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## [Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Summit](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/adverse-childhood-experiences-and-resilience-summit)

Sep 19, 2019

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Summit Building Resilient Communities: Where you Live, Work and Play! LITTLE ROCK, ARK – Sept. 18, 2019 – Building resilient Communities: Where you Live, Work and Play! is...

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## [AFMC Announces New Associate Medical Director](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/afmc-announces-new-associate-medical-director)

Apr 18, 2019

AFMC has named Shannon Edwards, MD, of Greenwood, to the position of associate medical director. Dr. Edwards is board certified in internal medicine and will work at AFMC’s Fort Smith campus.

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## [AFMC Announces New Chief Financial Officer](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/afmc-announces-new-chief-financial-officer)

Apr 15, 2019

Phyllis Rogers, CPA, CGMA, has joined AFMC as its new chief financial officer (CFO), effective April 1. Ms. Rogers will also serve on AFMC’s management team. AFMC is a nonprofit health care quality improvement and...

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## [AFMC Announces New Management Hires and Promotions](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/afmc-announces-new-management-hires-and-promotions)

Jan 4, 2019

AFMC, a nonprofit health care quality improvement and education organization serving Arkansas’ health care community and health care consumers for more than 46 years, has appointed Gloria Boone and Hannah Ray to serve...

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## [AFMC and Partners Win Federal Grant to Fight Opioid Abuse in Rural Arkansas](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/afmc-and-partners-win-federal-grant-to-fight-opioid-abuse-in-rural-arkansas)

Dec 18, 2018

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## [AFMC Launches Antibiotic Stewardship Statewide Collaborative](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/afmc-launches-antibiotic-stewardship-statewide-collaborative)

Nov 29, 2018

AFMC has launched a statewide antibiotic stewardship and infection prevention collaborative to address the increasing dangers resulting from multiple drug-resistance organisms (MDRO). The 12-month grant, funded by the...

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## [Primaris, AFMC partner to provide Security Risk Analysis services](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/primaris-afmc-partner-to-provide-security-risk-analysis-services)

Nov 29, 2018

Clients will benefit for HIPAA compliance and MIPS reporting. Primaris, a Midwest-based healthcare consulting and services firm, will join with AFMC, an Arkansas quality improvement organization, to offer security risk...

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## [AFMC and Partners Awarded Federal Grant to Train Primary Care Physicians](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/afmc-and-partners-awarded-federal-grant-to-train-primary-care-physicians)

Oct 4, 2018

AFMC has received a grant award totaling $1,902,095 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration. The five-year project, entitled “Primary Care Training and...

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## [Adverse Childhood Experiences Summit: Every Child, Every Community](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/adverse-childhood-experiences-summit-every-child-every-community)

Sep 25, 2018

Building resilience for Every Child, in Every Community is the theme for the second Arkansas Childhood Experiences and Resilience Summit, Sept. 25-26, at Camp Aldersgate, 2000 Aldersgate Road, Little Rock.

[read more](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/adverse-childhood-experiences-summit-every-child-every-community)

## [William Mason, MD and Pramod Nelluri, MD Join AFMC as Associate Medical Directors](https://blog.afmc.org/newsroom/william-mason-md-and-pramod-nelluri-md-join-afmc-as-associate-medical-directors)

May 31, 2018

LITTLE ROCK, ARK – May 31, 2018 – Dr. William L. Mason and Dr. Pramod K. Nelluri have joined the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) as associate medical directors, according to Chad Rodgers, MD, Vice President...

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