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Reknowned Myeloma Institute Blazes Research Paths
Every year, a few thousand people from around the world visit Little Rock with no plans to see the Old Statehouse or the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park. The attraction that draws these visitors is far more powerful: life…or the hope for more of it.
TED GRIGGS |
Arkansas Nanotechnology Projects Revolutionizing Medicine
Some of medicine’s biggest problems are on the cusp of being solved by incredibly small-minded Arkansas scientists. The burgeoning field of nanotechnology is exploding globally, but in many areas affecting the healthcare of the future, University of Arkansas researchers are leading the field.
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
Arkansas Physician Assistants Scarce But Growing
In emergencies people rarely yell, “Is there a physician assistant in the house?”
In Arkansas, odds are, there would not be.
Physician assistants (PAs) have had a presence in Arkansas for more than 35 years, but the state still lags far behind almost every other state in the nation in numbers of PAs employed.
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
Grand Rounds March
ACNC Study Links Moms’ Health at Conception to Newborns’ Risk of Obesity
Communities Launch Home Safety Literacy Program
FORTUNE Announces 2008 List of “100 Best Companies To Work For”
Klimberg Named UAMS Chair in Breast Surgical Oncology
Eye Specialist Joins UAMS Eye Institute
The Brain Injury Association of Arkansas to hold Third Annual Walk
St. Anthony’s Petit Jean Home Health Ranked Among Top 100 of Home Health Providers in Country for 2007
UAMS Researchers Report 10-Fold Life Extension in a Complex Animal
UAMS Breast Cancer Awareness Program Receives Grant from Avon Foundation
UAMS’ Gehring Named Fellow of American Society for Healthcare Engineering
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Healthcare Providers Offer Programs to Communicate with Growing Hispanic Population
Arkansas has one of the fastest growing Hispanic populations in the country with an increase of 59 percent from 2000 to 2006, according to U.S. Census data. The increase in the Spanish-speaking population has resulted in hospitals, the Arkansas Department of Health and other healthcare providers instituting special programs to help assure good communication that includes providing interpreters with special medical training.
BECKY GILLETTE |
May NPI Changeover Causing HIPAA Headaches
Medicare already posed enough problems for hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers with the cost of care usually higher than reimbursement. For example, a 2006 study showed that Medicare reimbursed hospitals at a rate that was 4.8 percent less than cost.
BECKY GILLETTE |
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Eric Gordon
Half a lifetime ago, a high schooler named Eric Gordon decided on the sidelines of the Arkansas Tech football field that he wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine. The Russellville, Ark. native was dating the daughter of the team’s doctor, a local orthopedic surgeon.
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
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