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| Current Arkansas Medical News |
Board Lifts Restrictions on Foreign-trained Doctors
School’s Federal Lawsuit Will Still Go Forward
Gail Brown, MD, a Cabot native, attended Medical University of the Americas on the West Indies island of Nevis with the intention of returning to practice in her home state. But in June 2008, while she was a family practice resident in Alabama, the Arkansas State Medical Board adopted a list of "disapproved" medical schools whose graduates were barred from practicing medicine in the state. The Medical University of the Americas was on that list.
SERENAH McKAY |
Healthcare Reform Boosts Primary Care
Reimbursement Incentives Offered to Ease the Strain
Well, it’s done, and depending on your perspective, the historic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that sets about reforming America’s health system could be a boon or it could be a bust. For most stakeholders, reality is somewhere in the middle.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE: Brent Walker, MD
Anesthesiologist Pulls Double Duty as AMIC Medical Director
Soon after Brent Walker, MD, entered private practice as an anesthesiologist and pain management specialist with Little Rock Anesthesia Services in the late 1990s, St. Paul Insurance Company pulled its medical liability coverage out of Arkansas.
LYNNE JETER |
In the Arkansas Mainstream: QSource’s Portfolio Expands Well Beyond Government Contract Work
When Memphis-based QSource was unveiled as the Health Information Technology (HIT) Regional Extension Center (REC) for Tennessee as part of a $1 billion American Recovery & Reinvestment Act investment, some business leaders unfamiliar with its work believed it might be a new company formed to provide local technical assistance to effectively implement electronic health records (EHRs) and associated healthcare quality improvement.
LYNNE JETER |
Making the Magnet® Journey: WRMC Strives Toward Prestigious Status
BATESVILLE—White River Medical Center may soon become among the first Arkansas hospitals to achieve Magnet® status, a prestigious recognition granted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to less than 10 percent of hospitals in the United States.
JULIO GONZALEZ, MD, with LYNNE JETER |
Boosting Clinical Nurse Workforce Across the Mid South
Nursing Institute’s First Federal Competitive Grant Boosts Healthcare Workforce
When Paula Spears, PhD, learned the grant application she authored was selected as the Nursing Institute of the Mid South (NIMS) Inc.’s first federal competitive grant to boost the nursing workforce across the region, she was understandably ecstatic.
LYNNE JETER |
Fostering an Epidemic of Skin Cancer
Dermatologists Take Aim at Indoor Tanning
On an average day in America, more than 1 million people visit an indoor tanning salon. That’s why dermatologists nationwide have declared war on the practice, which research overwhelmingly has shown causes cancer.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
| Best Business Practices Focus |
Playing Well With Others
Building Strong Relationships in an Evolving Environment
In theory, hospital administrators, physicians and nurses are all on the same team with the same ultimate goal — delivering the highest quality of patient care possible. In practice, those relationships are easily strained as fiscal realities, misaligned objectives and strong personalities are factored into the equation.
CINDY SANDERS |
Wesley K. Cox, MD
Arnold & Cox Knee and Shoulder
Wesley K. Cox, MD, might have followed in his father's footsteps and become an attorney. During high school, he worked for his dad, Walter Cox, a medical malpractice defense attorney in Fayetteville.
SERENAH McKAY |
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