UAMS Receives National Award for Outreach to Rural Hospitals

The Rural Program received an award of merit for its newsletter, Well Connected in Your Hometown. The awards program recognizes the nation's best consumer health information programs and materials.

Well Connected is a statewide service of the UAMS Rural Hospital Program to increase interest and awareness in

New UAMS Online Continuing Education for Nurses Is Convenient, Inexpensive
AUG. 1, 2002
Telemedicine Network Links UAMS Physicians, Faculty with Health Care Practitioners around Arkansas
MARCH 29, 2001
UAMS Helps Brinkley Women, Physicians through Long-distance Television Hook-ups
MARCH 29, 2001

E-mail This Article

health education. In exchange for attending a class via interactive television hook-ups, participants receive the quarterly newsletter, which contains information on medical news, prescriptions, health screenings and prevention. Each newsletter also contains a list of upcoming classes and hometown highlights from affiliated hospitals and clinics.

"The mission of the Rural Hospital Program is to strengthen hospitals by sharing resources available at UAMS," Ann Bynum, Ed.D., director of the Rural Hospital Program, said.

Links on This Page

UAMS Rural Hospital Program: http://rhp.uams.edu/default.htm
Well Connected in Your Hometown: http://rhp.uams.edu/wellconn.htm
New UAMS Online: http://www.uams.edu/today/2002/080102/onlineeducation.htm
Telemedicine Network: http://www.uams.edu/today/032901/telemed2.htm

© 2002 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). A single copy of these materials may be reprinted for noncommercial personal use only. "UAMS," "UAMS Medical Center," "UAMS Online," "UAMS Today," "UAMS Update," "uams.edu," and "Here's to Your Health" are marks of UAMS.

10/03/02