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Dr. Lee Hinson of Little Rock was one of dozens of dentists on hand to treat scores of uninsured patients for the 2008 Mission of Mercy on May 2 and 3 at the Statehouse Convention Center. |
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Underserved, Uninsured Arkansans Receive Needed Dental Care
Arkansas Dentists Treat Thousands at Event and Clinics
In just its second year of operation, the Arkansas Mission of Mercy (ArMOM) has harnessed the healing hands of many Arkansas dentists. At the two-day event, held May 2-3 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, scores of underserved patients received free dental care by dozens of Arkansas dentists and health professionals.
ADRIENNE D. OLIVER |
$30 million in recent construction keeps the award-winning rural hospital in Danville competitive. |
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Chambers Memorial Makes National 100 Top Hospitals List
Only Arkansas Hospital on List Five Years in a Row
By one measure, the top-ranked hospital in Arkansas is one many people know almost nothing about.
An annual national ranking of 100 Top Hospitals performed by Thomson Healthcare groups hospitals into five categories: Major Teaching Hospitals, Teaching Hospitals, Large Community Hospitals, Medium Community Hospitals and Small Community Hospitals. The top 20 performers across the nation in each category make up the “100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks for Success list”.
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
Gonorrhea, shown here, affected 3,474 Arkansans under the age of 30 in 2007, according to statistics from the Arkansas Division of Health. Of those documented cases, 1,391 were for children and teens. |
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Arkansas STD Rates Are High
More Sex Education Needed for Teens, Docs Say
In response to a widely reported national study on sexually transmitted diseases in adolescent females, two Arkansas health leaders are calling for increased sexual education in the state.
Researchers this spring announced that about 3.2 million teenage girls in the United States are estimated to have a sexually transmitted disease.
At the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference in Chicago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the study, which estimated that one in four female adolescents in the United States between ages 14 and 19 is infected with at least one of the most common STDs.
JENNIFER GILL |
Dr. Chris Hardin says the Sebastian County Medical Society is following the Little Rock Cardiology v. Baptist Health economic credentialing trial closely and has concerns about a similar financial conflict of interest policy |
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Doctors Upset over Economic Credentialing Policies
Physicians serving two major Arkansas health systems are finding themselves at odds with their hospitals over economic credentialing policies that have, in some cases, drawn national attention.
A lawsuit currently being tried in Little Rock and a newspaper advertisement paid for by an anonymous group of doctors in Fort Smith question whether some hospitals are more concerned about their own financial success than about what’s best for patients.
ROBYN JACKSON |
Grand Rounds June
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Honors Staff, Community
Physicians At Ruth Olive Beall, Betty A. Lowe, MD, Awards
Komen For The Cure Arkansas Affiliate Increases Grants Total Again This Year
Arkansas Methodist Partners With IHI’s 5 Million Lives Campaign
Arkansas Researcher To Receive $1.3 Million NIH Grant To Study Vascular Complications Of Diabetes
QSource Awarded Arkansas Medicaid Contract; Opens Office In Little Rock
LAMMICO Assists “Physicians Health Program” In Arkansas
Phillips Joins CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System As Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
UAMS College Of Pharmacy Receives $100,000 For Dean’s Endowed Chair
WCMC Receives Quality Grant for Medication Reconciliation Program
UAMS Top 10 Nationally In Producing Family Physicians
WCMC Opens Inpatient Adult Behavioral Health Unit
Willow Creek Sets New Birth Record: 22 Babies In One Day
VNA Of Arkansas Celebrates 70th Anniversary
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Health Insurance in Retirement
At any age, health care is a priority. When you retire, however, you will probably focus more on health care than ever before. Staying healthy is your goal, and this can mean more visits to the doctor for preventive tests and routine checkups. There’s also a chance that your health will decline as you grow older, increasing your need for costly prescription drugs or medical treatments. That’s why having health insurance is extremely important.
Brian Curry, CFP® |
Dr. Michael Anreder, a transplant from New York, enjoys living in El Dorado in part because a unique scholarship program from Murphy Oil, Inc. will pay much or all of college tuition for his and wife Mary’s four children. |
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Physician Spotlight: Dr. Michael Anreder
With three kids and another on the way, pathologist Michael Anreder is very glad he moved to El Dorado nine years ago.
That’s because his children, with wife, Mary — Alex, 13; Sophia, 4; Juliet, 2 and a baby due this summer — should qualify for free college tuition, thanks to the El Dorado Promise.
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
The Oral-Physical Health Connection
If the eyes are the window to the soul, could the mouth be the window to the body?
A growing stack of research tells us that at the very least, the mouth gives dental professionals warning signs of larger, systemic health issues and can provide valuable clues to physicians willing to make the connection.
CINDY SANDERS |
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