Center for Distance Health


April 23, 2014

South Central Telehealth Forum to be Held May 9

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The second annual telehealth conference for the Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee region to promote the use of telecommunications technologies to support distance health care will be May 9 at the Statehouse Convention Center.


March 19, 2014

UAMS, AR SAVES Physicians Help 500th Stroke Patient Through Statewide Network

Ben Boulden

March 19, 2014 | Dustin Martinez’s truck crashed through a mailbox, three culverts and hit a tree before he found himself in a hospital as the 500th stroke patient to receive a powerful blood-thinner through the AR SAVES stroke network.


February 5, 2014

Northwest Medical Center-Springdale Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Northwest Medical Center-Springdale has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region.


January 27, 2014

Nation’s First Telemedicine Program for Hand Trauma Established

Ben Boulden

Jan. 27, 2014 | Patients with hand injuries now have access to the nation’s first hand trauma telemedicine program established this month by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Trauma Communications Center and the Arkansas Department of Health.


Nation’s First Telemedicine Program for Hand Trauma Established by UAMS, Trauma Center, Health Department

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Patients with hand injuries now have access to the nation’s first hand trauma telemedicine program established this month by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Trauma Communications Center and the Arkansas Department of Health.


November 14, 2013

UAMS Offers Continuing Education Credits through New Website

Ben Boulden

Nov. 14, 2013 | A new University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) website portal, learnondemand.org, allows health care professionals at any time to hear lectures and take classes online to earn continuing education (CE) credits.


UAMS Offers Online Continuing Education Credits

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — A new University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) website portal, learnondemand.org, allows health care professionals at any time to hear lectures and take classes online to earn continuing education (CE) credits.


August 9, 2013

UAMS to Provide Health Provider Education, Resources Through $1.38 Million Federal Grant to Delta Alliance

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for Rural Health and Center for Distance Health will provide health education for providers in the Delta and prescription assistance for Delta residents through a three-year $1.38 million federal grant to the Greater Delta Alliance for Health (GDAH).</p>


May 20, 2013

UAMS Telemedicine Makes ‘Good Waves’ in Japan

Ben Boulden

May 20, 2013 | One year after UAMS donated telemedicine equipment to help a tsunami-devastated region of Japan, the positive outcomes of that gift are multiplying, prompting a Japanese physician to travel to Little Rock to thank the university in person.


April 16, 2013

Telehealth Forum Surpasses Planners’ Hopes

Ben Boulden

April 16, 2013 | Not only did the first South Central Telehealth Forum on April 5 in Little Rock exceed the expectations of its organizers, at least one attendee rated it a “smashing success.”



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