Oct. 23, 2015 | Oct. 23, 2015 | UAMS today demonstrated it is leading the state in improving patient care while also saving money as Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., accepted $927,642 from Medicaid for its part in helping Arkansas avoid $34 million in Medicaid costs in 2014. UAMS received the largest amount of the $5.3 million that Medicaid and...
Oct. 21, 2015 | Oct. 21, 2015 | Community leaders from across Southeast Arkansas were on hand Oct. 20 for the inaugural reception of the Friends of UAMS – Southeast Chapter. The evening event was held at the Monticello home of UAMS Foundation Fund Board member Mike Akin and his wife, Susan. Co-hosting the gathering were Foundation Fund Board...
Oct. 15, 2015 | Oct. 15, 2015 | UAMS has joined with other state leaders in health care, education, business and government to launch a comprehensive plan to improve the health of all Arkansans. The plan, called Healthy Active Arkansas, was released Oct. 14 at a news conference at the State Capitol attended by representatives of the different sectors...
Oct. 14, 2015 | Oct. 14, 2015 | Citing innovations across the country, a leading national advocate for health care quality expressed optimism that delivery of care in the United States can become more effective, more efficient and less expensive in the future. Donald M. Berwick, M.D., president emeritus and senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and...
Oct. 13, 2015 | Oct. 13, 2015 | Joyce Tailford knew it was time to update her will but just hadn’t gotten around to scheduling it. That was solved for her when she was able to take advantage of free legal advice Sept. 24 at a UAMS conference on geriatrics. The Geriatrics and Long-Term Care Update organized by the...
Oct. 12, 2015 | Oct. 12, 2015 | A group of UAMS supporters enjoyed an evening of food and conversation Oct. 8 in the Ballroom at Sue’s Kitchen in Jonesboro as they learned about the statewide impact of the state’s only academic health center. The inaugural reception of the Friends of UAMS –Jonesboro was hosted by Mary Kay and...
Oct. 9, 2015 | Oct. 9, 2015 | Personalized medicine is not just a term to Jeffrey L. Clothier, M.D., medical director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute and executive vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the UAMS College of Medicine. It’s something much more…personal. “Personalized or precision medicine allows us to seek out our patients’ pain,...
Oct. 7, 2015 | Oct. 7, 2015 | Arkansas state lawmakers attending Legislator Day at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on Sept. 24 got to hear from medical students who spoke passionately about why they want to be doctors as well as from faculty addressing challenges facing graduate medical education in Arkansas and nationwide. The legislators...
Oct. 1, 2015 | Oct. 1, 2015 | Twenty-seven doctoral candidates donned laboratory coats that symbolize the next step of their studies on Sept. 28 during the UAMS Graduate School’s Research Induction Ceremony. Approximately 200 friends, family and faculty watched as students pursuing their Doctor of Philosophy degrees were formally recognized as Ph.D. candidates. Before such recognition can occur,...
Sept. 29, 2015 | LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received accreditation Sept. 23 for an internal medicine residency program at its northwest Arkansas campus in Fayetteville from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The first eight resident physicians will arrive in July 2016 to serve their residencies at Mercy Health System Northwest...