Published on
February 22, 2023
- 02:14 GMT
100 Arkansans Initiative: An Update
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Arkansas receives “F” grades in three categories in a new report that grades states on their tobacco prevention and cessation efforts. The American Lung Association’s 2023 State of Tobacco Control report gives Arkansas failing grades for efforts to …
A bill recently approved by the Arkansas General Assembly and sent to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ desk would allow some rural hospitals in Arkansas to seek to be designated as “rural emergency hospitals.” In an interview with television station KNWA/Fox …
Northwest Arkansas is the fastest-growing region in the state, but with rapid growth come challenges to infrastructure, including healthcare infrastructure. In an interview with radio station KUAF, ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson says an analysis …
A new report from the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center looks at whether states have implemented certain evidence-based policies to promote infant and toddler health and finds that Arkansas has implemented three out of the five policies the center …
Children with obesity should receive intensive treatment as early as possible, including medication and surgery if warranted, according to new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In January, the AAP released its first comprehensive …
Arkansas has the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation. In an interview with radio station KUAF, ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson discusses this unwelcome distinction, as well as policy options for improving maternal health in the state, …
ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson and other health experts discuss various aspects of Arkansas’s healthcare climate in a story by Talk Business and Politics that provides an overview of the state of the state in health care. Hospital finances, …
In his latest column for the Healthcare Journal of Arkansas, ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson discusses the prevalence in Arkansas of food deserts — areas where residents do not have convenient access to healthy, affordable food options. Thompson …
The national vaccination rate for MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis), polio, and chicken pox for kindergarteners fell to around 93% in the 2021-22 school year, down from 94% in the 2020-21 school year and 95% in the …
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to reverberate in 2022, ACHI Director of Health Policy Craig Wilson writes in his latest column for Talk Business and Politics. Wilson looks back at notable developments in the healthcare landscape over the past year, such …
In November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a notice of a preliminary assessment regarding the safety and efficacy of distributing certain naloxone products without a prescription. The FDA said it will consider whether to authorize …
After a nearly three-year pause, states may resume eligibility redeterminations for Medicaid beneficiaries beginning in April. This is one of several health-related provisions included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, the federal budget bill …
Arkansas is again near the bottom of all states in the latest America’s Health Rankings report, released Dec. 6. The state’s ranking remains unchanged from last year’s report as the 48th healthiest state in the nation. Arkansas’s highest-ever ranking was …
Arkansas’s public health funding continued to decrease in 2021 despite ongoing challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent analysis by the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) of fiscal year 2021 data collected by Trust for …
Arkansans are encouraged to review their options for health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace as the close of open enrollment on Jan. 15 draws closer. Enhanced premium tax credits are still available, thanks to the Inflation …
More than 15,900 positive flu tests have been reported to the Health Department by health care providers this season, although reported cases represent only a portion of actual cases, because not everyone who gets sick gets a test. The Health Department …
In an opinion piece for the Arkansas Advocate, ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson discusses the recent by decision by Twitter to stop enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation policy, which he calls “an apparent abdication of Twitter’s responsibility to …
A new report from the American Lung Association ranks Arkansas in the bottom tier of states for multiple lung cancer measures, including a higher rate of new lung cancer cases, lower survival rates, and lower surgical treatment rates compared to other …
Twitter recently decided to stop enforcing its policy against COVID-19 misinformation, a move that ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson tells reporters is irresponsible and potentially dangerous. “The No. 1 law of medicine is ‘Cause no harm,’ and free …
