Arkansas AHEC faculty and staff are known and respected nationally in many different areas of expertise. A sampling of the research efforts, publications and presentations that took place this year is listed below.

Publications

• Landis, BJ authored 3 chapters for Sexual Assault: A Hospital/Community Protocol for Forensic & Medical Examination, published by the Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape, & Domestic Violence, 2006.

• Bynum, CA, Cranford, CO, Irwin, CA, Health Workforce Needs in Arkansas, The National Area Health Education Centers Bulletin, Volume XXIII, Number 2, Spring/Summer, 2007.

• Bynum, CA, Irwin, CA, Effect of Telemedicine on Diagnosis and Treatment by Teleconsultants’ Characteristics, Abstract, Telemedicine and e-Health Journal, Volume 13, Number 2, April 2007 pg. 183.

• Lowery, C, Benton, T, Jackson-Moore, D, Hall-Barrow, J, Bynum, CA, Manley, M. Center for Distance Health: Toward A Statewide Telehealth Network, Abstract, Telemedicine and e-Health Journal, Volume 13, Number 2, April 2007 pg 167.

Research & Clinical Trials

• EMR investigation of patients with Diabetes Mellitus and A1Cs greater than 9 (Fort Smith)

• Arkansas Hospital CEOs Perspectives on Health Workforce Needs (El Dorado)

• ACCOMPLISH - Avoiding Cardiovascular Events through Combination Therapy in Patients Living with Systolic Hypertension (Fort Smith)

• Development & Testing of a Tailored Patient Education Videotape on Colorectal Cancer Screening. (El Dorado)

• Novartis Multicenter drug trial comparing the efficacy of different antihypertensive medications (El Dorado)

• Arkansas Diabetes Collaborative (El Dorado)

• Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Depression Study (El Dorado)

National/International Presentations

• Bynum, CA, Arkansas Rural Hospital Network/Community Development, oral presentation at Rural Telecommunications Congress, Little Rock, AR, October 22-25, 2006.

• Bynum, CA, IT Leadership in Telehealth, oral presentation Delta Regional Authority Leadership Conference, Tunica, MS April 2007.

• Bynum, CA, Irwin CA. Differences in Diagnosis and Treatment by the Type of Consultant Using Telemedicine Effect of Telemedicine on Diagnosis and Treatment by Teleconsultants' Characteristics, American Telemedicine Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, May 14-17, 2007

• Frank T. New Drugs 2006; Annual Meeting; American Society of Consultant Pharmacists; Phoenix, AZ; Nov 18, 2006

• Frank T. New Drugs 2007; Annual Meeting; American Drug Utilization Review Society; Dallas, TX; Feb 24, 2007

• Frank T. New Drugs in Primary Care; Annual Meeting; American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists; San Francisco, CA; June 25, 2007

• Hartwig M, Cummins D, Cole R, Dickson S, Gillespie E, Mackey M, Stallings J, Laffoon S. Adherence to Diabetes Management Recommendations in Two Electronic Medical Records Systems, Conference on Practice Improvement: Health Information and Patient Education, Denver, CO, Nov 9-12, 2006.

• Lowery C, Benton T, Jackson-Moore, D, Hall-Barrow, J, Bynum, C,  Manley, M. Toward A Statewide Telehealth Network, American Telemedicine Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, May 14-17, 2007.   

• Stallings J, Acklin J. Introduction of Family Medicine to Volgograd State Medical University, International Family Medicine Workshop, AAFP International Meeting, Portland, Maine, Sept 2006.

 

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