Jan. 28, 2020 | Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has awarded $817,000 to the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership to help South Arkansas hospitals and clinics improve how they exchange patient information and ensure better continuity of care during patient transfers. The Arkansas Rural Health Partnership is a nonprofit organization made up of 14 hospital members and 108 […]
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New UAMS HealthNow Offers 24/7 Digital Health, Live Video Access to Convenient Care
Jan. 21, 2020 | Starting today through UAMS HealthNow, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has begun providing 24-hour, digital health access to convenient, real-time care for Arkansas patients using the internet through mobile devices or computers. Arkansas patients at any time can connect via live video and see UAMS expert health care providers […]
UAMS IDHI Awarded $4 Million Grant to Help Sexual Assault Victims
By Ben Boulden Oct. 16, 2019 | A new digital health program to provide the expertise of sexual assault nurse examiners to rural hospital emergency departments recently received funding through a $4 million, federal grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office […]
Arkadelphia Man Strikes out Stroke by Bowling
By Ben Boulden Timothy Raines didn’t have any rehabilitation or physical therapy after experiencing a stroke. Instead, after UAMS treated his stroke, he turned to bowling for his recovery. Raines, 47, was watching TV in the living room of his Arkadelphia home at about 2 p.m. Nov. 24 when his wife, Kendra Raines, thought he […]
Telemedicine and Virtual Reality Technology Ribbon Cutting at Reynolds Center on Aging
By Ben Boulden March 18, 2019 | Nathan King was experiencing hearing loss and the blurred vision that comes with macular degeneration even though his eyes and ears were just fine. Through a computer simulation, King, an education coordinator in the new UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation, was learning what the challenges are for older […]
Tele-Primary Care Seeing Success
Patients in the small Delta town of Cotton Plant, Arkansas, now have easier access to healthcare with the help of telemedicine. The ARcare clinic, located in the small town of just over 600, had only been open two days per week. Since February, the clinic is open five days a week and is offering care […]