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Drew Memorial Health System has joined a statewide antibiotic stewardship and infection prevention collaborative recently formed to address the increasing dangers resulting from multiple drug-resistance organisms (MDRO). The program is established with a one-year grant funded by the Arkansas Department of Health and administered by Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC). The collaborative will support pharmacists at Arkansas hospitals and nursing homes in their efforts to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions and to improve infection prevention related to patient transitions between health care facilities. The collaborative includes 37 hospitals and 21 nursing homes across Arkansas.

The collaboration announcement coincides with U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week Nov. 12-16, 2018. This annual national observance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Be Antibiotics Aware,” provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of using antibiotics appropriately to combat the threat of antibiotic resistance. (more…)

In October, we see a lot of pink promotional materials out, advertising Breast Cancer Awareness Month. You may know about breast cancer as a concept, but it’s important to know how often you should be screened, and what role you have in detecting breast cancer yourself. (more…)

Mental illness awareness week is in October. Although there is a mental illness week many peoples experiences with trying to get help are negative. Due to these negative responses many people suffer in silence with no one to help them.

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Sepsis: A Medical Emergency
by Renaye Cortright, LPN, Quality Specialist at Drew Memorial Health System (more…)

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Part of a multi-column series focused on Maternal and Infant Health in Southeast Arkansas
By Kristen Smith, RN, director of Labor & Delivery/Nursery and Education at Drew Memorial Health System

While Maternal Health and Maternal Mortality are major topics of discussion on the national scale, another important aspect of care during a Labor & Delivery hospital stay is that of newborns. It’s also fitting that I’m talking about infant safety during what Gov. Asa Hutchinson recently named Safe Sleep Awareness Month in Arkansas. (more…)

Part of a multi-column series focused on Maternal and Infant Health in Southeast Arkansas

By Kristen Smith, RN, director of Labor & Delivery/Nursery and Education at Drew Memorial Health System (more…)

Part of a multi-column series focused on Maternal and Infant Health in Southeast Arkansas

By Kristen Smith, RN, director of Labor & Delivery/Nursery and Education at Drew Memorial Health System (more…)

Statewide Attention on Maternal Mortality
Part of a multi-column series focused on Maternal and Infant Health in Southeast Arkansas

By Kristen Smith, RN, director of Labor & Delivery/Nursery and Education at Drew Memorial Health System

As I mentioned last week in my previous column, my aim in writing is to help local women and their families understand more about the recent national attention that maternal health has received. I also hope to let Southeast Arkansans know about what has been done already to combat the startling statistics we’ve seen on a statewide and national level. (more…)

Part of a multi-column series focused on Maternal and Infant Health in Southeast Arkansas

By Kristen Smith, RN, director of Labor & Delivery/Nursery and Education at Drew Memorial Health System (more…)

Entergy‘s Charitable Foundation awarded Mainline Health Systems, Inc. a grant for its behavioral health therapy program. (more…)

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In a private family reception and ceremony Monday, Drew Memorial Health System formally dedicated the Olivia Faith Beebe Nursery. (more…)

The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a $600,000 grant to the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP) for the creation of the ARHP-Outreach Program (ARHP-OP). (more…)

Call 870-460-4766…no appointment necessary. (more…)

This December, Stephanie White, LPN was recognized by the UAM College of Technology- McGehee Practical Nursing students as their Nurse of the Year at Drew Memorial Health System.

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A Pafford Air One medical helicopter crashed early Sunday evening, in an isolated area near De Witt, (more…)