Maternal health care panel releases report, recommendations after 7 months of study
A committee formed in March to study reforms to support maternal and infant health in Arkansas released a progress report ...
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UAMS College of Nursing receives $1.4 million grant for newborn screening program
Laura Hays, associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, has received a ...
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Updated COVID-19 booster shots are available in Little Rock
August was a bad month for COVID-19 spread in Arkansas, with the Department of Health reporting 528 hospitalizations due to the virus, the highest number since January. In the last few weeks ...
Arkansas lawmakers approve inmate medical contract, request review of procurement rules
The Arkansas Legislative Council gave final approval Friday to a $235.5 million Department of Corrections medical contract ...
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UAMS college, Arkansas Department of Health present 2024 Stead Scholars internship program
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health and the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) both aim to improve the health of ...
Arkansas lawmakers advance contested corrections department medical contract
A legislative committee on Tuesday forwarded a $235.5 million medical contract for the Arkansas Department of Corrections to ...
Legislative panel advances proposed $1.6B medical contract between Wellpath, Arkansas Department of Corrections
A panel of Arkansas lawmakers voted Tuesday to advance a proposed 10-year, $1.6 billion medical contract between Wellpath and ...
Arkansas awarded $1.8M to integrate mental health & substance use disorder treatment into primary care
Biden-Harris Administration awarded the state $1.8 million to work to integrate mental health and substance use disorder ...
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Committee outlines recommendations, actions taken to improve maternal health in Arkansas
A new report by the governor's committee recommends ways to address Arkansas's abysmal maternal mortality rate. Extended ...
Legislative council approves proposed 10-year, $1.6 billion medical contract between Wellpath, Department of Corrections
The Arkansas Legislative Council voted Friday to approve a proposed 10-year, $1.6 billion medical contract between Wellpath ...
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Arkansas Advocate : Committee outlines recommendations, actions taken to improve maternal health in Arkansas
The committee that Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders created in March to develop a plan to improve the state’s maternal health ...
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New recommendations aim to enhance maternal care in Arkansas, officials say
the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced. Sanders established the Committee and began to formally consider reform when she signed the ...