Healthcare: Leading the Way in Access, Innovation

Northwest Arkansas boasts a strong, nationally recognized healthcare system serving a diverse and ever-growing region. A leader in innovation, access and quality care, Northwest Arkansas also has a rapidly expanding specialty care sector including cardiologists, neurologists and endocrinologists.

Northwest Arkansas is home to three major healthcare systems: Northwest Health, Mercy and Washington Regional. Each hospital system offers service options for the community by doctors, specialists and other healthcare professionals who take pride in providing comprehensive and accessible care.

Northwest Health Northwest Health is one of the largest health systems in the region. With a combined active medical staff of more than 750 providers and 2,400 employees, it includes Northwest Medical Center Bentonville, Northwest Medical Center Springdale, Willow Creek Women’s Hospital, Northwest Health Physicians’ Specialty Hospital, Siloam Springs Regional Hospital, Northwest Health Emergency Department Fayetteville and Northwest Health Emergency Department Bentonville.

The mission of Northwest Health is to provide extraordinary health care service and enrich the lives of the communities it serves. In 2021, Northwest Health was awarded the highest level Governor’s Award for Performance Excellence, which focuses on quality improvement, and has historically been awarded to only 27 Arkansas organizations.

Northwest Medical Center – Bentonville is a 128-bed facility offering comprehensive cardiac care, a dedicated orthopedic unit, inpatient and outpatient surgery, a critical care unit, outpatient diagnostic services, labor and delivery and emergency medicine.

Northwest Medical Center – Springdale is a 222-bed facility offering inpatient and outpatient surgery, emergency medicine, cardiac care, medical and surgical intensive care units, outpatient diagnostics, bariatric surgery, behavioral health and inpatient rehabilitation.

Northwest Medical Center – Willow Creek Women’s Hospital is a 64-bed center that is the only dedicated women’s hospital in the region with an OB/GYN emergency department, Level IIIA Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist for high-risk pregnancies. Services offered include obstetrics, gynecology, breast surgery, general surgery, plastic surgery and imaging services.

Northwest Health Physicians’ Specialty Hospital is a 20-bed facility with five operating rooms and one special procedure room. Surgical specialty areas include advanced spine surgery, bariatric surgery, interventional pain management, minimally invasive general surgery, orthopedic and sports medicine, plastic and reconstructive surgery, podiatry and urology.

Mercy Northwest Arkansas is the only hospital in the state of Arkansas to receive the highest ratings from both organizations.

A non-profit, faith-based health system, Mercy Northwest Arkansas offers more than 250 primary care and specialty physicians and advanced practice providers in 60 practices. It also includes the 245-bed Mercy Hospital in Rogers. In Bentonville, Mercy offers six clinic locations and a Mercy GoHealth Urgent Care location.

Mercy – Bella Vista houses a primary care clinic, specialist clinics, a Quest Diagnostics walk-in lab and an emergency department. Located at One Mercy Way, the nine-bed ER features lab, X-ray and CT services and a helicopter landing location.

Mercy Primary Care Clinic – Pea Ridge is staffed with a physician and three advanced nurse practice registered nurses.

Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Centerton also offers cardiology and rotating specialties.

Siloam Springs Regional Hospital is a 73-bed facility offering inpatient and outpatient surgery, emergency medicine, medical and surgical intensive care units, obstetrics, outpatient diagnostic services and rehabilitation. For more information, visit NorthwestHealth.com.

Mercy

Mercy, one of the 25 largest U.S. health systems, serves millions annually with nationally recognized quality care. Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas has consistently earned ‘A' ratings from The Leapfrog Group for patient safety and earning the highest possible 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Mercy Northwest Arkansas completed a $277 million expansion in 2019, which added a seven-story, 279,000-square-foot tower to the Rogers hospital, plus a large multispecialty facility in Springdale. For more information, visit mercy.net.

Washington Regional

Washington Regional Medical System is a non-for-profit, community owned, locally governed healthcare system based in Fayetteville that employs more than 3,500 people. The system consists of a 425-bed medical center, more than 50 clinic locations and is the region’s only Level II trauma center. Washington Regional’s mission is to improve the health of people in the communities it serves through compassionate, high-quality care, prevention and wellness education.

Washington Regional offers Centers of Excellence in several specialties, including neurosciences, cardiovascular care, women and infants’ care, joint replacement and senior care, so patients can receive worldclass health care without leaving home.

the needs of Northwest Arkansas’ growing families with 17 labor and delivery rooms, 28 private mother-baby rooms, the region’s largest NICU, an infant nutrition lab, Northwest Arkansas’ only Ronald McDonald House and two of the region’s leading women’s health clinics – HerHealth Clinic and Parkhill Clinic for Women.

