Helena Hospital | Arkansas Rural Health Partnership
Rural Health Clinic • Helena, AR • Since 2008
About
Summary: The Arkansas Rural Health Partnership is a nonprofit organization founded in 2008 and headquartered in Lake Village, Arkansas. It focuses on improving health outcomes for rural residents and supporting rural providers through collaboration and resource leveraging. The organization employs about 11 people and operates as a collaborative network rather than a single hospital. While the site highlights its mission and rural health initiatives, it does not indicate that Helena Hospital is owned or operated by AR Rural Health Partnership. If you’re specifically looking for Helena Hospital’s relationship to the Partnership, there is no explicit connection described on the page.
Clinic Type
Rural Health Clinic
Address
1801 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Helena, AR 72342
Phone
(870) 338-5800
donor@arruralhealth.org
Opening Hours
Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- CMS Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS): 3 out of 5 stars (overall historical rating based on CMS data)
Patients praise
- Staff appreciated for their effort and positive attitude despite harsh work conditions
- Community-oriented care where staff often know their patients personally
- Specific aspects of hospital environment like quietness received high marks in past surveys
Common complaints
- Concerns regarding staff responsiveness and wait times
- Reports of unprofessional treatment or poor diagnostic experiences by some patients
- Workplace challenges for staff, including workload, nurse-to-patient ratios, and schedule instability
"The staff was great and tried to keep a positive attitude, even in the harshest of work conditions. The physicians were kind and cooperative... The hardest part of the job was the actual work load."
— TravelNurseSource.com review by a former employee"Slow getting to my husband and each part of the visit required a wait. As far as care, probably got as good of care as a [small town facility]..."
— Yelp review for Helena Regional Medical CenterSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 10, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Arkansas hospital changes owners, names for 2nd time in 2 years - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis — Jul 11, 2025
- New Helena Hospital Owner Makes Plan to Pay Off Old Bills — Oct 13, 2025
- UAMS, Helena Hospital announced co-management agreement - Talk Business & Politics — Jun 26, 2026
- UAMS, Helena Hospital to sign co-management pact expanding specialist access — Jun 25, 2026
- UAMS, Helena Hospital eye co-management agreement | KARK — Jun 25, 2026
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 10, 2026.
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