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Trauma System Needed, Stat
Also Up: Credentialing, Reimbursement, Doc Web RatingsAfter the failure to pass a trauma system bill in the state's 2007 legislative session, getting a new bill passed this spring is top priority for Arkansas healthcare advocates.
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
Arkansas Leaders Assess Obama's, Others' Health Proposals
Reform Badly Needed, but Economy Could Cause DelaysThe nation's current economic problems could delay the major healthcare reforms promised by President Barack Obama during his campaign. But some of the provisions are favored by Arkansas medical leaders who believe the reforms, if enacted, could result in better care delivered at a more economical cost.
BECKY GILLETTE |
Baptist's HeartMate II Offers Years to End-Stage Heart Patients
New Device May Become Destination TherapyThough she hadn't heard of it a few months ago, Joyce Fulmer is now a big fan of the Thoratec HeartMate II. The device and the cardiology team at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock gave her back her husband Dale in October when his Texarkana physicians had given up hope of saving him.
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
Saline Memorial Gets Full Interventional Cardiology Care
Saline County residents now have expanded local resources to care for patients at risk of heart attack.
In September, Saline Memorial Hospital entered a partnership with St. Vincent Health System and Heart Clinic Arkansas (HCA) to address the growing need for interventional cardiac care at the hospital.
Until then, Saline County residents experiencing possible cardiac arrest had to drive or be driven to Little Rock, said Clint Mickle, SMH administrative director of cardiovascular services.
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
Roosevelt Gilliam, MD
People often ask Roosevelt Gilliam what the heck he is doing in Jonesboro, Ark. Gilliam left a job as chief of electrophysiology at Duke University two years ago to practice at Cardiology Associates of Northeast Arkansas and serve St. Bernard Medical Center in Jonesboro. And he couldn’t be happier about it.
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
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