Announcements


August 19, 2021

Take 2 Initiative Accepting Submissions

Ben Boulden

Take 2 is an innovative opportunity sponsored by the Center for Nursing Excellence for direct care nursing staff to submit ideas to eliminate two steps in a nursing process or practice to improve nursing workflow and save time without compromising safety. Submissions opened Aug. 1. 


August 13, 2021

Team UAMS Wears Blue to Thank Health Care Workers during Pandemic

Ben Boulden

Wear Blue

Blue met blue at UAMS and said ‘thank you’ starting at 6 a.m. Aug. 13. More than 50 UAMS volunteers in various articles of blue clothing gathered at three separate campus building entrances to say ‘thank you’ to co-workers, most of whom work in clinical areas and many of them in similarly colored apparel.


August 12, 2021

Reminder: You Must Wear Your Mask on UAMS Property

Yavonda Chase

Everyone at UAMS, including employees, visitors, faculty and students, must wear their masks at all times on UAMS property, even outdoors or while walking to and from your vehicle or other transportation.


Short-Term Child Care Assistance For Essential Workers

Ben Boulden

The 2021 Federal COVID Relief Package provides additional funding for child care providers and essential worker child care assistance.


August 7, 2021

August MVP — Gloria Flowers Williams

Ben Boulden

Gloria Flowers Williams

The MVP for August is Gloria Flowers Williams, who in the course of her job exemplifies all of the UAMS values of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate. Gloria is an administrative specialist in the Department of Patient Safety and Relations. Here is what her nominator wrote:

Gloria is one of our first lines for a patient complaint – she takes down their information and helps coordinate that message to the correct Patient Relations Coordinator. She listens to angry or upset patients…


August 4, 2021

Expert Panel Answers COVID-19 Questions at Chancellor’s Town Hall

Ben Boulden

Before the town hall, Robert Hopkins Jr., second from right, talks with James Graham (standing), Michelle Krause and Steppe Mette, right. All four physicians made up a panel of experts who answered questions at the meeting.

A Town Hall panel gathered July 28 to answer questions from the online audience about COVID-19 featured familiar faces.


August 3, 2021

UAMS Celebrates MVP Awardees at Second Annual Luncheon

Ben Boulden

Cam Patterson and 2021 MVPs

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, at a July 28 luncheon thanked and praised UAMS employees who in the last 12 months won an MVP award and whose contributions in earlier years might have gone largely unsung.


Fourth Street Pedestrian, Vehicle Traffic Restricted

Ben Boulden

The most recent UAMS project (Radiation Oncology Center/Proton Therapy Center) has begun at the intersection of Fourth and Cedar streets. Because of the project,  Fourth Street is effectively closed between Cedar and Pine streets and will be for the next two years.


July 29, 2021

Forbes Magazine Ranks UAMS in Top 30% of Best Employers for Women

Linda Satter

Forbes Best Employers logo

Forbes magazine has named the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to its list of Best Employers for Women 2021. UAMS was ranked 86th on a list of the top 300 companies in the United States, putting it in the top 30%. UAMS was the only company in Arkansas to make the list. The 300…


Interim COVID Event Policy Updated

Ben Boulden

The Chancellor’s office has recently updated the UAMS events policy. We appreciate everyone’s understanding and cooperation when hosting UAMS affiliated events.



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