Arkansas
Arkansas lawmakers consider shifting funds from health care data hub to UAMS midwifery program • Arkansas Advocate
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Google-News-Wire
- April 24, 2024
- andrew collins
- appropriations
- Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
- arkansas medicaid
- Dan Sullivan
- Denise Garner
- fiscal session
- health insurance
- jimmy hickey
- Joe Thompson
- Joint Budget Committee
- Mary Bentley
- maternal health
- medical education
- midwives
- pregnancy resource center
- reproductive health
- UAMS
An Arkansas legislative panel on Tuesday approved diverting funds from a state health care data hub to start a midwifery education program at the state’s largest medical school. Rep. Mary Bentley, R-Perryville, proposed removing the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement from a section of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences appropriations bill and rewriting […]
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Arkansas
Arkansas leaders work to close gap between medical school graduates and in-state residencies
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Google-News-Wire
- December 25, 2023
- Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
- american association of medical colleges
- Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
- Arkansas State University
- cam patterson
- conway regional health system
- John Boozman
- medical education
- medicare
- osteopathic medicine
- Physicians
- primary care physician
- residency
- rural health care
- rural hospitals
- student loan debt
- UAMS
The number of students graduating from Arkansas medical schools has outpaced the number of residency slots in the state for the last three years, disrupting the state’s student-to-doctor pipeline. But Arkansas leaders in medical education are working to add more residency positions to the state’s hospitals in hopes of alleviating the physician shortage. This matters […]
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