Healthcare

Senate adopts National Cancer Center funding for UAMS

One day after a procedural maneuver stalled a measure on the Senate floor to create new funding for a national cancer research center at UAMS in Little Rock, lawmakers on…

Arkansas Delta Region Obesity Project ramps up

Obesity is a significant problem in the Arkansas Delta. Setting and prioritizing goals are the next steps as St. Francis County moves forward in its participation in the Arkansas Delta…

Proposal to fund UAMS Cancer Institute fails in Senate, another vote expected

A measure to create new funding for a national cancer research center in Little Rock failed after a “sound the ballot” challenge in a marathon session Monday (March 18) on…

NEA DO school hopes doctors will consider rural practices

When the efforts began to lure New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) to Northeast Arkansas, officials hoped it would help…

Arkansas needs to advance telemedicine to improve access, lower costs

Health care is a pressing issue that continues to challenge every size of business, whether it employs 10 or 10,000. The problems are two-fold: cost and access. The Arkansas General…

DHS: 6,472 have not met Arkansas Works rule for two months

More than 13,000 recipients of the state’s Arkansas Works program did not meet its work requirement in February, while 6,472 recipients could lose their benefits if they fail to meet…

Senate leader’s bipartisan bill offsets income tax cuts with cigarette, e-cigarette tax hikes (UPDATED)

Editor’s note: This story is updated to include Gov. Hutchinson’s comments on the bill. A bipartisan group of legislators introduced a bill Thursday (March 14) that would provide $100 million…

Five Rivers in Pocahontas becomes St. Bernards Five Rivers

St. Bernards Healthcare has officially leased Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas, renaming the facility St. Bernards Five Rivers. The lease agreement, which took effect on February 25, means St….

Senate panel advances bill to fund NCI center, raise tobacco age

A bill funding a National Cancer Institute designation passed a Senate committee Wednesday (March 13) though by itself it would raise less than the $10.5 million sponsors have been seeking….

Mercy announces additional 3 slots to Northwest Arkansas residency program

Mercy announced its partners in the Northwest Arkansas internal medicine residency program will be adding three additional slots this summer, thanks in part to a $750,000 grant from the Walmart…

Baptist Health System makes executive changes

Little Rock-based Baptist Health system recently made changes to its executive leadership team. Doug Weeks, who previously served as the system’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, is now…

Blue and You donates money for equipment to Arkansas State University

Executives with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas were on the Arkansas State University campus Thursday (March 7) to present…

Northwest Health opens female centered physical therapy clinic

Springdale-based Northwest Health has opened a female-centered physical therapy at Willow Creek Women’s Hospital in Johnson. The women’s only clinic will offer a wide array of services including a wellness…

UAMS Cancer Center funding bill advances; separate e-cig tax bill with possible EITC coming

The House Rules Committee Wednesday (March 6) advanced House Bill 1565, which would help UAMS achieve a National Cancer Institute designation using medical marijuana revenues and by ending the border…

Mercy Health Foundation receives $250,000 grant from James M. Cox Foundation

Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas announced Wednesday (March 6) a $250,000 grant from the James M. Cox Foundation that will support the capital costs of the health provider’s new multi-specialty…

Northwest Health looks to fill 300 jobs at local hospitals

Springdale-based Northwest Health will host five job fairs Wednesday (March 6) at its local hospitals in hopes of filling some 300 jobs posted throughout the provider’s five hospitals, six urgent care…

Regulators draft rules to transport medical marijuana across state

As the race to open Arkansas’ first cannabis dispensary in time for April showers grows closer, the state Medical Marijuana Commission (MMC) on Tuesday (March 5) approved the first round…

Mercy Hospital in Rogers named one of nation’s top 100 hospitals in new study

Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas in Rogers was named one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation by IBM Watson Health. The organization published its 100 Top Hospitals annual study…

Bud Agency to advocate for medical marijuana industry, reduce ‘implicit bias’ against the drug

With Arkansas’ medical marijuana industry just a few months – if not weeks – away from finally providing products to patients, public relations veterans Elizabeth Michael and Martin Thoma hope…

NIH to track outcomes of liver transplants from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients

The first large-scale clinical trial to study liver transplantation between people with HIV has begun at clinical centers across the United States. The HOPE in Action Multicenter Liver Study will…

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