Statewide News Releases

October 2025

Craig Wilson Named President, CEO of Arkansas Center for Health Improvement – October 16, 2025
The Late Rev. Hezekiah D. Stewart Honored With Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award – October 8, 2025

June 2025

Dr. Joe Thompson, President Emeritus of ACHI, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award – June 19, 2025

April 2025

Nominations Sought for ACHI’S 2025 Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award – April 16, 2025

November 2024

Ahead of Holiday Travel, ACHI Unveils New Tool To Examine Arkansas Roadway Fatality Data – November 25, 2024

October 2024

Drs. G. Richard Smith, Linda McGhee Honored With Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award – October 22, 2024

September 2024

Delta Innovator Search Announces Winning Ideas To Improve Health, Economy in Region – September 26, 2024

August 2024

ACHI Promotes Nichole Stanley to Director of Analytics – August 28, 2024
Most Postpartum Moms in Arkansas Have No Follow-Up Visit After an Acute Behavioral Health Event, ACHI Analysis Finds – August 6, 2024

June 2024

Delta Innovator Search Seeking New Ideas To Improve Health, Economy in Region – June 18, 2024

April 2024

ACHI Analysis Shows Who Is Delivering Babies in Arkansas – April 29, 2024
Nominations Sought for ACHI’S 2024 Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award – April 18, 2024

January 2024

ACHI Health Policy Board Endorses Expanded Access to Doulas in Arkansas To Address Maternal, Infant Health Crisis – January 23, 2024

December 2023

First-Year Residency Slots in Arkansas Not Keeping Pace With Number of Medical School Graduates, ACHI Review Finds – December 13, 2023

October 2023

Mothers in Some Parts of Arkansas Much More Likely To Deliver Via C-Section, ACHI Analysis Shows – October 26, 2023
ACHI Analysis Shows Naloxone Prescription Fills Statewide Quadrupled in 1 Year – October 17, 2023

August 2023

ACHI Offers Recommendations for Parents, Caregivers To Safeguard Children From Social Media’s Harms – August 9, 2023

May 2023

$1M National Science Foundation Grant To Fund Planning for Initiative To Improve Health, Economy in Delta Region – May 11, 2023

February 2023

ACHI’s Kenley Money To Chair National Association of Health Data Organizations – February 9, 2023

January 2023

For Maternal Health Awareness Day, ACHI Highlights State’s Rock-Bottom Ranking – January 23, 2023
ACHI Board Calls on Legislature, Incoming Administration To Eliminate Asset Limit for Food Stamps – January 5, 2023

December 2022

With Flu Cases and Deaths High, Arkansas Hospitals, ACHI Urge Flu Shots – December 14, 2022

November 2022

Arkansas Shares Responsibility With Federal Government To Enforce No Surprises Act – November 10, 2022

October 2022

ACHI Gives Thanks for Extraordinary Efforts, Sacrifices in Pandemic – October 19, 2022

September 2022

Food Deserts Common in Arkansas, ACHI Analysis Shows – September 29, 2022
ACHI Analysis Shows Arkansas Making Progress in Expanding Access to Naloxone – September 14, 2022

June 2022

Even Before Pandemic, Most Arkansans Were Not Making Regular Dentist Visits, ACHI Report Finds – June 2, 2022

May 2022

New Program Aims To Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths in Arkansas by Sending Naloxone Home With At-Risk Patients – May 31, 2022

April 2022

Applications Sought for ACHI’s Inaugural G. Richard Smith, MD, Fellowship in Health Services and Policy Research – April 12, 2022
Nominations Sought for ACHI’s 2022 Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award – April 11, 2022

December 2021

Report: Arkansas Patients Often Face Financial Barriers to Necessary Follow-Up Colonoscopies – December 17

September 2021

ACHI Leads First-of-Its-Kind Study To Analyze Impact of Medical Marijuana in Arkansas – September 23

February 2021

Screening All Pregnant Women for Hepatitis C Would Reduce Child Deaths – February 24
ACHI Board Urges Extension of Arkansas Medicaid Eligibility to Marshallese – February 9

January 2021

Dr. Joe Thompson Named to National Advisory Group on Racial Equity in Health Services Research – January 25