by - October 17, 2018 6:52 am
The state Medical Marijuana Commission agreed after long debate on Tuesday (Oct. 16) to schedule a public meeting at the end of this month so those concerned about Arkansas’ delayed…
by - October 16, 2018 3:30 pm
Pearl McElfish has been promoted to vice chancellor of the Northwest Arkansas regional campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Fayetteville. McElfish has been serving as…
by - October 15, 2018 12:07 pm
Another 4,109 former beneficiaries of the Arkansas Works program have been removed from the program for failing to comply with its work and community engagement requirement, after 4,353 were removed…
by - October 10, 2018 6:52 am
The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) has received a grant award totaling $1,902,095 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration. The…
by - October 8, 2018 4:41 pm
Scott Pace of Little Rock, who formerly served as CEO of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association, received the 2018 John W. Dargavel Medal at the National Community Pharmacists Association convention held…
by - October 6, 2018 10:20 am
A representative for one of five companies awarded licenses to grow for Arkansas’ fledgling medical marijuana industry says the business will be ready to start cultivating and supplying the product…
by - October 6, 2018 10:14 am
When Arkansas voters took the step to legalize medical marijuana in the November 2016 election, the Natural State was hailed as an outlier for being the first state in the…
by - October 2, 2018 4:47 pm
Officials from Mercy Northwest Arkansas and city of Bentonville celebrated the opening of a new primary care health clinic along North Walton Boulevard on Tuesday (Oct. 2). It is the…
by - October 1, 2018 8:51 pm
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission on Monday (Oct. 1) scheduled a meeting with a Boston consulting firm in nearly two weeks to score and review the nearly 200 medical cannabis…
by - October 1, 2018 6:05 pm
Many rural and suburban hospitals spend a lot of resources and time recruiting doctors to their healthcare systems. But acquiring and keeping other professionals such as registered nurses, radiologists, lab…
by - September 30, 2018 3:36 pm
Patient growth. Staff growth. System growth. Campus growth. Services growth. Cost growth. Northeast Arkansas’ healthcare landscape is growing in every direction, and Jonesboro proper is the epicenter of the central…
by - September 27, 2018 6:33 pm
Springdale-based health system Northwest Health announced the appointment Thursday (Sept. 27) of Steve Badger as the CEO of its Bentonville hospital, Northwest Medical Center – Bentonville. The hiring is effective…
by - September 27, 2018 6:30 pm
The state Medical Marijuana Commission on Thursday (Sept. 25) officially agreed to a pact with Boston-based Public Consulting Group to review and score 203 pot dispensary applications and then select…
by - September 27, 2018 12:07 pm
One of the last vestiges of the Kmart and Sears brand in Central Arkansas will soon be replaced by a $35 million medical facility, local developers announced Thursday (Sept. 27)….
by - September 26, 2018 11:08 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.27 million grant to teach students of the Little Rock School District about careers in science, technology, engineering and…
by - September 25, 2018 8:03 pm
The percentage of low-income Arkansas adults living in small towns and rural areas who lack health insurance decreased from 45% in 2008-09 to 22% in 2015-16, says a new report…
by - September 24, 2018 3:10 pm
About two dozen civic leaders and Mercy supporters gathered Monday (Sept. 24) in Rogers to celebrate the start of the final phase of construction for the $141 million, seven-story patient…
by - September 24, 2018 1:04 pm
Arkansas regulators are on schedule to issue pot dispensary licenses across the state by Thanksgiving if an agreement with a Boston-based consulting group is finalized as expected this week, a…
by - September 21, 2018 10:08 am
Fayetteville-based medical technology company SFC Fluidics has received a $1.4 million grant to support the development of a dual-hormone patch pump for diabetes patients. Worldwide, more than 4 million people…
by - September 20, 2018 10:06 pm
For Dr. Tony Flippin, now is a great time to be a young physician, particularly when it comes to treating cancer patients. Flippin received the 2018 Healthcare Award presented by…
