By Ben Boulden June 26, 2019 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has begun a digital health spine clinic to allow patients across Arkansas with spinal disorders, spinal cord tumors, and patients who have recently undergone surgery to go to the location closest to home without having to travel to Little Rock to […]
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Boyce Mitchell
Boyce Mitchell believes himself to be a servant of the people. Understanding the power of education, having compassion for others, patience and integrity are the character traits if one is to be successful in life and career. Boyce’s personal mission is to succeed through public speaking, community service, mentoring and education. Boyce loves to engage […]
Kelley Cooper
Kelley Cooper joined the UAMS e-Link program in 2019. Kelley has a Master’s degree in Applied Communication Studies and a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. She has over twenty years of health care marketing experience. She spent a large part of her career as a visual storyteller for […]
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 […]