About the Stroke Program
The IDHI Stroke Program delivers live, telemedicine-based, neurology consultations in emergency departments across the state by connecting potential stroke patients with specialists who offer on-the-spot stroke diagnosis and treatment. Without the IDHI Stroke Program, many facilities across the state would not have the capability of providing life-saving treatment to stroke patients. The IDHI Stroke Program currently partners with more than 60 sites around Arkansas.
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Piggott Man Remembers “Everything” About Stroke, Including Caregivers’ Kindness
Freddie Tate, 85, of Piggott, worked around helicopters during his time in the U.S. Air Force, but it wasn’t until March 5, 2021, when he suffered a stroke, that he rode in one for the first time. “I spent four years in the Air Force and we had all kinds of helicopters, but I’d never…
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Survivor Throws Strike Against Stroke, Says Family History “Number-One Thing”
Ray Robinson III normally doesn’t hesitate. When he stepped up to the mound at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock on May 19 for UAMS Strike Out Stroke night, Robinson immediately went into a pitcher’s windup and fired a ceremonial first-pitch strike across the plate as the crowd cheered. But in the early morning of…
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Monticello Man Grateful for More Family Time after Stroke Recovery
Bill Whiting, 67, of Monticello doesn’t remember a lot about what happened to him on Aug. 9, 2020. But he does know he called his wife. “He was mumbling,” Mary Whiting said. “I couldn’t understand what he was saying. I told him I’m on my way home.” She arrived within 10 minutes to find their…
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UAMS-Led Digital Health Stroke Program Helps Improve Arkansas’ Stroke Deaths Ranking
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas recently fell from seventh place to 13th place in the nation in the number of stroke deaths per capita, an achievement health officials credit in part to a statewide digital health program of stroke education and treatment led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). In 2011, Arkansas was…
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