Healthcare

Sammie Cribbs Roberson, President & CEO, North Arkansas Regional Medical Center   “Healthcare is ultimately about people. We can build better facilities, recruit great clinicians and create stronger systems, but those things matter because of what they allow us to …

Jeffrey Lewis, an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Arkansas, has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how cells vary in their responses to stress. In his application for the …

CHI St. Vincent is no longer a part of the Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield system, the health insurer announced Tuesday morning. CHI St. Vincent is part of the Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health system, which operates 2,200 facilities in 24 …

Chris Barber St. Bernards Medical Center Jonesboro Chris Barber is president and CEO of St. Bernards Healthcare, which serves 23 counties in northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri. In his three decades with St. Bernards, Barber worked his way up from …

When an athlete is injured during a game, time stops — and not just on the clock. Dr. Austin Cole, orthopedic surgeon at Conway Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center, said he understands the frustration that comes with wondering whether an …

The shape of healthcare education in Arkansas is changing. Lyon College School of Dental Medicine in Little Rock, the state’s first dental school, welcomed its inaugural class last year. Likewise, the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville hosted …

Conway Regional Health Foundation is dedicated to fundraising for what Maegan Dyson, chief development officer, called “the gap” — namely, the gap between available resources and what is necessary to meet the needs of the Conway Regional Health System and …

To understand how new the field of audiology is relative to other medical specialties, consider that audiologist Mary Chatelain, founder of Pinnacle Hearing, earned her degree from Louisiana Tech University in 2007 as a member of that school’s very first …

Like many healthcare organizations in Arkansas, attracting and retaining quality personnel is an operational priority and ongoing challenge for Batesville-based White River Health and its subsidiary Stone County Medical Center in Mountain View. Fortunately, said David Fox, vice president of …

In her own words, Joan Robbins, administrator at Briarwood Nursing & Rehabilitation in Little Rock, described herself as a stickler for details and someone who sets high standards for her employees. She is not the kind of boss that one …