Baptist Health - Western Region

Baptist Health of Arkansas: Dedicated to Wellness, Driven by Purpose

Today, Baptist Health is Arkansas’ most comprehensive healthcare organization with more than 250 points of access that include 11 hospitals, urgent care centers, a senior living community, and over 100 primary and specialty care clinics in Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. The system additionally offers a college with studies in nursing and allied health, a graduate residency program, and access to virtual care through a mobile app. Baptist Health, as the largest not-for-profit health care organization based in Arkansas, provides care to patients wherever they are through the support of approximately 11,000 employees, groundbreaking treatments, renowned physicians, and community outreach programs.  By meeting you where you live wherever you are on your wellness journey, Baptist Health helps you live your healthiest, happiest life.

About Fort Smith

Baptist Health-Fort Smith is the oldest hospital in Arkansas, having originally been built in 1887. Since then, the Fort Smith hospital has expanded at its current location on Towson Avenue. Baptist Health-Fort Smith, which serves residents of the River Valley, joined Baptist Health in November 2018 and has 492 licensed beds. The nationally recognized, faith-based hospital is just south of downtown Fort Smith.

Baptist Health-Fort Smith’s Emergency Department is a Level III trauma center, which means it has demonstrated the ability to provide advanced trauma life support (ATLS) prior to the transfer of patients to a higher-level trauma center.

As new treatments and technologies developed, Baptist Health remained committed to providing cutting-edge care, including:

• The first “blue baby” heart surgery in the state
• The first psychiatric unit in a private Arkansas hospital
• The state’s first cobalt therapy unit in a private hospital
• The state’s first open-heart surgery done in a private hospital
• The first heart transplant surgery in Arkansas
• The first hospital in Arkansas to perform single site robotic surgery