Center for Distance Health


July 19, 2018

UAMS Awarded $450,000 Telemedicine Grant to Serve Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors

Ben Boulden

July 19, 2018 | A new telemedicine program to provide care and services to traumatic brain injury survivors recently received funding through a $450,000 federal grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded the three-year grant for The Traumatic Brain…


May 17, 2018

Telemedicine Used to Treat Inmates Creates Efficiencies, Improves Care

Ben Boulden

Orthopaedic surgeon Mark Tait, M.D., via a live video connection demonstrates to an Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate patient and a prison nurse how Tait wants him to make a fist as part of a medical examination.

May 17, 2018 | Using telemedicine to treat state prison inmates with orthopaedic injuries has reduced red tape and wait times while improving security thanks to a new UAMS Center for Distance Health program.


May 4, 2017

UAMS Center for Distance Health Named Top 25 Program by Harvard University’s Ash Center

Ben Boulden

May 4, 2017 | The Center for Distance Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently was recognized as a Top 25 innovative program by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. Every year for more than 20 years, the Ash…


March 16, 2017

Northwest Arkansas Naturals to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’ April 6

Ben Boulden

March 16, 2017 | To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals baseball team is making its April 6 opening game of the 2017 season “Strike Out Stroke Night” in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program, AR SAVES. A helicopter will bring Washington Regional Medical…


July 26, 2016

Sickle Cell Program Going Strong

Ben Boulden

Pooja Motwani, M.D., left, and Megan Davis, M.D., on July 1 became co-directors of the UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program.

July 26, 2016 | William Cooney, 66, has stuck with UAMS for 63 years as a sickle cell patient because he said over decades of change it has consistently provided him with the care he needs. Through transformations inside and outside of UAMS, including moving the hospital from McAlmont Street to today’s campus in 1956,…


May 18, 2016

Mega Brain Debuts at Strike Out Stroke Nights

Ben Boulden

Mega Brain Debuts at Strike Out Stroke Nights

May 18, 2016 | The 5-year-old boy’s eyes were wide with wonder outside busy Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock as he spied not his baseball hero but the giant, inflatable Mega Brain. Mega Brain was there May 5 for Strike Out Stroke night, an event to raise public awareness about stroke that is organized…


May 12, 2016

Stroke Program Helps Lower Arkansas to Sixth from First in Stroke Deaths

Ben Boulden

Stroke Program Helps Lower Arkansas to Sixth from First in Stroke Deaths

May 12, 2016 | Arkansas recently fell to sixth in the nation in the number of stroke deaths per capita after many years in first place, a huge improvement that health officials credit in part to a statewide telemedicine program of stroke education and treatment. The program — Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support, or…


April 5, 2016

UAMS Names Renee Joiner Director of Arkansas SAVES Stroke Telemedicine Program

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Renee Joiner has been named by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as director of the Arkansas Stroke Awareness and Virtual Emergency Support (AR SAVES) program. Joiner will oversee the operations of AR SAVES, which uses a high-speed video communications system to help provide immediate, life-saving treatments to stroke patients…


March 17, 2016

Northwest Arkansas Naturals to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals baseball team is making its April 7 opening game of the 2016 season “Strike Out Stroke Night” in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program, AR SAVES. A helicopter will bring Washington Regional Medical…


January 6, 2016

UAMS Establishes Women’s Health Clinic at Pulaski County Detention Center

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has established a Women’s Health Clinic to provide prenatal care for pregnant inmates at the Pulaski County Regional Detention Center. “We are happy to provide this capability to give these women timely access to health care,” said Tina Benton, oversight director for the university’s…



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