Clinic Locations Serving Rural Arkansas
UAMS Clinics throughout Arkansas bring specialized care and family medicine services closer to home for patients in rural Arkansas. Through regional campus clinics and community partnerships, patients can access expert care without traveling long distances. These clinics improve access to care, strengthen local health systems, and support healthier communities across the state.
Clinic LocationsHealthNow
HealthNow offers virtual health care through a patient’s smart phone or computer. Patients can access evaluations for COVID-19 or other symptoms, urgent care or HIV prevention and reduce unnecessary emergency visits.
Mobile Health Units
When rural communities need basic health care, UAMS mobile health units bring preventive services, health screenings and education directly to them, along with training opportunities for health professionals and students.
Provider Resources
Rural providers can tap into online medical education or train on telemedicine technology for their own practice. UAMS physicians also consult via telemedicine on high-risk obstetric cases, while other programs offer in-home support for moms and babies in select rural counties.
Find ResourcesPatientsLearn
PatientsLearn offers free patient education on a variety of health and wellness topics with online access 24/7 from any device.
PatientsLearnParents & Children Together (PACT)
Parents & Children Together (PACT) is a trauma-informed care coordination program serving children birth – 17, caregivers affected by trauma and substance use, and families who have experienced incarceration and are under community supervision. PACT assesses needs and develops a family action plan to coordinate referrals and follow up across services, including primary care, behavioral health, early childhood support, parenting and home-visiting programs, and peer support. PACT serves Benton, Madison, and Washington counties, helping to navigate systems and linking to local resources. Contact Isis Martel MartelIsisD@uams.edu
Arkansas Mission of Mercy (ARMOM)
Through the Arkansas Mission of Mercy (ARMOM), dental hygiene students provide free preventive and therapeutic dental services to underserved Arkansans, many of whom travel from rural areas with limited access to care. Volunteering alongside dentists and other oral health professionals, students help relieve dental pain and address urgent needs while advancing UAMS’s mission to improve oral health across the state.
Arkansas Mission of MercyArkansas CNECT Program
The UAMS College of Nursing’s Arkansas Coordinated Newborn Screening Expansion through Collaboration and Technology (AR CNECT) program supports the Arkansas Department of Health’s newborn screening program. It offers continuing education for providers and support for families with children born with genetic disorders. This service is especially important for rural providers who may only see these cases a few times in their careers. AR CNET has used telehealth to help more than 500 families navigate the issues of a newborn screening diagnosis.
CenteringPregnancy®
Women in rural areas of Arkansas often face long travel times, missed visits, and limited staffing for prenatal care. CenteringPregnancy® solves these challenges by combining clinical care, health education, and peer support in group prenatal visits—bringing care closer to families while improving attendance and engagement.
Proactive Postpartum Call Center
UAMS’ proactive postpartum call center reaches out to postpartum patients days after delivery to check on their physical and emotional health, answer questions, and coordinate follow-up care. Many Arkansans live far from obstetric services, so this phone-based outreach provides an important touch point that rural patients might not otherwise have. The calls support early recognition of urgent maternal warning signs and help connect families to local providers and community resources.
Mother & Infant Supply Kits
The mother & infant supply kit program provides postpartum and newborn supplies to families across Arkansas. These kits bridge gaps during the early weeks after delivery for families who live far from retail stores, pharmacies, or follow-up care.
UAMS MOTHER
The UAMS MOTHER program offers home visiting and care coordination for high-risk pregnant and postpartum patients in 19 Arkansas counties. The program extends care beyond the clinic with in-home support, health monitoring, postpartum follow-up, and coordination of medical and social services.
UAMS Interpreter Program
The interpreter program provides medical interpreters and translation services so that patients with limited English proficiency or who use sign language may navigate complex medical information, give informed consent, and participate in their treatment plans. The service is offered in-person or remotely, which is critical for rural patients who rely on digital platforms and regional sites to connect with UAMS specialists.
IDHI Stroke Program
The IDHI stroke program connects UAMS vascular neurologists with more than 60 Arkansas hospitals, many without on-site neurologists. Specialists guide local emergency teams in rapidly evaluating stroke symptoms, interpreting imaging, and deciding whether to administer thrombolytic therapy using real-time telehealth technology. The program reduces preventable stroke disability and mortality and supports cost-effective care in communities that would otherwise require long transfers for specialty care.
IDHI Brain Injury Program
The IDHI brain injury program offers free services to Arkansans living with traumatic brain injury. The program helps survivors access rehabilitation and long-term follow-up through case management, telemedicine, support groups, and online education, without having to travel to Little Rock. Real-time hospitalization alerts and coordinated care allow the team to reach patients after emergency visits, supporting early intervention and preventing avoidable complications for rural brain injury survivors.