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Knox Trained in New Procedure
Dr. Thomas E. Knox of Regional Orthopaedic Health Care in Mountain Home is among the first surgeons in this country — and one of only three in Arkansas — who have been trained in the new Birmingham Hip Resurfacing technique.
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Physician Spotlight: Dr. Lowell Ozment
CAMDEN – Dr. Lowell Ozment had always wanted to be a physician, but after graduating from the University of Illinois, other things came first, like his family and two young sons.
But Ozment got a second chance, he explained.
JEREMY PEPPAS |
The Computer Question
Healthcare Providers Look at Electronic Conversion
Some call them Electronic Health Records (EHR), and some call them Electronic Medical Records (EMR); they are, for all intents and purposes, the same: a system for physicians to store patient information that allows for better billing and a more efficient clinical practice.
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Little Rock is Big on Asthma
As winter turns into spring, many allergy and asthma sufferers may dread the blooming flowers, growing grass and windy afternoons that can carry pollen and dust.
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Little Rock is Big on Asthma
As winter turns into spring, many allergy and asthma sufferers may dread the blooming flowers, growing grass and windy afternoons that can carry pollen and dust.
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Study Finds Arkansas Autism Rate High
A UAMS study has found that 1 in 145 Arkansas children has autism, the fourth highest rate among 14 states participating in a national study.
UAMS' Arkansas data was used as part of
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The Computer Question
Healthcare Providers Look at Electronic Conversion
Some call them Electronic Health Records (EHR), and some call them Electronic Medical Records (EMR); they are, for all intents and purposes, the same: a system for physicians to store patient information that allows for better billing and a more efficient clinical practice.
JEREMY PEPPAS |
Allergy and Asthma Patients May Suffer from Indoor Pollution
When a patient shows up at the internist's office complaining of chronic cough and mild asthma symptoms, most doctors look to the usual suspects – allergies. But how many physicians think a sick building might be making their patient sick? Not enough of them, according to Jeffrey C. May, author of My Office is Killing Me! The Sick Building Survival Guide.
BY SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Malik Receives Grant
With $143,000 in grant money from the American Heart Association, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute investigator Dr. Sadia Malik, MD, hopes to find genetic information that will enable researchers to establish a birth defects prevention program that potential parents could use before a baby's conception.
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Camden Builds Base, Looks to Future
CAMDEN — The story is becoming a typical one in healthcare.
A smaller hospital in a rural town is rocked when the local economy takes a hit. Maybe the big plant in town shuts down for good or moves elsewhere. The town loses jobs and the local hospital faces hard times.
JEREMY PEPPAS |
New Law Standardizes Coroners' Investigations
The state legislature recently passed a law to standardize the procedures coroners must follow in death investigations, and the bill's author is working to set up a study of methods to help Arkansas's coroners do their jobs better.
Rep. Gene Shelby, MD, D-Hot Springs, said the bill, HB 1437, passed easily after he amended it to drop a 14-member coroner's advisory task force.
TED GRIGGS |
XL7 Honored for Hospital Video
XL7-TV/Reynolds Media Inc. has won two Aurora Awards, a Gold Award and a Platinum Award, for the Baxter Regional Medical Center Employee Fund Drive video.
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St. Vincent Gets $6.4 million for Improvements
St. Vincent Health System has received approval for an additional $6.4 million from its parent organization, Catholic Health Initiatives, to increase the scope of the $40 million expansion project announced in July 2006.
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Starting Out Right
Practical Options for Structuring Your Practice
C corp, S corp, PLLC … SOS!
How you structure your practice on the front end has a far-reaching impact on revenue streams and tax liability for years to come. For this reason, it's vital that physicians carefully consider the various options and resulting implications before hanging out a shingle.
CINDY SANDERS |
Starting Out Right
Practical Options for Structuring Your Practice
C corp, S corp, PLLC … SOS!
How you structure your practice on the front end has a far-reaching impact on revenue streams and tax liability for years to come. For this reason, it's vital that physicians carefully consider the various options and resulting implications before hanging out a shingle.
CINDY SANDERS |
Working for a Cure
Families Learn How to Manage Juvenile Diabetes
Dr. Bob Moffett goes through the same routine most every night.
