The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center of Northwest Arkansas' obstetric ultrasound earned accreditation from the Ultrasound Practice Accreditation Council of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center of Northwest Arkansas achieved this recognition by meeting voluntary guidelines set by the diagnostic ultrasound profession. Facets of the practice assessed included the training and qualifications of physicians and sonographers, ultrasound equipment maintenance, documentation, storage and record-keeping practices, policies and procedures to protect patients and staff members, quality assurance methods and the thoroughness, technical quality and interpretation of the sonograms.
The center is home to Dr. Bernard Canzoneri, the area's only board-certified, fellowship-trained maternal-fetal medicine specialist/perinatologist. His office is at 5501 Willow Creek Drive, Suite 202 in Springdale.
Family medicine group opens Elkins site
Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas on Monday will open a family medicine clinic, FirstCare Family Doctors Elkins, at 2127 N. Center St.
Family medicine physicians from FirstCare Family Doctors South in Fayetteville will rotate at the Elkins clinic from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Dr. Steve Kempson joined the medical group July 6 and will work with Drs. Gary Thorn, Larry Tuttle, Ann-Marie Magre and Leah Layer.
The clinic is 3,000 square feet with eight exam rooms.
The medical group also is expanding FirstCare Family Doctors South at 2523 Huntsville Road in Fayetteville. The 14,000-square-foot clinic is gaining an additional 3,000 square feet that will be used for acute care exam rooms and office space. The Fayetteville clinic hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.
Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas is an independent physician group with 17 clinics and 90 providers in Northwest Arkansas.
Hospital certified on infant-sleep safety
Willow Creek Women's Hospital recently earned the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program Accreditation as a Silver Safe Sleep Leader. Willow Creek is at 4301 Great House Springs Road in Johnson and is part of the Northwest Health System, which also owns hospitals in Springdale, Bentonville and Siloam Springs.
The National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program recognizes hospitals that demonstrate a commitment to leadership for best practices and education on infant sleep safety.
Health savings accounts topic of session
DataPath Administrative Services is offering a free seminar July 21 in Bentonville on the importance of insurance "wrap documents" and how to use tax-advantaged health accounts to address rising health care costs. The free seminar runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2204 S.E. Walton Blvd. Additional topics include key features and comparisons of health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement arrangements.
DataPath Administrative Services is a third-party benefits administrator based in Little Rock and is offering the seminar for human resources staff members and senior managers of businesses that offer group health plans for their employees.
Pre-registration is requested by emailing each attendee's name and company affiliation to registration@datapathadmin.com.
WordPress' WordCamp set at UA campus
The sixth annual WordCamp Fayetteville is July 31-Aug. 2 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development on the University of Arkansas campus. Tickets are $35, which includes the full day on Saturday, the Jam Session on Sunday, and social events on Friday and Saturday.
WordCamp is a conference held at many cities across the world year-round. All are supported by the nonprofit WordPress Foundation. The program is designed for new and experienced users of WordPress, a content-management system.
Eric Huber, chief creative officer and co-founder of Blue Zoo Creative of Fayetteville, is the new lead organizer for WordCamp Fayetteville. This year's keynote speaker is Josepha Haden Chomphosy, community organizer of Automattic. Automattic operates and manages WordPress and all its properties.
Registration is limited. Tickets will not available at the door. More information is available at fayetteville.wordcamp.org/2015/.
Briefs are for businesses in Northwest Arkansas that are new, have moved or closed, opened a new branch, changed owners or have been honored by an independent organization. Email items to cswanson@nwaonline.com. Information will be published as space allows.
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