Welcome to our new members who’ve joined the AMS community in March and April! Not a member? Visit www.ARKMED.org/membership to learn more!    … Read More

AFMC Webinar – Implementing Telehealth: How to Boost Telehealth and In-Office Patient Visits During COVID-19 What: Panel Discussion When: Friday, May 8 Noon – 1 p.m. CDT Telemedicine and virtual care have rapidly become critical… Read More

In our May edition of the Journal, we explore what it means to be a member of the Arkansas Medical Society.  Now more than ever, physicians need an organization that will advocate and fight for… Read More

AMS is hosting a conference call  on Wednesday, April 29 from 12 – 1 p.m. for all interested physicians to hear and discuss the state’s plan to resume elective surgeries. Dr. James Bledsoe from the… Read More

The AMS PPE Road Show began Tuesday, April 21 with AMS staff making stops in Warren and Arkadelphia. The next day, trucks spread out across the state and made stops in Alma, Springdale, Mountain Home,… Read More

On April 18, Governor Asa Hutchinson has created the Governor’s Economic Recovery Task Force to develop an industry-specific strategy and make recommendations to the Governor for Arkansas’s economic recovery from the effects of COVID-19. AMS… Read More

The Arkansas Medical Society, in conjunction with Governor Asa Hutchinson and the Department of Emergency Management, will be bringing critical personal protective equipment (PPE) to medical clinics around the state beginning this week. In March,… Read More

DocbookMD has transitioned to Medici Connect, and AMS members have an exclusive, free membership to use this communications app. Medici Connect combines the previous features of DocbookMD with new upgrades that include telemedicine. Users will now… Read More

  Largeprinting.com is a digital design company from Kansas that operates several large format printers, as well as large format digital cutters. Recent events have caused them to refocus their resources, and they wanted to… Read More

The elections for AMS District Trustees concluded on February 29. The following members were elected to serve a two-year term beginning with the May 1, 2020 Board of Trustees meeting. Officers Elected for 2020-2021: President-elect:… Read More

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.… Read More