than 265 participants, volunteers and sponsors took part in the event for Crohn’s and ulcerative…
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