State's Trauma System Taking Shape
Officials Hoping for Heavy Hospital Participation
Funds to set up the state's trauma system should be delivered by September or October as officials encourage as many hospitals as possible to participate... Read More



Trauma and Emergency Care Focus

State's Trauma System Taking Shape | Paul Halverson, Arkansas Department of Health, Donnie Smith, Center for Health Protection, Arkansas trauma system, Regional Medical Center at Memphis
State's Trauma System Taking Shape
Officials Hoping for Heavy Hospital Participation
Funds to set up the state's trauma system should be delivered by September or October as officials encourage as many hospitals as possible to participate.

 
Urgent and Emergent | Trauma Center, Emergency Care, Emergency Room, Emergency Department, Access to Emergency Medical Services, National Trauma Center Stabilization Act, Connie Potter, James Eadie, American College of Emergency Physicians, Trauma Center Association of America
Urgent and Emergent
Nation's Trauma & Emergency System Nears Breaking Point
Congress is currently considering two pieces of legislation that many leaders in trauma care and emergency medicine consider a lifeline for their respective specialties. Without intervention, these professionals fear a time will come when a call for emergency care cannot be answered.

 
Health Information Technology Focus

Providers Await Feds Guidance on HIT Spending
Billions Available from Stimulus Package
Billions of federal dollars are about to flow directly to medical providers to adopt modern health information technology systems that allow them to electronically exchange information with other providers and payers. But how they are expected to spend that money has yet to be defined.

 
Does The HIT Stimulus Money Mean Smooth Sailing – Or Rough Seas? | Henry I. Balogun, Evan D. Steele, SRSsoft, ClinicTools, electronic medical records, electronic health records, Obama stimulus
Does The HIT Stimulus Money Mean Smooth Sailing – Or Rough Seas?
The cheerleading is fast and furious. The federal government and various medical organizations continue to hail the nearly $19 billion health information technology portion of President Obama's economic stimulus as the catalyst needed to break down barriers to widespread use of electronic health records. Yet there's an undercurrent of caution among providers, HIT entrepreneurs and the popular media.
 
Physician Spotlight

Kenneth A. Martin, MD | Orthopedic surgery, Kenneth A. Martin, joint replacement, sports medicine, knee and hip replacement, arthroscopic surgery, prayer, running
Kenneth A. Martin, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon Kenneth Martin's Work is Also His Hobby
LITTLE ROCK – Facing surgery can be a scary prospect at any age. For people whose religious faith is important to them, prayer can be an important way to prepare. It can mean even more when their doctor prays with them.

 

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Health Highlights: July 1, 2009
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O. Carl Simonton dies at 66; oncologist pioneered mind-body ... - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

O. Carl Simonton dies at 66; oncologist pioneered mind-body ...
Los Angeles Times
Differences over theory caused his divorce from Matthews-Simonton, who went on to establish a more psychologically oriented clinic in Arkansas. ...

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Posted Friday, July 3, 2009 2:02 am CDT

Doctor's new office will open July 6 - Sequoyah County Times

Doctor's new office will open July 6
Sequoyah County Times
Dr. Hoyt has been board-certified in family medicine since 1993. He is currently serving as president of the Arkansas Society of the American College of ...

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