By David Wise
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LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), a partnership started last year between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and 34 birthing hospitals across the state, has launched an initiative to rapidly address a congenital syphilis problem in Arkansas.
Twenty-two hospitals in Arkansas are participating in this new initiative, which started in January and will run for six months.
“Syphilis is an infection that we used to rarely see,” said William “Sam” Greenfield, M.D., MBA, a professor in the UAMS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, medical director for Family Health with ADH and medical director of ARPQC. “Unfortunately, it’s making a resurgence, not just in Arkansas, but across the United States and globally. We need to update our clinical practices to address this problem.”
UAMS-led Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Launches Congenital Syphilis Initiative