Healthcare

East North Street Foundation donates $1 million for Arkansas Children’s Hospital expansion

The East North Street Foundation, co-founded and operated by David Hendrix and Doug Hendrix, has generously donated $1 million to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in support of the hospital’s $235.2 million…

Walmart sells telehealth platform MeMD

As part of reducing its healthcare assets, Walmart has sold its MeMD – a virtual health platform – for an undisclosed sum to Fabric, a health technology company. Terms of…

UAMS receives $1.3 million grant for recruiting high school students to STEM fields

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for its Arkansas Technology and Data Science in…

UAMS receives grant to relaunch family medicine residency program in El Dorado

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $750,000 federal grant to help re-establish a family medicine residency program in El Dorado. The grant was awarded by…

Ryan Cork named UAMS NWA vice-chancellor, starts Sept. 1

Ryan Cork, executive director of the Northwest Arkansas Council’s healthcare transformation division since 2021, is headed to a new role in the region. In a memo to employees obtained by…

Loss of labor and delivery services at rural hospitals raises risk for Arkansas moms

After learning of the impending closure of the maternity ward at a rural hospital in his state, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden of Oregon introduced a bill last week that…

UAMS Rockefeller Cancer Institute awarded 5 NCI grants

Researchers at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been awarded five new grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in…

ACNW Auxiliary commits $3M to back Springdale hospital expansion

The Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW) Auxiliary has committed $3 million to support the expansion initiatives at the hospital in Springdale. According to a news release Tuesday (June 25), since starting…

Arkansas Children’s promotes Ryan Solomon to SVP of hospital operations

Arkansas Children’s is promoting longtime leader Ryan Solomon to senior vice president of hospital operations for Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) in Little Rock. He will begin his new role on…

AG Griffin sues pharmacy benefit managers for roles in Arkansas opioid epidemic

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Monday (June 24) he has filed a lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Optum, Inc., and Express Scripts, Inc., and their subsidiaries for their…

Lyon College, Ozarka College sign agreement for nursing students

Ozarka College and Lyon College have signed an articulation agreement to facilitate a pathway for students pursuing a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN). The agreement simplifies the transfer and…

BioVentures, Venture Center launch ACTIVE program for healthcare startups

Twenty-five healthcare and health tech companies from across Arkansas are participating in the inaugural Arkansas Collaborative for Technological and Innovative Venture Equality (ACTIVE) program. This initiative, which is a partnership…

UAMS lands $3.7 million research grant to study hypertension, high blood pressure

The National Institutes of Health has awarded an additional $3.7 million to Shengyu Mu, Ph.D., and his team of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to…

As we celebrate Father’s Day, let’s spotlight maternal health too

Father’s Day is an opportunity to honor the role men play in supporting and caring for their families. It is a reminder to cherish the values that we hold dear…

Heartland Forward appoints Cara Osborne as new senior fellow

Heartland Forward, based in Bentonville, announced Thursday (June 13) that it has appointed Cara Osborne as its new senior fellow. Osborne, who holds a master’s in nursing from Vanderbilt University…

Specialty hospital opens in White Hall

Anchor Health Properties, a national full-service healthcare real estate development, management, and investment company focused exclusively on medical outpatient buildings and specialty healthcare facilities, recently celebrated the grand opening of the Jefferson…