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Hospitals, Medical Industry AmongRegion’s Largest EmployersHEALTH CARELIFESTYLEKelly Cooper - Arkansas Children’s HosptialArkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock has a number of special areas of care and offers more than 80 specialty outpatient clinics.Allegiance SpecialtyHospital of Little RockAllegiance Specialty Hospital ofLittle Rock is a 40-bed Long TermAcute Care Hospital (LTACH)designed to care for medicallycomplex patients who requireacute medical care for an extendedtime, 25 days on average. Allegianceprovides individualizedand resource-intensive care andis equipped to treat a wide rangeof patients. Each patient receivesa multidisciplinary plan of careallowing them to achieve optimaloutcomes. Conditions appropriatefor an LTACH include respiratorydisorders, cardiac and multisystemfailure, ventilator dependence, renaldisease, malnutrition, rehabilitationwith complex needs, woundcare, reconstructive and extendedpost-surgical care, infectious diseaseand the medically complex.Allegiance Specialty Hospital ison the second floor of the formerSouthwest Hospital building. Allegianceis owned by AllegianceHealth Management of Shreveport,La. For more information, visitallegiancespecialtyhospitaloflr.com.Arkansas Children’sHospitalArkansas Children’s Hospital isa private, not-for-profit facility,licensed for 280 beds. The hospitalprovides health care to childrenfrom birth to age 21 and alsohouses a Level III-C neonatal intensivecare unit. Special areas ofcare include a 24-hour pediatricemergency department and ambulatorycare center, as well as thestate’s only pediatric oncology andheart transplant programs. ACHalso houses Arkansas’s only dedicatedburn center, which servesadults as well as children. In 2007,ACH opened the Pediatric Understandingand Learning ThroughSimulation Education (PULSE)Center, one of the nation’s firstpediatric simulation education programs.The experience includes lifelikecomputerized manikins anda team of standardized patients,allowing students, physicians andother medical personnel to polishtheir skills in near-reality scenariosbefore putting them to use withactual patients.The hospital’s transport systemincludes two helicopters, a fixedwingaircraft and three vans. Incooperation with the Universityof Arkansas for Medical SciencesDepartment of Pediatrics, ACHoffers more than 80 specialty outpatientclinics through its campusat 1 Children’s Way in Little Rock.ACH also operates a specialty clinicin west Little Rock.Arkansas Heart HospitalArkansas Heart Hospital is thestate’s first and only specialtyhospital dedicated solely to thediagnosis and treatment of heartdisease. Arkansas Heart Hospitalbegan its fight against heart diseaseon March 3, 1997. Because itspecializes in the nation’s numberone killer, patients receive thebenefits of advanced technologywhile benefiting from personalizedservices focused on theirindividual needs. The comfort ofpatients, their families and friends,along with their medical needs,are the most important objectives.Arkansas Heart Hospital continuesto concentrate on providingthe best patient care, creatingmore advanced treatment optionsand achieving better outcomes.Arkansas Heart Hospital is an84-bed, all private room spe-Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce 2009 Business Guide 21