Mercy Hospital Fort Smith
Visitor Information for Mercy Hospital Fort Smith
General Hospital Visiting Hours
Our open visiting policy allows visitors 24/7 access, but please be mindful of our patients who need rest.
Maternity Visiting Hours
The patient's primary support person may visit anytime. During labor, patients may have their significant other and two visitors. The two approved visitors will not be permitted to switch during labor. One approved person will be allowed to stay overnight. Other family members or friends are asked to stay in the family waiting area. All children 12 and under, including siblings, must be accompanied by an adult.
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Visiting Hours
Only two visitors will be allowed to see a patient at any given time. ICU staff may further limit visitors at their discretion.
NICU Visiting Hours
The NICU visitation is limited to the two designated individuals identified at birth.
Please review Visitor Guidelines prior to your visit.
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Fort Smith Hospital
As a 336-bed acute care hospital in Fort Smith, AR, Mercy's Fort Smith hospital has more than a 100-year history of providing care to all who need it. Today, we’re focused on building a better health care experience for you and your family. We do it with a dedicated team of health care professionals, innovative technology and new services. Our tradition of compassionate care and exceptional service remains. If and when you need us, we pray you’ll find Mercy Hospital Fort Smith to be a place of health and healing.
Nationally Recognized Care in Arkansas
Like all Mercy facilities, we care for our patients with expertise and unceasing compassion. It’s a difference you can feel. And it’s the reason Mercy Hospital Fort Smith is continually recognized for exceptional customer service. The facilities at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith include home care, hospice and palliative care services, a sleep disorder center as well as a wound care clinic with hyperbaric medicine, as well as several featured centers.
Outpatient Surgery Center
Mercy's outpatient surgery center in Fort Smith provides diagnostic and outpatient testing as well as various surgery services. Our center uses a four-arm surgical robot to assist in general surgery, gynecologic surgery and urologic surgery.
Level IIIA NICU
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith has a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to care for critically ill newborns. Our skilled staff and birthing experts are ready to meet every little one's special need.
Women's Center
A women’s center providing neonatology, OB anesthesia, digital mammography equipment and labor/delivery services. The hospital also provides a Level III neonatal intensive care unit.
Cancer Care
Our Fort Smith hospital is dedicated to providing committed and comprehensive cancer care. We offer state-of-the-art programs and services to cancer treatment in Fort Smith including the latest in radiation therapy. Mercy's Fort Smith Breast Center, also located at the hospital, is dedicated to helping women beat breast cancer.
Fort Smith Hospital Accreditations & Recognitions
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith was recognized nationally and awarded an A from The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes Mercy’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the United States. Hospitals that earn an A Hospital Safety Grade deserve to be recognized for their efforts in preventing medical harm and errors.
"Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grades recognize hospitals like Mercy that focus on advancing patient safety. This ranking provides an important resource for patients, and a benchmark for hospitals, to determine how care at one hospital compares to others in a region,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group.
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith ED and ICU Looking Forward
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith ED and ICU Groundbreaking
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Trauma Program
NICU Prematurity Awareness
