Arkansas Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network

March 3, 2025

UAMS, AR Health Ventures Partner with Arkansas Pharmacies to Improve Diabetes Education

David Wise

Julie Stewart, a pharmacist at Medical Arts Pharmacy in Fayetteville, fills a prescription for a customer.

Pharmacies across Arkansas are offering diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) programs as part of a collaboration with AR Health Ventures and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation to help rural, diabetic Arkansans better understand and manage their diabetes. Funded by the U.S Centers for Disease Control &…