Summit Medical Center

The abrupt resignation last month of the CEO of North Metro Medical Center in Jacksonville is the latest in a series of problems facing the company that manages the hospital, Allegiance Health Management Inc. of Shreveport. read more >

Sparks Health System announced Tuesday that it would change the name of Summit Medical Center to Sparks Medical Center-Van Buren. read more >

Community Health Systems Inc., which operates hospitals in Fort Smith, Bentonville, Springdale and seven other cities in Arkansas, on Monday blamed Chinese hackers for a cyberattack that accessed "non-medical" data on 4.5 million patients of its affiliated physicians. read more >

Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren have named Dan McKay as its next chief executive officer. He will assume the duties in August and become the fourth person to hold the position this year. read more >

Tim Schmidt has been appointed interim CEO of Sparks Health System and Summit Medical Center following the resignation of Charles Stewart after less than six months at the position. read more >

Larry Wilson, chairman, president and CEO of First Arkansas Bank & Trust in Jacksonville, has donated $50,000 to an endowed fund in the College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >

Gov. Mike Beebe is to be among dignitaries on hand for the opening in Fort Smith of the Arkansas Regional Service Center for hospitals run by Health Management Associates Inc. read more >

Charles Stewart will oversee the two Health Management Associates hospitals in Arkansas, Sparks Health System and Summit Medical Center. read more >

Health Management Associates names Charles Stewart as its Arkansas market CEO, overseeing Sparks Health System and Summit Medical Center. read more >

The University of Arkansas Community Design Center has received national accolades from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture for projects focused on housing design education and outreach efforts in Rwanda. read more >

Sparks Health System of Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center announces Gary Blan will be its chief executive officer. Blan replaces Melody Trimble, who was promoted in January to president of Health Management Associates’ Southern and Western Group. read more >

In a span of a little more than two decades, D. Melody Trimble worked her way up from nurse to president of Health Management Associates Inc.’s Southern & Western Group, which covers 26 hospitals in seven states. read more >