Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
Our interactive dashboard examining the primary care physician clinical workforce in Arkansas is intended to inform policymakers, healthcare leaders, and other stakeholders about the supply, characteristics, and distribution of this key component of the state's healthcare workforce. The dashboard has been updated to include years 2019 through 2023.
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Our interactive dashboard examining the primary care physician clinical workforce in Arkansas is intended to inform policymakers, healthcare leaders, and other stakeholders about the supply, characteristics, and distribution of this key component of the state's healthcare workforce. The dashboard has been updated to include years 2019 through 2023.
Our updated explainer looks at Medicare Advantage, a program that is seeing increasing enrollment in Arkansas but is also raising questions about its impacts.
Doulas are professionals trained in childbirth who provide emotional, physical, and other supports to pregnant or recently pregnant women. This updated explainer examines their role in the birthing journey.
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Arkansas announced Wednesday it has joined states and territories across the U.S. in a landmark $17.1 billion legal settlement with Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over claims that the company endangered teens through addictive algorithms on its social media platforms.
The percentage of kindergarten students with vaccine exemptions reached an all-time high in Arkansas and across the nation in the 2025-26 school year, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The August issue of Arkansas Money & Politics magazine features an interview with ACHI President and CEO Craig Wilson about a swiftly moving trend in Arkansas’s healthcare system: the closing of labor and delivery units.
Maternal and infant mortality rates in Arkansas are among the highest in the nation, but a wide range of efforts are underway to change that. The Healthy Birthing Journey Podcast is a nine-part series in which we explore the data and issues behind maternal and infant health in Arkansas by speaking with the people working to improve outcomes for moms and babies across our state.
Each episode focuses on one of nine points on the birthing journey, from pre-pregnancy through delivery and into the postpartum period, where ACHI analysts and researchers have identified opportunities for Arkansas to make lasting improvements.
In the ninth and final episode of the Healthy Birthing Journey Podcast, we explore well-child visits and other efforts to improve infant health outcomes during the first year of life.
Podcast by ACHI
Farm Life: Mary Thompson by ACHI
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