Washington Regional Medical Center
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Washington Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit health care system located in Fayetteville, Arkansas
. It includes an acute care
hospital, a rehabilitation
hospital, assisted living
and long-term care facilities, kidney dialysis
centers, an outpatient surgery center, and clinics devoted to women's health, senior health, diagnostics, memory disorders, and wound care. The first hospital was opened in 1950 and a new building was completed in 2002.
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks...
. It includes an acute care
Acute care
Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery...
hospital, a rehabilitation
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Physical medicine and rehabilitation , physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. A physician having completed training in this field is referred to as a...
hospital, assisted living
Assisted living
Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living ; coordination of services by outside health care providers; and monitoring of resident activities to help to ensure their health, safety, and well-being.Assistance may...
and long-term care facilities, kidney dialysis
Dialysis
In medicine, dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, and is primarily used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure...
centers, an outpatient surgery center, and clinics devoted to women's health, senior health, diagnostics, memory disorders, and wound care. The first hospital was opened in 1950 and a new building was completed in 2002.