by - July 19, 2017 9:50 am
Nearly lost in the recent announcement of a second college at the Chaffee Crossing-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) campus was the receipt of a $350,000 grant to install…
by - July 18, 2017 1:44 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (July 18) told CNN host Wolf Blitzer now that efforts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act are on life support, Republican lawmakers should…
by - July 18, 2017 9:34 am
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said he is supportive of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s latest tactic to bring up a 2015 measure that repealed the Affordable Care Act and set…
by - July 17, 2017 12:19 pm
Vicki and Gary Jech of Springdale and their family will give $250,000 to Arkansas Children’s Northwest, a 233,613-square-foot pediatric hospital under construction west of Interstate 49 in Springdale. Arkansas Children’s…
by - July 16, 2017 9:49 am
Former Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Joe Thompson says the bipartisan work done with the state’s Medicaid expansion program – the Private Option, now Arkansas Works – could be a blueprint…
by - July 14, 2017 8:05 am
From the days when nurses worked with doctors in the Roman Empire around 300 A.D. to Florence Nightingale and the emergence of modern nursing, there has always been a need…
by - July 13, 2017 5:28 pm
Republican leadership in the U.S. Senate has revised its Obamacare “repeal and replace” measure, but its fate for passage remains tenuous. Two GOP senators – Susan Collins of Maine and…
by - July 12, 2017 11:53 am
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $11.5 million to the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) to develop the Center for Translational Pediatric Research. The award is the largest-ever…
by - July 12, 2017 11:44 am
Tim Hill, vice chancellor for regional campuses at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, has been named chief operating officer for the UAMS Health System….
by - July 12, 2017 10:17 am
Drs. Mark McCoy and Kelli Rippy have joined Mercy Clinic in the Fort Smith area. McCoy joined Mercy Clinic Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery as a cardiovascular surgeon. He brings more…
by - July 12, 2017 10:08 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has tapped Benton Chief of Police Kirk Lane as the state’s new drug czar. In an announcement release Wednesday morning (July 12), Hutchinson named Lane as the…
by - July 11, 2017 9:54 pm
As the U.S. Senate delays recess to work on healthcare reform, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (July 11) reiterated his stance that the draft bill needs to improve before lawmakers…
by - July 10, 2017 5:06 pm
Like any other town, Fayetteville has a strong sense of pride about its history. After being granted statehood in 1836, Arkansas’ first elected Congressman was from Fayetteville, Archibald Yell. In…
by - July 10, 2017 1:28 pm
Proponents of Arkansas’ inexperienced medical marijuana industry hope that education and emerging research can convince more Arkansas doctors and other healthcare professionals of the medicinal value of the leafy drug….
by - July 10, 2017 1:27 pm
The nonprofit Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auxiliary donated $1.2 million for Arkansas Children’s programs and services last year, the largest gift the auxiliary has given in its 50-year history. “From the…
by - July 7, 2017 4:44 pm
Courtney M. Cook, an oncology genetic counselor and genetic services coordinator, will start seeing patients at Highlands Oncology Group, which has locations in Rogers and Fayetteville. Cook is the first…
by - July 5, 2017 4:22 pm
Just one year after Washington Regional Hospital completed a $60 million, 100,000-square-feet expansion to the Fayetteville hospital, another expansion plan has been formulated. Faster than expected growth in demand for…
by - June 30, 2017 11:23 am
Stephanie Gardner has been named interim chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), effective following the July 31 retirement of Chancellor Dan Rahn, who held the position…
by - June 29, 2017 8:20 pm
Mercy Hospital in Rogers has invested in a new nursing residency program which is mandatory for new registered nurses it employs. The 12-month program allows new nursing hires to get…
by - June 29, 2017 2:48 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday (June 29) the U.S. Senate healthcare bill as drafted could lead to a “$500 million hit” to the Arkansas economy and could end the popular…
