The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a two-year grant of nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. read more >

Concern that the COVID-19 outbreak could overwhelm Arkansas’ health care system remains a brooding cloud. The pandemic scenario is a possibility with a likelihood that’s elusive to gauge. read more >

Simmons Bank has donated $1 million toward construction of Arkansas Children’s Pine Bluff Clinic. read more >

Bryan Jackson has been named chief administrative officer of Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Jeremy Jeffery has been named chief financial officer. read more >

Arkansas Children's and Jefferson Regional Medical Center say they will establish a new pediatric clinic on the campus of Jefferson Regional in Pine Bluff. read more >

The nearly 300,000-SF project would include new construction and renovations. It would feature a six-story tower and have about 200 hospital beds. read more >

2017 was a tough year for some Arkansas hospitals, and the situation could be getting worse. read more >

Since March, Arkansas Children’s Hospital has added a second and third hospital to its nursery alliance and plans to add more medical centers to help keep newborns who need care closer to their homes. read more >

Doctors do try to kill themselves, and sometimes succeed. It’s difficult to say for certain how many physicians commit suicide or attempt to take their lives, but the number is believed to be at least 400 annually across the country. Now the medical profession is starting to recognize the problem of depression in its industry. read more >

Spending on construction projects across the country could rise by 4 percent this year over 2017, which is welcome news for Arkansas architects and engineers. read more >

Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff said Tuesday that its board of directors had named Brian Thomas as its new president and CEO. read more >

The Arkansas Delta needs more doctors, and passage of Gov. Asa Hutchinson's "Arkansas Works" plan for Medicaid expansion is crucial, attendees of "The Arkansas Delta: Why It Still Matters" conference were told Thursday. read more >

Jefferson Regional Medical Center’s President and CEO Walter Johnson and Executive Vice President Thomas Harbuck left the hospital on March 25 after a disagreement with the hospital’s directors over management style. read more >

Last week, Arkansas Business staff writers checked in with the top administrators of five hospitals, large and small. Here’s what we learned. read more >

Jefferson Regional Medical Center — Pine Bluff’s nonprofit hospital operated by Jefferson Hospital Association Inc. — is one of the major sources of jobs for an area that has suffered from loss of industry, plummeting population and spiking crime. read more >

Before it was Jefferson Regional Medical Center, it was Davis Hospital, built in 1908 and holding only 50 beds. read more >

Arkansas Business visits five of the state's largest private companies, each representing a unique section of Arkansas. read more >

On Feb. 11, the 471-bed Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff became the third hospital this year to join Arkansas’ network that will let health care providers access patients’ electronic medical records. read more >