Health Care

IMAGINE the future of Healthcare - click on the link below for the full story on UAMS-Northwest plans for the future:

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has established UAMS-Northwest, a satellite campus in Northwest Arkansas, in the former Washington Regional Hospital facility at College & North Streets, to expand the University's capability to train physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health care professionals. The space will be renovated to create lecture halls, conference rooms and laboratories for instructional purposes. Beginning in the 2009-2010 academic year, the UAMS-Northwest campus will provide classroom and laboratory facilities for students, resident physicians and faculty.

UAMS-Northwest has tremendous potential for boosting economic development in the northwest portion of the state, thereby having an overall positive economic effect on Arkansas. "For every dollar spent by a medical school or teaching hospital, an additional $1.30 is indirectly generated for a total impact of $2.30." (Association of American Medical Colleges - 2004)

Washington Regional Medical Center

Mercy Health Systems of Northwest Arkansas

Northwest Health System - Springdale/Rogers

Additional Area Healthcare Facilities

The VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER (VA) is also located in Fayetteville offering a complete care facility for the military. The VA has completely renovating the old Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville to become a new nursing home facility for Arkansas veterans.

SPRINGWOODS BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL - Construction is in progress for this new 80 bed private mental health facilty near Interstate 540 and Highway 112 behind the Sam's Club. Plans are to open in Summer, 2009