by - October 25, 2023 2:34 pm
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the accrediting authority for medical education programs leading to the M.D. degree in the U.S., has granted candidate status to the Alice L….
by - October 24, 2023 2:14 pm
Batesville-based Lyon College recently launched a new online bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) program. The program has two paths for students and the inaugural class is slated for 2024. “Lyon…
by - October 23, 2023 12:40 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a five-year, $3.25 million federal grant to support the creation of a program that will help students from 20 underserved counties…
by - October 17, 2023 4:06 pm
Delta Dental of Arkansas will provide free dental care for eligible Arkansas military veterans on Nov. 3 during the annual Operation Stand Down event. Two company executives and five current…
by - October 17, 2023 10:32 am
Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics (NWAP), the state’s largest private pediatric practice, celebrated its 40th anniversary with an event on Sept. 28 in Fayetteville. NWAP is a clinic of the independent physicians’…
by - October 16, 2023 11:06 am
HeartX, supported by HealthTech Arkansas and MedAxiom along with eleven cardiology practices in Arkansas and around the country, has selected the five startup healthcare companies that will participate in the…
by - October 12, 2023 10:47 am
In September, Bentonville entrepreneur Chris Thompson was a guest speaker for three classes full of students at Harvard Business School, the graduate business school of Harvard University. Thompson is the…
by - October 12, 2023 9:21 am
The Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation pledged $1 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The funds will support the Cancer…
by - October 11, 2023 5:05 pm
The Good Samaritan Clinic in Fort Smith is working to raise $500,000 to fund a move to a bigger clinic and service more patients. The move out of downtown Fort…
by - October 10, 2023 3:54 pm
Democratic Party of Arkansas Chairman Grant Tennille accused the Arkansas Department of Human Services and Republicans in the state legislature of bungling the state’s Medicaid re-enrollment process. At a press…
by - October 10, 2023 11:09 am
In an effort to increase mental health services for Arkansans, especially in rural parts of the state, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) and the University of Arkansas for…
by - October 9, 2023 3:20 pm
Arkansas’ Medicaid rolls fell by more than 53,000 in September, the final month for redetermination for eligibility, according to new figures released by the state Department of Human Services on…
by - October 9, 2023 2:37 pm
Little Rock Children’s Clinic (LRCC) signed a lease on Aug. 31 for office space at 27 Corporate Hill Drive that they plan to remodel and convert into medical office space….
by - October 6, 2023 8:57 pm
Little Rock-based Baptist Health announced Friday (Oct. 6) it has reached a definitive agreement to add Drew Memorial Health System in Monticello to the Baptist Health system. The acquisition will…
by - October 5, 2023 4:36 pm
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas is donating more than $5.9 million to five Arkansas organizations to address child and adolescent mental…
by - October 5, 2023 3:24 pm
Springdale-based nonprofit Arisa Health announced a $4 million donation Thursday (Oct. 5). The gift from Jane Hunt, daughter of Johnelle Hunt and the late J.B. Hunt, will help support the…
by - September 27, 2023 4:17 pm
Leaders from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Baptist Health, and Arkansas Children’s on Wednesday (Sept. 27) celebrated the opening of the Proton Center of Arkansas, the state’s…
by - September 27, 2023 11:43 am
Fayetteville medical device company Lapovations has received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The funding will help further commercialize its first product, AbGrab. Lapovations originated in the University…
by - September 26, 2023 3:44 pm
The Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus began classes for its cardiac sonography program in its new location in the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) Research Institute Health and Wellness Center…
by - September 20, 2023 12:59 pm
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded $3.1 million to the University of Arkansas to study a spectrum of pediatric mitochondrial disorders caused by…
