Tag: health care

CD Raises $5,000 For Local Nonprofit

A CD filled with 15 songs by 15 local bands and musicians has raised slightly less than $5,000 for Fayetteville-based LifeSource International since it went on sale this fall.

Technology Advances in Arkansas (Editorial)

Arkansas may be on its way to picking itself up by its economic bootstraps and building the technological utopia scientists and politicians dreamed of.

Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Registers with Secretary of State

Northwest Arkansas Orthopedic and Spine Hospital files for incorporation with the Secretary of State?s office, likely making it the only physician-owned specialty hospital in the regions.

Fayetteville and Hot Springs Lead Employment Surge as Pine Bluff Falters (Analysis)

Three state MSAs experience dismal labor market while two flourish.

The Latino Market (Jeff Hankins Commentary)

As the number of Latinos in Arkansas rises, we can recover and capitalize on new opportunities and embrace the rapidly growing Latino population in the state.

Surgery?s a Cinch For ASC Doctors

The growing number of ambulatory surgery centers, or ASCs, has put a new face on outpatient procedures and reduced costs for both healthcare providers and patients.

Baby Boomers Fuel Assisted Living Biz

Aging Baby Boomers need for local assisted-living centers helps spur growth in assisted-living facilities, which offer more independent living options than nursing homes.

New Madrid Quake Inevitable, But Public Painfully Unprepared

Scientists describe the specter of a catastrophic earthquake along the New Madrid fault as a not-if-but-when scenario.

AWP Filers Flood ABCBS Network

Since the Arkansas Patient Protection Act, or ?any willing provider,? court decision was handed down in June, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has received at least 391 individual provider applications in Northwest Arkansas.

Six Local Tech Firms Research Health Apps

Virtual Incubation Corp., a ?business incubator for technology startups,? has several client companies that may eventually have applications ready for the health care industry.

State Seeks Medicaid Waiver for Employee Groups

The rising number of people in Arkansas without health insurance could wreak havoc on the state?s health care industry.

Biosecurity Tight with Avian Flu Looming

With 1.2 billion broilers being processed in the state each year and a highly pathogenic strain of the avian flu on the other side of the globe, companies must be particularly vigilant.

Springdale Center Rebounds In 2004

Springdale Health & Rehab Center graduated from our Least Profitable Nursing Homes list this year into the black.

Store Redecorates Medical Concept

Hal DeJarnatt is in the process of redesigning his Springdale store, Kim Lor Medical, to have more appeal to the customer. The softer design, which includes floor models of different products and antiques, is geared toward women.

Companies Seek Technical Training to Fill Skilled Jobs

UAFS and NTI teach technical skills valuable to local companies and award technical diplomas, certificates and associate degrees with which students can earn salaries rivaling those of four-year degrees.

The State’s Highest Paid State Employees

University of Arkansas football coach Houston Nutt is the state’s highest paid employee, according to the Business Journal’s annual list.

Resort Creates ‘Legendary’ Experience

Large corporations take disabled and seriously ill children on hunting trips at Legends Ranch in Bitely, Mich. Christopher Price of Greenland recently went on the trip, sponsored by the Christian Sportsmen’s Fellowship International.

Golf Tournaments Drive Fund Race

Golf tournaments are popular fundraisers, but the donations really come through ancillary events, such as auctions.

Companies Seek Cure

Vegrandis LLC and SFC Fluidics LLC of Fayetteville have joined to develop a laboratory-on-a-chip device that can be used in a doctor?s office to diagnose and monitor a variety of diseases.

VIC Client Lands SBIR Grant

Yet another Virtual Incubation Corp. client has received a Small Business Innovation Research award ? this time it’s a Phase II from the National Institutes of Health and worth $740,000.

USDA awards funding for 21 solar projects, more in Arkansas

PRSA names 2025 board of directors and officers

BSR REIT acquires Texas apartment property for $61 million

Prioritizing entrepreneurship in the new year