NLR Doctor Sees Benefits of Marijuana
Dr. Brian Nichol of North Little Rock already has seen how marijuana has helped his patients deal with stress and pain. read more >
Tagged: Health Care
Anthony Timberlands Seeks to Chop Health Costs
Anthony Timberlands Inc. of Bearden has partnered with the Arkansas Health Network of Little Rock to help cut costs and improve the health of about 1,000 people in the company's self-insured plan. read more >
Mercy Hospital Again to Offer Neurosurgery
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith has hired two neurosurgeons and is spending $10 million to revive its neurosurgery program. read more >
$38M Project to Help UCA Train Nurses
The University of Central Arkansas in Conway is expected to start construction in August on a $37.7 million building for instructing more nursing students. read more >
Arkansas Heart Hospital Experts Pumping Up Prevention
As the Arkansas Heart Hospital of Little Rock builds its $77 million hospital in Bryant, it also is working to keep patients out of the hospital. read more >
Neurosurgeon Bailed on Fayettevile Job, Now Must Pay
Washington Regional Medical Center recently won a judgment against a neurosurgeon who received a $48,000 signing bonus but quit before his first day at the Fayetteville hospital. read more >
CARTI Sees Improvement In Finances
Adam Head, CARTI’s president and CEO said the Little Rock cancer treatment center’s financial improvement for the fiscal year that ended June 30 should be defined as a “transformation." read more >
Urgent Care Joins Surgery as Arkansas Surgical Hospital Niche
Arkansas Surgical Hospital has expanded into the quick, convenient health care segment that has swept across Arkansas in recent years. read more >
Neuroscience Claims Space at CHI St. Vincent North
The $30 million renovation and construction project at CHI St. Vincent North in Sherwood can’t finish soon enough for Polly Davenport. read more >
Medical Device Awaits Funding, FDA Approval
Spencer Jones hopes that it won’t be long before the Food & Drug Administration approves his medical device allowing an IV line to break away easily under tension and snap shut, preventing complete IV failure. read more >
UAMS Receives Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently became the first and only hospital in Arkansas to be certified as a “comprehensive stroke center.” read more >
No Insurance? No Problem, Pinnacle Internal Medicine Says
When Pinnacle Internal Medicine opens its doors on Sept. 4, it won’t ask patients for their insurance cards. The Little Rock doctors’ clinic doesn’t take them. read more >
Skyline Health to Exit Nursing Home Industry
Skyline Health, which recently saw two of its 21 skilled nursing facilities in Arkansas put into receivership, is leaving the nursing home business. read more >
Arkansas Children's Hospital Expands Alliance of Nurseries
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 >
Heart Hospital Shows Drive with Food Truck
The Arkansas Heart Hospital is unveiling its food truck this week, making it the first hospital in Arkansas, and possibly the country, to own and operate a food truck. read more >
Cantrell Drug Still Feeling Heat of FDA
Federal regulators said last week that it still has concerns about sanitary conditions at Cantrell Drug Co. and asked a U.S. Bankruptcy judge to let them go forward with a lawsuit to stop the Little Rock company from selling the drugs it produces. read more >
Piggott Community Hospital Adding Services
Piggott Community Hospital started an outpatient mental health program last month and plans to offer an infusion outpatient service by the end of April or early May, as a way to improve the hospital’s finances. read more >
The Virtual Doctor Can See You Now
Out-of-state telemedicine companies wasted no time offering their services in Arkansas after a law went into effect in August that eased restrictions in the way telemedicine is delivered in the state. read more >
Cantrell Drug Hiring in Face of Bankruptcy
Cantrell Drug Co. of North Little Rock said last week that it has hired about 25 people since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in November. read more >
CARTI Posts 2-Month Loss: $1.4 Million
Adam Head, CARTI’s president and CEO, attributed the loss in the first two months to lower than expected patient volume and to payments made to its management consultant. read more >
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