Almost two years after unveiling its urgent health care app, Baxter Regional Medical Center announced it will be discontinued. The Baxter Regional CARE App, available on iOS and Android phones and tablets, will no longer be accessible as of Thursday, but alternative telehealth options will remain available through clinics and their providers.
According to the hospital, the decision to discontinue the app comes as telehealth visits began rising due to COVID-19, and usage of the urgent care app declined. Several local providers are reportedly offering the ability to schedule telehealth visits through their individual clinics and practices, and this model is a more efficient way for Baxter Regional to offer telehealth services to better serve the community.
Photo: Randall E. King
The biological father of a 5-month-old baby suspected of being a victim of child abuse appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court earlier this month.
Thirty-six-year-old Randall E. King of rural Mountain Home entered a no contest plea to charges of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree.
He was placed on four years probation.
The mother of the child, 35-year-old Desiree Marie Daniels, is due to appear in circuit court on Jan. 14.
The two children in the family, the victim and his older sister, were in foster care as late as last month. The Office of Child Support Enforcement has brought suit against Daniels seeking support for the children.
Baxter Regional Medical Center is reporting several doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, as Arkansas’ hospitalizations hit a new daily record Tuesday. Baxter Regional posted on its Instagram it provided 1,176 doses in five days with none wasted.
During his weekly update on Tuesday, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said 1,103 coronavirus patients were hospitalized in the state. There were 1,941 new cases reported Tuesday, bringing the total to 205,048, with 21,979 of those cases active. Forty-three additional deaths were reported, bringing the toll to 3,338. In addition, 173 patients are on ventilators.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Baxter County is 1,870, and 213 of those are active. The death count in Baxter County is currently at 48.
Photo: Anthony Wayne Thurman
An argument between boyfriend and girlfriend turned violent on Dec. 1 when the man fired at the woman with a shotgun.
Thirty-five-year-old Anthony Wayne Thurman appeared during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday and entered a not guilty plea to the charges against him stemming from the incident.
He also asked Circuit Judge John Putman to lift the no contact order put in place after the incident to keep the couple apart. The judge denied the request.
Thurman is charged with first-degree domestic battery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. During the investigation, it was determined Thurman had a felony conviction on his record from Missouri.
Photo: Anthony Wayne Thurman
An argument between boyfriend and girlfriend turned violent on Dec. 1 when the man fired at the woman with a shotgun.
Thirty-five-year-old Anthony Wayne Thurman appeared during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday and entered a not guilty plea to the charges against him stemming from the incident.
He also asked Circuit Judge John Putman to lift the no contact order put in place after the incident to keep the couple apart. The judge denied the request.
Thurman is charged with first-degree domestic battery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. During the investigation, it was determined Thurman had a felony conviction on his record from Missouri.