The Arkansas Medical Society is encouraging every physician in the state to visit the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) ‘Colorectal Cancer Screening Appropriate Use’ web page to download some great patient education resources, including a printable office/practice poster, patient letter templates (for positive and negative test results),…
The Arkansas Medical Society is still accepting nominations/applications for District Trustees now through February 1, 2022. District Trustees are elected by AMS members in each of the 10 districts. Voting will take place from February 15 to March 1, 2022. Any member interested in serving on the AMS…
The Arkansas Medical Society has launched a new way and easy to pay your membership dues. Dues statements will be sent both by mail and email. For the email version, there is a link that will take you directly to a secure, online payment form. You will enter…
Each year, AMS awards the Student Leadership Award to a medical student in good standing who is in the first, second, or third year of medical school. This student embodies the values of the medical profession through leadership, service, excellence, integrity, and ethical behavior, and also encourages other…
Did you miss the webinar on the Delta variant and monoclonal antibody treatments that are available? Fill out the information below directed to the recording of the presentation that was held on July 8, 2021.
Thursday, July 8, 12 - 1 p.m.Speakers: Dr. Atul Kothari, MD, Medical Director, Healthcare Associated Infections Program at the Arkansas Department of HealthSammie Cribbs, MSN, AGCNS-BC, APRN - Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, Harrison, Arkansas As the virus that causes…
We're excited to announce the launch of the AMS Info Hub, the new member-only portal where members can connect with the Society and your peers in a virtual environment. This site will allow you to update your contact information, access member-only resources, set up payment profiles and automatic…
Little Rock Anesthesiologist Danny Wilkerson, MD, has been named president of the Arkansas Medical Society effective May 14, 2021, and will lead the organization over the next year. After medical school at UAMS, Dr. Wilkerson began his career in 1986 at St Mary – Rogers Memorial Hospital in…
We are thrilled to share how you can use your AMS membership to network, view member only events, share your contact information with other members for networking, access vital resources, use our site to advertise news, events, deals, and recruit new employees! You’ll need to create your online…
The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) conducted an analysis of naloxone and opioid prescriptions for Medicaid and private-insurance from state fiscal year 2017 to 2019, using data from the Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database to gain insight on the opioid epidemic. The study found that the number of…
In 2019, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 975 requiring physician medical certifiers to complete the medical certification of death electronically within three (3) working days after having received the record from the funeral home. In Arkansas, deaths are registered using an electronic registration system known as ERAVE…