Cherry picking for health and wellness programs: out of
season.(Special Report)
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. began a comprehensive health and
wellness program called Better Health for Life on Jan. 1, 2004.
TrestleTree Inc. had provided disease management services since . . .
Managing the cost of health care for America: ensuring quality,
value and access.(Special Report)
It's broken. Let's fix it. Together. Health care in
America is highly fragmented, not operating as a true health care
system. The statistics are staggering.
* Only about half the patients--55 . . .
Affordable access to health care: everyone's
problem.(Special Report)(Reprint)
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Like most Americans, Arkansans face an increasingly difficult
struggle to afford access to high-quality health care. Families across
the state too frequently face the . . .
What's wrong with health care in Arkansas.(Special
Report)
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Gary Sparks has seen firsthand the problems with health care in
Arkansas.
Sparks, the administrator of the 15-bed CrossRidge Community
Hospital in Wynne, will ask Cross . . .
Benefiting Arkansas symposium speakers.
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Steve Abell is vice president of Enterprise Networks at Arkansas
Blue Cross & Blue Shield. Abell oversees the development of core
functions in health informatics, medical . . .
Benefiting Arkansas: health issues for employers.(Special
Report)
Benefiting Arkansas:
Health Issues for Employers
A Symposium Presented by Arkansas Business and the University of
Central Arkans, May 7, 2008
UCA Reynolds Performance Hall
9:15-9:30 a.m. . . .
From the publisher.
One of the most serious problems bracing Arkansas businesses today
is how to provide their employees with quality health insurance that is
affordable for both employee and employer. Recognizing the . . .
And the EPpy goes to?(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas
Media)(Arkansas Business Publishing Group websites make as finalist
Two Web sites designed and hosted by Arkansas Business Publishing
Group's Flex360 division--ArkansasBusiness.com and
ArkansasSports360.com--have made the cut as finalists for the 2008
national EPpy . . .
A creative type.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas
Media)
Heifer International has hired its first creative director in an
effort to bring more strategy to the publications and materials it
produces. Bill Fitzgerald, formerly associate creative director . . .
News about a newscast.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas
Media)
The winner of The Associated Press' "Best Newscast"
award in the Little Rock market is newcomer Fox 16 News, which airs on
KLRT-TV, Channel 16.
"We've got good viewership and critical . . .
Landing a big fish.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas
Media)
A small advertising shop in downtown Little Rock has landed a
rather large account. Eric Rob & Isaac Ad Guys, located above the
Flying Fish, reeled in St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center of . . .
Hospital response.(Whispers)
Universal Health Services Inc. said it doesn't need any
information from another hospital to be successful.
Universal is building a new hospital in Fayetteville, which is
expected to open early . . .
NWA home trouble.(Whispers)(Brief article)
Another northwest Arkansas residential real estate investor and
developer has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Ira Zakariadze, a management professor at Missouri State University
and who did . . .
Stock Summary.
Stock Summary
5/1/2008 Weekly YTD
Arkansas Public Company Stocks Close Change Change
Acxiom Corp. (ACXM) . . .
Arkansas Optometric Association.(HEALTH CARE)(appointment of
Chris Morris, Frank Selman and Shane Ford )(Brief article)
Dr. Chris Morris of Rogers has been elected president of the
Arkansas Optometric Association. Other newly-elected officers include:
Dr. Frank Selman of Magnolia, president-elect; Dr. Shane Ford of . . .
American Cancer Society.(HEALTH CARE)
Emily Pearce has been promoted to health initiative director for
the American Cancer Society in Arkansas. Prior to her promotion, Pearce
was a health initiative representative for the Little Rock . . .
Conway Regional Health System.(HEALTH CARE)
Richard Tyler has been hired as director of human resources by
Conway Regional Health System. Tyler comes from the Arkansas Department
of Health, where he also worked as the director of human . . .
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center.(HEALTH CARE)
Dan Humes has been promoted to director of engineering services at
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center at Harrison. A master
electrician, he has been a member of the engineering services . . .
Medical Office System.(HEALTH CARE)
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Adam Childers has joined Medical Office Systems of Russellville as
a marketing representative. Childers oversees marketing efforts as well
as new business for the company, . . .
Mary A. McGehee, a senior research analyst at the Arkansas
Department of Health, has been selected to serve on the U.S. Census
B
Mary A. McGehee, a senior research analyst at the Arkansas
Department of Health, has been selected to serve on the U.S. Census
Bureau's Advisory Committee on the African-American population. As
a . . .
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