Arkansas Rural Health Partnership - Healthcare Resources for Rural Arkansas

About Us

The Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP) is a public nonprofit comprised of 14 rural hospital and 2 FQHC members spanning south Arkansas. Together it continues to expand, nurture and provide programs throughout the Partnership’s individual communities and the south Arkansas Delta region.

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Simply because of where they live, rural Americans often lack access to critical healthcare services. The Arkansas Rural Health Partnership is a leader in facilitating healthcare delivery to vulnerable populations in Arkansas by providing needed services that address their unique challenges. I applaud their tireless work to ensure the highest possible quality of life for Arkansans.

- Congressman Rick Crawford, AR-01

UAMS has had a long-standing and deep relationship with the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership. We consider this to be a strategic partnership joined by a passionate, shared commitment to common goals and a focus on how the university can support the training, education and clinical initiatives in the Delta region of Arkansas. I congratulate the alliance’s leadership for its achievements and look forward to supporting their efforts as we continue working to improve healthcare in the Delta.

- UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA

ARHP is using innovation to make healthcare more accessible, support rural providers, and address critical health needs in rural communities.

- Arkansas Lt. Governor Tim Griffin

Our Mission

To create and implement sustainable community solutions to improve the healthcare infrastructure and strengthen healthcare delivery in rural Arkansas.

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Rural areas cover 97 percent of the nation’s land area but contain 19.3 percent of the population (about 60 million people).

U.S. Census Data

In an emergency situation, fast, reliable health services are a matter of life and death. Yet for many Arkansans, medical providers are often miles away. Improving rural health care access is one of my top priorities, which is why I included a variety of innovative approaches in the Fair Care Act.
We should be supporting rural health clinics and give them the tools needed – from telehealth options to fair Medicare reimbursement rates – to provide rural residents with a high quality of care. I applaud ARHP for their continued work on this issue, and hope to collaborate with them on even more solutions.

- U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)