Arkansas Children's

Health System with 2 hospitals across 1 state

Health System Overview

Health SystemArkansas Children's
Total Hospitals2
Commercial/Acute Hospitals2
Total Beds361
Commercial/Acute Beds361
HeadquartersLittle Rock, AR
Websitearchildrens.org

Hospitals by Type

Children
2 hospitals
100% of health system

Teaching Status

50%
Teaching
Teaching Hospitals: 1
Non-Teaching Hospitals: 1
Teaching hospitals serve as educational institutions for medical professionals while providing patient care.

Hospital Locations

Hospitals in this Health System

HospitalTypeBedsTeachingRecently Joined
Arkansas Children's HospitalChildren336YesNo
Arkansas Children's NorthwestChildren 25NoNo

Recent News

2025-05-15
A group of first graders at the Agape Academy in Little Rock decided to donate their profits from slime sales to the Arkansas Children's Hospital [25].
2025-05-14
A group of first graders at the Agape Academy in Little Rock decided to donate their profits from slime sales to Arkansas Children's Hospital [6]. This act of kindness highlights the students' initiative and community spirit, as they chose to support the hospital through their entrepreneurial efforts [6]. The donation will contribute to the hospital's mission of providing quality healthcare to children in Arkansas and beyond [3].
2025-04-25
Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock is in the midst of a multi-year, $318 million expansion project. The newest phase involves the construction of a standalone outpatient care facility featuring a new outpatient surgery center, scheduled for completion by summer 2026 [10]. The expansion will include a new lobby, an orthopedics center with 10 exam rooms equipped with radiology equipment, and a sports medicine center with a basketball court, turf, and track. A park will replace a former parking lot [10]. The second floor will house a research area [10]. Arkansas Children's leaders estimate that within two years of opening the full expansion, the system's number of expert providers will grow by around 150 people and the full staff will grow by 500 [10]. Last year, Children's helped about 180,000 patients [10].
2025-04-25
Arkansas Children's Northwest is undergoing a 72,000-square-foot expansion, which began in 2024, to increase surgical space, operating rooms, procedure rooms, hospital beds, and clinic space [14]. The expansion aims to provide faster, broader care, with the number of providers expected to grow by as much as 70 percent within two years of opening the full expansion [14]. The hospital system will hire more than 500 new roles between the two hospitals [14]. The expansion will also allow for the growth of outpatient specialties such as neurology, cardiology and pulmonary in the Children's Center for Health and Wellness [14]. Since opening in 2018, Arkansas Children's Northwest has hosted more than 570,000 patient visits [14].
2025-04-16
Arkansas Children's Hospital stated that DJC is not expected to walk, talk, or have meaningful interactions and is on constant sedation and pain-relieving medications [4]. The hospital's relationship with the child's parents has been strained, leading to a lawsuit filed by the hospital in August 2024 seeking a restraining order [4]. The lawsuit claimed that the mother, Paulina Casillas, allegedly attacked an employee, and both parents made repeated threats toward hospital staff [4]. The hospital sought the restraining order to protect its employees' safety and well-being [4].

Executive Leadership

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