Arkansas, like other rural states, is experiencing a shortage of physicians. Many medical school graduates in Arkansas end up leaving the state where they can find more residency opportunities. But now Arkansas has two osteopathic medical schools — the Arkansas…
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Addressing a Shortage of Physicians: Conway Regional Providing Medical Residency Slots to Improve Health Care Delivery
The shortage of physicians in Arkansas has become more acute, as many doctors have retired or left the profession because of stress or illness from COVID-19. Despite being one of the most challenging times imaginable, in the middle of the…
More and more, the emerging workforce — Millennials, Gen-Z and even Gen-X to some extent — say their happiness and well-being means more to them than their salary, and a healthy work-life balance is something that can’t be compromised. It’s…
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AMP C-Suite 2022
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe C-Suite: That place where most of us strive to be when we launch a career. Referring to the cluster of top-level executive positions within most companies — chief executive officer (CEO), chief operating officer (COO), chief financial officer (CFO)…
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Baptist Health Hits Five Years in Conway
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffBaptist Health is celebrating five years in Conway. Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway opened on Sept. 16, 2016. “At our five-year anniversary, we can look back at the nearly 100,000 unique patients and their families that we have impacted – whether…
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The Siege: Arkansas Hospitals Dig In with Latest COVID Wave
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain Hebda“Same song, second verse.” Larry Shackelford, president and CEO of Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, balks at the phrase as it relates to the latest round of COVID-19 variants. There are similarities between the events of 2020 and 2021,…
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Oral Antiviral Agent for COVID Available
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAn oral antiviral therapeutic agent against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is being made available across the country. The agent is manufactured by Pfizer, and Phase 1 trials began in March. Studies have shown that the new antiviral agent…
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The Little Hospital That Could: Baxter Regional Brings Big-City Care to Small-Town Arkansas
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaAt just over 12,000 souls, Mountain Home, Arkansas, shares a lot of the same characteristics of hamlets across the Natural State and elsewhere. Except in self-image. While many small towns struggle with population loss, job stagnation and lack of opportunity,…
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Arkansas Renews Partnership with FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe FDA National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) in Jefferson celebrated its 50th anniversary and renewed its strategic partnership with the Arkansas Research Alliance this week. FDA Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock and Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a five-year renewal of…
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ENT Department at UAMS Ranked Among Nation’s Top 50 Again
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe ear, nose and throat (ENT) department at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been ranked among the top 50 nationwide by U.S. News & World Report for the third year in a row. UAMS was also listed as…