September 30, 2013
UAMS Opens Schmieding Caregiver Training Site in El Dorado
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging today celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in El Dorado, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.
September 26, 2013
Health Literacy Expert Encourages Better Patient Engagement
Eighty million Americans lack sufficient education in health care and disease prevention, a fact that is affecting hospital readmissions statistics, patient-doctor engagement and patient mortality rates, said Laura Noonan, M.D., a health literacy expert who visited UAMS last week.
September 17, 2013
Perfect Timing at UAMS Saves Woman After Violent Accident
Perfect timing. That’s what Amy Kizziar needed one cold November day in 2011 when she was impaled by a two-by-six and endured multiple broken bones, gaping wounds and life-threatening blood loss.
September 13, 2013
Shoppers and Diners Enjoy a 20 Percent Discount With UAMS Cancer Institute’s Partners Card
More than 170 shops and restaurants in central and northwest Arkansas will offer discounts Oct. 25 – Nov. 3 as part of Partners Card, a fundraising project of the volunteer auxiliary of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
September 12, 2013
Help UAMS Patients while Voting on the Best Tasting Bacon at the Rock Town Bacon Throwdown Oct. 5
LITTLE ROCK – Tickets are on sale now for the first Rock Town Bacon Throwdown, 1 p.m., Oct. 5 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, a competition featuring local professional chefs serving their best bacon dishes in a cookoff contest to benefit patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center.
September 11, 2013
Pioneering Arkansas Doctor, Philosopher Brought to Life at UAMS
Sept. 11, 2013 | The life and times of a pioneering doctor, farmer, philosopher, naturalist and independent thinker on the “wild frontier” of Arkansas during the last half of the nineteenth century was brought to life at a celebration of a new book featuring significant contributions from several UAMS faculty and library staff.
August 29, 2013
UAMS/Schmieding Names Christensen as Project Director
LITTLE ROCK — Margaret Christensen has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Schmieding Center for Health and Education in Springdale as project director for the $3.5 million Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Care Innovation Challenge Award.
Online Contest Leads Pro Golfer to Donate $50,000 to UAMS
It takes determination to sink birdies as a pro golfer, and Arkadelphia native Ken Duke has proven that throughout his entire career. Twenty four years later, Duke gave back to the place where he found healing by donating his prize money to UAMS’ Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute. He won the contest by a landslide with the help of online votes from the UAMS community.
August 9, 2013
UAMS Palliative Care Program First in State for Advanced Certification
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Palliative Care Program has received advanced certification, becoming the first in Arkansas and one of only 36 nationally to become accredited under a new national evaluation process.
August 6, 2013
UAMS Opens Schmieding Caregiver Training Facility in Hot Springs
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging on Aug. 2 celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in Hot Springs, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.
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