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About CHI St. Vincent

CHI St. Vincent is a faith-based health care organization committed to improving lives in communities across central and southwest Arkansas.

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A ministry of healing

CHI St. Vincent, founded in 1888, is the largest integrated and community-based physician organization in Arkansas. We serve communities from all 75 counties in Arkansas, offering a full range of services, from preventive and primary care to advanced treatments for cancer, heart and more. With 4,300 employees and more than 300 affiliated physicians, we draw on a legacy of excellence and innovation to support your health needs.

Our history

1888

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and Sisters of Mercy

In 1888, Mother General Cleophas and five Sisters of Charity opened the 10-bed Charity Hospital in Little Rock, funded by Alexander and Mary Hager after the city was spared from a yellow fever epidemic.
That same year, Sisters of Mercy transformed the former Adams Hotel in Hot Springs into St. Joseph’s Infirmary, a 30-bed hospital with a modern operating room and spring-fed baths, funded by Father Patrick McGowan.

1999

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

CHI St. Vincent North in Sherwood, Arkansas opened in October 1999. It was built to serve patients who had to travel to Little Rock for care. In 2017, we announced plans to move the Arkansas Neurosciences Institute from Little Rock to the North campus. 

1925-1929

Benedictine Sisters

In 1925, the Benedictine Sisters at St. Scholastica Monastery in Ft. Smith established St. Anthony’s Hospital in Morrilton as a fourteen-bed facility that served the health care needs in Conway County. In 1994. St. Anthony’s became a part of CHI St. Vincent and the hospital’s name was changed to CHI St. Vincent Morrilton.

2019

CommonSpirit Health

CommonSpirit Health was created in February 2019 by aligning Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. CommonSpirit is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S., with more than 1,000 care sites in 21 states coast to coast. It serves 20 million patients in big cities and small towns across America.

Building stronger communities together