Baxter Regional Medical Center is big city healthcare with a hometown touch. The Twin Lakes Area has one of the most impressive health care systems in the nation. From open heart surgery and cancer care to partial knee replacements and physical rehabilitation, Baxter Regional is state-of-the-art healthcare, close to home. BRMC specializes in six centers of excellence: cancer, cardiac, digestive diseases, surgery, vascular and women's health
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BRMC opened as Baxter General Hospital in 1963 as an acute care hospital with 39 beds and four physicians on staff. Today, the facility is a 268 all-private bed tertiary care facility with more than 100 physicians on staff. BRMC is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation organized under the laws of Arkansas. An uncompensated Board of Directors governs our organization.

The hospital encompasses 500,000 square feet of space and is the largest employer in Baxter County, employing more than 1,300 individuals and over 500 volunteers in our Auxiliary. We serve patients from a two-state, 14-county area. Subsidiaries and clinics of Baxter Regional include Hospice of the Ozarks; Imaging Center; Baxter Regional Ahrens Clinic; Baxter Regional Rheumatology Clinic; Baxter Regional Pulmonology Clinic; Baxter Regional Orthopaedic Clinic; Baxter Regional Urology Clinic and Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation, Inc.

Also unique to our medical center is our Hensley Behavioral Health Unit dedicated to inpatient psychiatric care for patients 55 and older, an outpatient counseling center for individuals and families, free valet
parking, a guest house and community outreach programs including a mobile mammography unit, the Peitz Cancer Support House, Reppell Diabetes Learning Center, Center on Aging and the Women's Health Education Center.

BRMC gives back to the Twin Lakes Area through supporting area Chambers of Commerce, economic development, school academic and athletic programs, an ambulance service and free services such as health fairs and screenings.

When you walk through the doors of BRMC, you will sense that there’s something different about our hospital. The employees, volunteers and medical staff at BRMC believe that patient satisfaction begins in our lobbies and continues into the patients home with follow-up phone calls and cards after their stay.

For more information on other hospital services including the Hensley Behavioral Health Center, our Mobile Mammography Unit, Home Health, Hospice and the Hospital Development Foundation, call Baxter Regional Medical Center at (870) 508-1000 or visit our Web site at www.baxterregional.org.