Video: Winners of the 2020 Health Care Heroes Awards
Arkansas Business is proud to present the winners of its 2020 Health Care Heroes awards. read more >
Arkansas Business is proud to present the winners of its 2020 Health Care Heroes awards. read more >
John Montgomery is the executive director of The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove in Little Rock, a decentralized skilled nursing facility that looks to disrupt the long-term care industry by offering all private rooms and bathrooms, a home-like environment and elder choice. read more >
Brenda Jo Jarrard has been a registered nurse for close to 30 years and goes to work at Booneville Human Development Center each day not for the paycheck, but to help her patients and enrich their lives and those of her co-workers. read more >
Most physicians diagnose or treat pathology or disease, but Johnathan Goree of the UAMS Chronic Pain Division treats quality of life. read more >
Arkansas Children’s has the only burn center in the state. It services both children and adults. read more >
Larry Freeman opened the nonprofit Synergy Saturday in 2015 to tailor health care to those who most need it in a relaxed and welcoming environment. read more >
Mellie Bridewell is tackling the state’s rural health care shortage head-on. In 2007, Bridewell pulled five hospitals in southeast Arkansas together to form the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership. read more >
Executive Director John Montgomery is looking to reshape the way we think of long-term care facilities and what they can feel like for the people living there. At the Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove, the focus is on making the space feel like home to the residents, read more >
Located in Pine Bluff, Jefferson Regional serves as a regional referral center for a large geographic area. It is also the region with the most economically distressed population. Jefferson Regional is meeting both issues head on. read more >
As the northwest Arkansas region’s first and only children’s hospital, Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW) is transforming health care for the area’s young. read more >
Brian Thomas’ recipe for success at Jefferson Regional focuses on hiring the best people, giving them the tools and resources they need to do the job and then simply getting out of their way. read more >
Ann Kruger began her career in nursing at the pediatric intensive care unit and emergency department of a children’s hospital, which eventually led her to her administrative role as vice president of ambulatory services at Arkansas Children’s. read more >
When he became president and CEO of CARTI more than two years ago, Adam Head realized there was more to the job than its finances. read more >
As an Emergency Department nurse earlier in her career, Ashlee VanHouten wanted to be able to help people avoid emergency situations by focusing on preventative care in a primary care setting. read more >
For Amanda McCorkle, the joy she finds in her role as a nurse practitioner in the radiology department at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System stems from a love of helping people heal and live their best lives. read more >
For Morgan Butler, treating diabetes at Arkansas Children’s is personal. read more >
Jon Oden is both physician and patient, which gives him a special insight in his role as associate professor of pediatric endocrinology at Arkansas Children’s. read more >
As an oncologist with Unity Health in Searcy, Dr. Ryan Koch sees firsthand the highs and lows that come with cancer treatment. read more >
Thomas Kiser manages patient care at Baptist Health Rehabilitation Institute and UAMS, leading rehabilitation care teams, teaching medical students and residents, participating in research, making professional presentations at conferences and serving on hospital committees to improve service and care. read more >
Stephen Canon is chief of Pediatric Urology and medical director at Arkansas Children’s Medical Group. In that capacity he cares for patients, leads and manages the urology division at Arkansas Children’s, oversees and directs the medical activities of Arkansas Children’s Medical Group, researches urologic diseases in order to better understand and treat patients and trains the next generation of urologists. read more >
