Center for Distance Health


September 29, 2015

Expo Raises Awareness of Telehealth Programs

Ben Boulden

Sept. 29, 2015 | UAMS’ telehealth capabilities and outreach were on display recently at the first Telehealth Expo on the UAMS campus that truly made the event worthwhile. “We had a nice cross section of people from all departments ranging from information technology and hospitality to physicians and attorneys,” said Erin Bush, project director for…


Angel Eye Completes Installation of 10 Cameras in Connecticut Children’s NICUs

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Angel Eye Camera Systems, a company established in 2013 with support from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures, recently completed the installation of 10 camera systems in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and plans to install another 10 cameras in the Connecticut Children’s NICU at University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.


August 24, 2015

Siloam Springs Regional Hospital Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK –  Siloam Springs Regional Hospital has joined with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region. Called AR SAVES (Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support), the program uses a high-speed video communications system to help provide immediate, life-saving treatments to stroke…


August 17, 2015

Mega Brain Draws Crowds for Stroke Education

Ben Boulden

Mega Brain Draws Crowds for Stroke Education

Aug. 17, 2015 | The best way to reach people’s minds might just be with a brain — a 18-by-14-by-12-foot, inflatable Mega Brain.


May 11, 2015

Hand Telemedicine Program, UAMS Physician Save Batesville Man’s Hand

Ben Boulden

May 11, 2015 | A split-second connection between a table saw blade and a wedding ring almost took Tommy Watts’ hand.


March 2, 2015

UAMS Center for Distance Health Founder, Director Honored with First Telehealth Forum Awards

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Curtis Lowery Jr., M.D., and Tina Benton, B.S.N., R.N., today at the South Central Telehealth Forum in Jackson, Mississippi, were recognized for their work in telemedicine with the first Champion Awards from the South Central Telehealth Resource Center (SCTRC).


November 18, 2014

South Central Telehealth Forum to be Held March 2

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The third annual telehealth conference for the Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee region promoting the use of telecommunications technologies to support distance health care will be March 2 at the Hilton Jackson Hotel in downtown Jackson, Mississippi.


November 17, 2014

UAMS Provides ER Support via Telemedicine to Chicot Memorial

Ben Boulden

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Emergency Department recently began providing emergency medical support via a telemedicine connection to the Chicot Memorial Medical Center in Lake Village.


UAMS Provides ER Telemedicine Support to Chicot Memorial

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Emergency Department recently began providing emergency medical support via a telemedicine connection to the Chicot Memorial Medical Center in Lake Village.


July 15, 2014

UAMS to Host Breastfeeding Symposium Aug. 8

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invites physicians, nurses, dieticians and other health care providers who support and promote breastfeeding to attend the Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition Symposium on Aug. 8, in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building on the UAMS campus.



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