The Little Rock plastic surgeon and father of three wakes up around two o'clock in the morning to check on his oldest daughter, Jillian, a 17-year-old junior at Pulaski Academy.
Most fathers worry about their teenaged daughters, but for Moffett, it is a little different.
JEREMY PEPPAS |
Allergy and Asthma Patients May Suffer from Indoor Pollution
When a patient shows up at the internist's office complaining of chronic cough and mild asthma symptoms, most doctors look to the usual suspects – allergies. But how many physicians think a sick building might be making their patient sick? Not enough of them, according to Jeffrey C. May, author of My Office is Killing Me! The Sick Building Survival Guide.
BY SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
April Showers Bring Dollars
April is a busy month for fundraisers.
JDRF is having its annual gala on April 21.
The next weekend, on April 28,
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Arkansas Program in the Top Five for Country
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the UAMS was ranked fifth in the nation recently for the amount of published and cited research by its faculty, according to rankings published in the Jan. 12 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Mid-Career Burnout in Physicians Prevalent, Yet Preventable
One day when Dr. Steve Gabbe was taking a break while attending a science conference, he wasn't terribly surprised to hear a half dozen colleagues sharing their frustrations about work, but he was deeply concerned to hear them sound so pessimistic about the future.
LYNNE JETER |
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Lowell Ozment
CAMDEN – Dr. Lowell Ozment had always wanted to be a physician, but after graduating from the University of Illinois, other things came first, like his family and two young sons.
But Ozment got a second chance, he explained.
JEREMY PEPPAS |
Hampton Joins Little Rock Clinic
Dr. John R. Hampton III, MD has joined Little Rock Internal Medicine Clinic. Dr. Hampton has practiced medicine for more than 30 years. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine.
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New Law Standardizes Coroners' Investigations
The state legislature recently passed a law to standardize the procedures coroners must follow in death investigations, and the bill's author is working to set up a study of methods to help Arkansas's coroners do their jobs better.
Rep. Gene Shelby, MD, D-Hot Springs, said the bill, HB 1437, passed easily after he amended it to drop a 14-member coroner's advisory task force.
TED GRIGGS |
Working for a Cure
Families Learn How to Manage Juvenile Diabetes
Dr. Bob Moffett goes through the same routine most every night.
The Little Rock plastic surgeon and father of three wakes up around two o'clock in the morning to check on his oldest daughter, Jillian, a 17-year-old junior at Pulaski Academy.
Most fathers worry about their teenaged daughters, but for Moffett, it is a little different.
JEREMY PEPPAS |
Baker Named to National Ultrasound Exam Task Force
Anthony Baker, an instructor in the diagnostic medical sonography program at UAMS, has been selected by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) to assist with the development of national certification examinations for sonographers.
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April Showers Bring Dollars
April is a busy month for fundraisers.
JDRF is having its annual gala on April 21.
The next weekend, on April 28,
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Baptist Health Adds Occupational Therapy Assistant School
The Baptist Health School of Occupational Therapy Assistant is the newest program for the Baptist Health Schools of Nursing and Allied Health. The program, which began in response to a need for occupational therapy assistants in the community, is the only one of its kind in the central Arkansas area.
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Getting to Know Snyder
Everyone's favorite congressman, who happens to be the only person in Congress to be a doctor, lawyer, and U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, made a recent appearance on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."
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Leading the Fight Against Cancer
March 1 was a big day for the Arkansas Cancer Research Center (ACRC). A major gift kicked off a fund-raising drive that will be aided by the state legislature, and a new director was named.
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World Wide Web
The House overwhelmingly passed a bill that would free up information to consumers about the prices hospitals charge for treatment.
The bill, HB 1512, passed 95-1 and was sponsored by Rep. Johnny Key, R-Mountain Home
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Mid-Career Burnout in Physicians Prevalent, Yet Preventable
One day when Dr. Steve Gabbe was taking a break while attending a science conference, he wasn't terribly surprised to hear a half dozen colleagues sharing their frustrations about work, but he was deeply concerned to hear them sound so pessimistic about the future.
LYNNE JETER |
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