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 […]
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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 […]
HealthyNOW! Seeing success at Local Schools
We’re just past the halfway mark for the school year and for students participating in the STAR (School Telemedicine in Arkansas) grant. That means prizes for hard-working students who have been participating in our weekly challenges. In January, the STAR team visited the schools to see how things were going and presented logoed water bottles […]
Primary Care Enhanced by Telemedicine in the Delta
When you think of the Delta, you may envision images of flat farmland planted with rows of cotton, soybeans or rice and small towns that have been forgotten. Covering parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the region is one of the poorest in the country. Extreme poverty, high unemployment and some of the lowest life […]
Jasper School-Based Health Center First in State to Launch Tele-Dentistry
When most people think of northcentral Arkansas, they typically think of the breathtaking scenery and small town-life that it has to offer its residents. While thoughts of rolling hills, gentle streams, and quaint towns come to mind, the presence of high-tech healthcare does not – but that is changing in one small Arkansas community. Jasper […]