Northwest Health Physicians' Specialty Hospital
A 20-bed facility with five operating rooms and a special procedure room, the hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospital Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards.
The staff has earned national recognition for its care. Most recently, the hospital was honored by The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) which named PSH to its Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL) 2019 Honor Roll. The hospital was recognized for improving outcomes for sepsis patients as well as for reducing opioid harm through safer prescribing and the implementation of evidence-based interventions. Only 19% of the nation’s participating hospitals earned recognition.
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In 2021, the Arkansas Institute for Performance Excellence awarded Northwest Health the highest-level, Governor’s Award for Performance Excellence. An award focused on continuous quality improvement and not presented every year, only 27 Arkansas organizations have received the highest-level award.
The staff has also earned the TMF Hospital Quality Improvement Silver Award from TMF® Health Quality Institute, honoring hospitals that have undertaken quality initiatives to improve outcomes in patient care and improve their performance on specific national quality measures.
PSH has also earned significant national recognition for bariatric surgery. To see a recent listing of the numerous awards and accreditations the staff has earned, visit the Awards and Accreditations page.
The hospital’s surgical specialty areas include the following:
Founded by ten physicians in 2009, Physicians' Specialty Hospital became part of Northwest Health - the largest health system in northwest Arkansas - in 2016.
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