NWA YP Summit is Aug. 9
NWA YP Summit returns for its fourth year on Aug. 9 at The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.
This year's keynote speakers include Joe Randall, arts and culture senior manager from the Walton Family Foundation, and Helena Gadison, vice president of sales and merchandising for International Intimates Inc.
The theme for this year's summit is "Influence." Northwest Arkansas Emerging Leaders and Rotary Clubs of NWA have partnered to create this leadership summit for young professionals.
Sponsorship opportunities and group rates are available. Email Ross Phillips at ross@rogerslowell.com or Todd Jenkins at bowtietoddspeaks@gmail.com.
Go to www.nwaypsummit.com for tickets and additional information.
Springdale dispatch honored
The city of Springdale Communications Center attained International Academies of Emergency Dispatch status as an Accredited Center of Excellence for its use of the medical priority dispatch system.
To achieve accreditation, agencies must meet or exceed the center's 20 points of accreditation, which requires participation from the department chief down to the individual emergency dispatcher.
Springdale Communications Center is one of three emergency dispatch centers in Arkansas to attain medical accreditation. More than 250 centers throughout the world have the accredited center of excellence distinction among the 3,500 centers worldwide using the fire, police, medical and nurse triage protocols
Mercy opens Booneville sleep center
Mercy relocated a sleep lab to Booneville from Waldron to conduct studies for patients with a variety of sleep-related disorders.
Mercy sleep centers help people with disorders such as insomnia, restless leg syndrome and sleep apnea, which is characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep. The centers are staffed by seven registered polysomnographic technologists, four of whom also are certified respiratory therapists.
The Booneville center provides studies Monday through Thursday nights weekly, with plans to add Fridays.
Mercy Sleep Centers last year received a three-year national accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care.
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