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| Current Arkansas Medical News |
Climbing the Rungs via Nursing
New Howard Memorial Hospital CEO Recalls Being Nudged to "Dream Bigger"
NASHVILLE—When Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas, a pillar in the community for more than a century, was sold earlier this year by the company she'd worked for 25 years, the last three as chief clinical officer/chief nursing officer, Debra Wright wasn't sure what her next move would be.
LYNNE JETER |
Red Flag Rules: Does a Medical Practice Need Protection?
Once again, the Federal Trade has postponed implementation of the Red Flag Rules. As a reminder, back in November 2007, the FTC issued a set of regulations requiring organizations to have in place "reasonable policies and procedures" to identify, detect and respond to identity theft. Much discussion has surrounded whether medical practices were subject to the proposed rules in an attempt to clarify whether physicians are deemed "creditors." The American Medical Association questioned the FTC about applicability to medical practices and as a result, the FTC delayed implementation until June 2010.
DAVID WILLIAMS AND KEN BONIN |
Reversing the Obesity Trend
Arkansas Leads Nation Halting Childhood Epidemic
Soon, Arkansas children will be able to spend time in the school gym after school, on weekends and during the summer. Communities will have more readily available access points for locally grown fresh produce. And schools will represent the central core of the neighborhood again instead of being allocated to the outskirts of the community.
LYNNE JETER |
The Medical Mile
Downtown Little Rock Trail Created to Encourage Healthier Lifestyles
LITTLE ROCK—Eleanor E. Kennedy, MD, a cardiologist with Heart Clinic Arkansas, would rather see people out walking, jogging and bicycling on the Medical Mile in downtown Little Rock than on the operating table undergoing heart surgery.
BECKY GILLETTE |
| Best Business Practices Focus |
Marketing a Specialty Practice to Other Docs
A Practice's "Lifeblood," One Expert Says
"Your most important asset." That's what one healthcare marketing expert called a specialty physician's referral base, and he said way too many specialists are failing to nurture the relationship between their practice and the doctors who send them business.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Juan Carlos Roman, MD
LITTLE ROCK—Juan Carlos Roman, MD, almost got his career in medicine off-track at an early age.
Unchallenged in school, he had considered making money through weight training means. After all, as the youngest of three boys born less than four years apart, he had frequently been on the losing end of sibling games and a few fist fights, and had been motivated from adolescence to focus on body strength and discipline.
LYNNE JETER |
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