Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH)

Arkansas Children's Hospital (ach) is a not-for-profit pediatric Hospital that serves as the only quaternary health care facility for children in the state of Arkansas. Ach has the only burn center in Arkansas and provides treatment to adults as well as children. Ach is licensed for 336 operating beds, of which 166 are intensive care beds and 147 are medical/surgical beds. During the year ended june 30, 2023, ach's utilization was as follows: 15,637 admissions with an average stay of 5.79 days; 89,010 patient days; 243.9 average daily census; 263,576 outpatient visits, excluding er visits which were 67,375; and 16,115 surgeries. Continued on schedule o.in addition to providing charity care, ach is a magnet recognized facility 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 (acs); the state's only pediatric specific magnetoencephalography (meg) system for neurosurgical planning and cutting-edge research; and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Additionally, Arkansas Children's is nationally ranked by u.s. news & world report in seven pediatric subspecialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, nephrology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology.