UAMS High-Risk Pregnancy Consultations Now Available in Southwest Arkansas

JAN. 10, 2002 | Obstetricians in southwest Arkansas can now involve specialists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) when they conduct fetal ultrasound tests on patients with high-risk pregnancies.

UAMS Medical Center has begun providing consultations over long-distance television hook-ups to obstetricians in southwest Arkansas through the Southwest Arkansas Area Health Education Center (AHEC).

Physicians at the Southwest AHEC will perform the fetal ultrasound tests in collaboration with local obstetricians, delivering the real-time images to maternal-fetal medicine specialists at UAMS via compressed interactive video. The specialists at UAMS, the physicians at the Southwest AHEC, and the patients will be able to hear and see each other on television screens during the consultations. (Physicians may call 1-800-358-7229, the referral number for the Reproductive Genetics Program, and request the Telemedicine Clinic to arrange the long-distance consultations for their patients.)

Sonographer Dusty Pedigo of the Southwest Arkansas Area Health Education Center conducted an ultrasound examination at UAMS Jan. 9. He was on the Little Rock campus to complete arrangements for a Little Rock – Texarkana link for long-distance ultrasound tests. (Amy Theriac)

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The long-distance consultations are a new service by UAMS to patients in southwest Arkansas. UAMS began providing consultations to patients in northwest Arkansas in April 2001.

Stan Collins, M.D., director of the Southwest AHEC, commented, "We at AHEC-Southwest are very excited about partnering with the UAMS obstetricians and maternal-fetal specialists to make this High Risk OB Clinic a reality in our community. Patients with high-risk pregnancies will be medically served here at home when they might otherwise not elect to go to Little Rock for this medical need. The clinic will provide educational opportunity for the resident physicians and nursing staff and students in this specialized area. What an opportunity!

”Thanks to the UAMS OB-Gyn Department and the Telemedical Communications services,” he said.

UAMS Medical Center is home to the only high-risk pregnancy program in Arkansas. These board certified physicians in maternal-fetal medicine are trained and experienced in helping high-risk pregnant women avoid some of the complications associated with a wide range of diseases or conditions, including diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, asthma, lupus, epilepsy, lung disease, kidney disease, RH negative blood, herpes, and HIV.

The Office of Telemedical Communications at UAMS operates a network of lectures, classes, and consultations for students and health care practitioners via compressed interactive video.

Links on This Page

New High-risk: http://www.uams.edu/today/112901/lowery.htm
UAMS Helps: http://www.uams.edu/today/032901/telemed.htm
Southwest AHEC: http://www.uams.edu/ahec/AHEC23.HTM
UAMS Medical Center: http://www.uams.edu/medcenter/
Telemedical Communications: http://www.uams.edu/oas/telecom.htm

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