Lawrence Healthcare announced the selection of Anthony Knighton to serve as the system’s new president following a comprehensive search and review process.

Experience and Background

Knighton joins Lawrence, bringing more than 25 years working in healthcare, and most recently, in rehabilitation management. Since late 2020, he has served as Director of Rehabilitation for The Blossoms at Oakdale Rehab & Nursing Center in Judsonia.

Knighton expressed an eagerness to further rural healthcare efforts in northeast Arkansas. “Local hospitals and long-term care facilities not only provide our communities with essential care services, they keep families together throughout the healing process,” Knighton said.

Lawrence Healthcare and Community

Lawrence Healthcare is the largest employer in Lawrence County, providing jobs to about 300 healthcare workers through a mission “to provide compassionate, quality healthcare to the communities we serve.” The system’s flagship facility, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, serves as a 25-bed, critical access hospital, complete with a full-service laboratory, radiology department, 24-hour emergency department and a Swing Bed program.

Lawrence Hall Health & Rehabilitation, conveniently attached to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, offers 110 beds for individuals needing skilled nursing or long-term care. The facility attends to residents’ communal, recreational and spiritual needs while providing in-house dialysis, memory care and wound healing services as well as physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapy.

Original reporting: NEA Report (Jonesboro) — read the source article.