What Happened?

Little Rock, AR-based Arkansas Children's Hospital has Promoted Darrell A. Leonhardt as Chief Information Officer
 

About the Company

Arkansas Children`s, Inc. is the only healthcare system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas` 710,000 children, giving the organization a unique ability to shape the landscape of pediatric care in Arkansas and transform the health of children throughout the region. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute, and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs. Arkansas Children`s Hospital (ACH) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state`s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state`s only burn center; the state`s only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state`s only pediatric intensive care unit; the state`s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons; and the state`s only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Additionally, ACH is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in four pediatric subspecialties (2020-2021): Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Urology. Arkansas Children`s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the Northwest Arkansas region, opened in Springdale in early 2018. ACNW operates a 24-bed inpatient unit, a surgical unit with five operating rooms, outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties, diagnostic services, imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and Northwest Arkansas` only pediatric emergency department, equipped with 30 exam rooms. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children`s since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can fulfill its promise to the state: Unprecedented child health. Defined and delivered.

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