JUNE 2001

Table of Contents

Introduction

An independent economist currently projects the direct and indirect economic benefit to Arkansas from UAMS, including affiliated organizations Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), as $3.297 billion annually.

Although that's a substantial amount, the UAMS campus of the University of Arkansas System also generates a major impact upon the state, its people, and each county that transcends economic measures – through its education, research, clinical care, and community service programs. Through centers of excellence on campus, the influence of UAMS is evident in the region, throughout the nation, and around the world in certain fields: neurosurgery, treatment for multiple myeloma and other forms of cancer, disfiguring vascular facial lesions, geriatrics, eye disease, and orthopaedic surgery for hip and knee replacement.

Citizens in every county of the state are touched by the mission of our UAMS campus. The sons and daughters of many Arkansans seek educational opportunity here. Many Arkansans are treated for serious illnesses at UAMS Medical Center and its affiliates – Arkansas Children's Hospital and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. There is economic development based on our own inventions and discoveries in biotechnology, and our people benefit from research innovations and this discovery of new knowledge. The volunteer service efforts of the faculty and students strengthen our society; those who give and those who receive are lifted up.

This report describes the comprehensive efforts made to ensure that Arkansans:

• Have access to education as an open door for personal and professional advancement through careers in health-care fields

• Have opportunities for training and continuing professional education via the Internet and through an interactive video network, both of which enable distance learning and remove the barrier of geographic location

• Enjoy the economic and quality-of-life benefits of medical and biotechnological research

• Receive quality health care regardless of where they may live in the state

• Can participate in the service programs of the university which engage people statewide in one of the strongest outreach efforts in the nation

© 2001 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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06/25/01