Washington Regional’s Total Joint Center, which is certified by The Joint Commission, focuses exclusively on the education, recovery and rehabilitation of patients undergoing joint replacement. The Total Joint Center provides a dedicated 18bed unit, and patients attend Joint Camp before their procedure to learn how to have the best results from their surgery. In 2020, Washington Regional was the first health system in Northwest Arkansas to offer the ROSA Knee System, a roboticallyassisted surgical system that allows surgeons to tailor a patient’s joint replacement to their unique anatomy, leading to better outcomes.

Springdale near Interstate 49, the center has the region’s only pediatric emergency room (open 24/7), a Level IV Pediatric Trauma Center, a campus with nature trails and gardens for patients and their families and a helipad station for the Angel One Transport team. For more information, visit archildrens.org.

With clinics in both Benton and Washington counties, Highlands Oncology Group (HOG) is waging a direct, powerful and full range offensive against cancer and blood diseases. HOG has made it its mission to provide world-class comprehensive cancer care using the latest, most advanced technologies and research available combined with care through love, joy, compassion and respect. For more information, visit highlandsoncologygroup.com.

For mental health care, Ozark Guidance is leading the charge as a private, accredited, non-profit community mental health center. Ozark Guidance has helped tens of thousands of children, adults and families in Washington, Benton, Madison and Carroll counties since 1970 by providing high quality, affordable mental health care. For more information, visit ozarkguidance.org.

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Neuroscience Institute provides advanced care for the brain and spine with experts in stroke, neurology, neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, conservative spine care and interventional pain management. Washington Regional’s Stroke Program offers 24/7 in-person care by stroke specialists and the region’s only 20-bed Neurosurgical ICU. This program is the first hospital in Northwest Arkansas and one of only two hospitals in the state to earn certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. The Washington Regional Spine Program is also certified by The Joint Commission and provides a multi-disciplinary approach with an emphasis on conservative spine care.

The Walker Heart Institute at Washington Regional provides the most comprehensive cardiovascular care in Northwest Arkansas, having the region’s largest team of interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists and cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons, as well as a 76-bed cardiology unit and a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program. Walker Heart Institute offers the latest in technology and treatment options, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and WATCHMAN.

The Women and Infants’ Center at Washington Regional is designed to meet

Dedicated to the wellbeing of older adults, the Washington Regional Pat Walker Center for Seniors helps patients and their families navigate the changing physical and cognitive needs that can come with age. The Senior Health Clinic provides a multi-disciplinary team approach and offers geriatric primary care, management of chronic conditions and evaluation of acute illnesses, while the Movement Disorders and Memory Disorders clinics offer state-of-the art treatment for conditions including Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

Washington Regional is regularly recognized for quality, being named the #1 hospital in Arkansas for two consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report. For more information, visit wregional.com

Specialized Care

With a vast and growing array of specialty healthcare options covering many needs, the Northwest Arkansas region also offers a variety of community and privately owned clinics, practices, centers and institutes. Here are just a few:

Arkansas Children’s Northwest is the region’s only children's hospital, providing emergency, inpatient and diagnostic care to more than 200,000 children a year. Located in

Circle of Life, the area’s largest non-profit provider of end-of-life care including hospice and palliative care, treats those with lifethreatening or life-limiting terminal illness –focusing on quality of life, comfort and dignity for the patient and family. Circle of Life, which operates its Hospice Home at Legacy Village in Bentonville, also provides grief care and education to more than 4,000 families and members of the community annually. For more information, visit nwacircleoflife.com

Whole Health

Philanthropist Alice Walton is dedicated to bridging the gaps of health care and transforming how health care is delivered and taught, starting in Northwest Arkansas. In 2019, she founded Whole Health Institute, which is dedicated to improving outcomes and lowering costs with a focus on a whole health delivery and a payment model that incentivizes mental, physical, social, and emotional health. In 2021, she founded Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, a four-year, medical degree granting school with a curriculum that combines conventional medicine with whole health practices, to open in 2025 pending accreditation. Together, these initiatives will make the region a health care destination and model for the rest of the state and country. For more information, visit wholehealth.org and alwmedschool.org

For a more comprehensive listing of healthcare services and providers, see the Consumer Guide on pages 53-62, or the Greater Bentonville Area Chamber’s membership directory at greaterbentonville.com

Mission

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KNOWLEDGE

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Virtue

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Liberty

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