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Rural Broadband Grant Announced

Grants to cover the exorbitant costs for broadband development in rural communities across the state are now available for qualifying towns, cities, and counties.

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About UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation

It is the vision of the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation to eliminate health care disparities in Arkansas and abroad through digital health and healthcare innovations which embrace technology that improves the access to and the quality of clinical care, education, and research.

Previously known as the Center for Distance Health, this new Institute will utilize technologies in UAMS’ clinical, educational and research missions, with the aim of improving health and well-being. More information about the establishment of this Institution can be found in the news release below.
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Position Available: Executive Director for Business Operations

The position serves on the Executive Leadership Team for the Institute for Digital Health (IDHI) reporting to the Director of IDHI. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated results leading in an entrepreneurial or matrixed organizational environment with a focus on strategic growth, comfort with effectively managing change in an evolving organizational structure, and a facility for developing, executing, managing, and tracking business plans and milestones therein.

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UAMS e-Link is a network of approximately 800 endpoints making it one of the largest telehealth networks in the nation.

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The South Central Telehealth Resource Center serves Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. We target health care and health education groups that have an interest in telehealth.

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Welcome to the LearnOnDemand UAMS CME/CE Portal.

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Quarterly Digital Health Webinar

Check back for information regarding our upcoming Quarterly Digital Health Series event. Contact Joe Schaffner (jschaffner@uams.edu, 501-413-5482) if you have any questions or comments.

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Hari Eswaran, right, uses a live video connection at the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation to talk with Mellie Bridewell, executive director of the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership.

UAMS Awarded Nearly $1 Million by U.S. Department of Agriculture for Digital Health Training in Arkansas Delta

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a two-year grant of $999,993 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the digital health training of health care professionals, students, business and community leaders, consumers and patients in the Arkansas Delta. The grant will fund…

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Gov. Asa Hutchinson, center, introduces U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan at new conference at the Capitol.

UAMS Awarded $3.8 Million for National Research Center To Study Effectiveness of Digital Health in Rural Health Care

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a four-year $3.8 million grant from the federal Health Resources & Services Administration to establish a national research center. The center will examine the effectiveness of digital health in delivering health care in rural areas and hospitals. The grant…

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Jeff Halbert, director of UAMS Respiratory Care, discusses the use the high-flow nasal cannula on an All Sites Call.

Trauma, Stroke Networks Unite to Teach COVID-19 Best Practices, Share Information

As the COVID-19 global pandemic threatened Arkansas in March, many physicians and nurses in rural hospitals across the state had more questions than answers about the new disease. UAMS went to work to answer them. The service is dubbed COVID-19 ED2ED All Sites Calls. More than 1,100 of the state’s health care professionals have taken…

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The UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation is accepting applications from Arkansas communities for broadband grants of up to $75,000 each.

Broadband Grants up to $75,000 Available to Rural Arkansas Communities through UAMS

LITTLE ROCK — Thirty grants of up to $75,000 each are available to help rural Arkansas communities apply for federal grants and loans to make broadband accessible to their residents. The “Rural Broadband I.D. Expenses Trust Fund Grant,” sponsored by state Sen. Missy Irvin, is funded by the state’s Restricted Reserve Fund and federal coronavirus…

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