by - May 24, 2018 3:12 pm
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) received a $828,748 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a…
by - May 23, 2018 8:55 am
The Arkansas Heart Hospital is planning a 186,000-square-foot facility in Bryant that will employ 200-250 people and be completed by July 2020, according to a press report. The hospital’s plans…
by - May 21, 2018 9:12 pm
The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care’s (AFMC) Board of Directors recently elected new officers to lead the board for the next year, as well as two new board members. Stacy…
by - May 17, 2018 8:44 pm
Six University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students spent part of their recent semester working with researchers at the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) on projects that could also…
by - May 17, 2018 8:11 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and a handful of other border-state governors will head to the White House on Monday (May 21) to discuss the nation’s immigration policy and meet with President…
by - May 16, 2018 10:21 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 15) voted 6-0 with one recusal (Director Don Hutchings) to extend a waiver of building permit and inspection fees to the…
by - May 16, 2018 8:59 am
The Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auxiliary donated $1.2 million for Arkansas Children’s Hospital programs. Since 2011, the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auxiliary has raised $1 million or more annually to support ACH….
by - May 15, 2018 2:45 pm
A healthy nation is also likely a wealthy nation, but neither is true for many of 54 countries on the African continent. Chronic blindness from cataracts, a lack of doctors…
by - May 14, 2018 2:17 pm
Dr. Connie Hill is a vice president at Jonesboro-based St. Bernards Medical Center overseeing its heart care and cancer service lines. She also is president of the Arkansas Healthcare Executive…
by - May 10, 2018 7:06 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has filed briefs with the Arkansas Supreme Court raising legal questions in the state’s expedited appeal of a Pulaski County Circuit Court decision to block the…
by - May 9, 2018 3:09 pm
The Arkansas Department of Human Services and Skyline Healthcare agreed Tuesday that a temporary receivership order issued Friday for two nursing homes will stay in place for 30 days. DHS…
by - May 8, 2018 3:23 pm
Officials at the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) are in the process of hiring 25 more people, at an average salary of $118,000, to complete faculty and…
by - May 1, 2018 9:33 am
CARTI has named three new members to its management team as well as a new physician, according to Adam Head, president and CEO. Katherine Friend, CFRE, will join as CARTI…
by - April 30, 2018 2:02 pm
UAMS is creating a free weekly online education service for prescribers to learn about managing chronic pain and reducing opioid prescriptions. Arkansas Improving Multidisciplinary Pain Care Treatment (AR-IMPACT) this first…
by - April 29, 2018 6:38 pm
Methodist Village Senior Living (MVSL) has raised $2.8 million of the $4 million target for phase one of its life plan community expansion in Fort Smith at its Euper Lane…
by - April 27, 2018 5:10 pm
Mike Stock, the president and CEO of QualChoice, and two other executive leaders are retiring effective June 29, the company announced Friday (April 27). Chief Financial Officer Randall Crow will…
by - April 27, 2018 12:23 pm
CHI St. Vincent broke ground Friday (April 27) on a $17 million expansion of its Arkansas Neuroscience Institute. The new facility is being built on the campus of CHI St….
by - April 27, 2018 9:13 am
Springdale-based healthcare organization Northwest Health is planning to build a standalone emergency room on South Shiloh Drive in Fayetteville — the first redevelopment on the former site of the Clarion…
by - April 26, 2018 3:44 pm
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning of a possible Hepatitis A exposure after an employee at the Doublebee’s gas station in Walnut Ridge tested positive for the virus….
by - April 26, 2018 8:46 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the April 16 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
