Diana McDaniel named vice president of operations for Arkansas Children’s Northwest
by July 19, 2017 2:18 pm 392 views
Arkansas Children’s has named Diana McDaniel vice president of operations for Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW) in Springdale. She will be responsible for providing oversight and direction for operational, administrative and ancillary services at ACNW.
McDaniel, according to an Arkansas Children’s news release, most recently served as the executive director of Medical Administration for Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), overseeing physician workforce planning, contract administration and credentialing for more than 500 medical staff providers.
McDaniel joined ACH in 2007 when she became a volunteer in Child Life. After spending five years with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Pediatrics, she joined Medical Administration at ACH in 2011 as senior project director before becoming executive director.
“Diana has served very successfully in a number of leadership roles during her career at ACH,” Trisha Montague, senior vice president/chief administrator of ACNW, said in the release. “She understands the system, has earned the trust of our physicians and administrators and will be instrumental in helping us ensure culture connectivity between the two hospitals. Diana is an effective, high energy leader and will be an asset to ACNW and our community.”
McDaniel completed her undergraduate degree in international relations at the University of Arkansas in 2005 and went on to complete a Master of Public Administration at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2007. She became a Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives, Medical Group Management Association in 2012.
“I am excited to join Arkansas Children’s Northwest,” McDaniel said. “I grew up in a small town in northwest Arkansas where there were no pediatricians unless you drove an hour away, and pediatric specialists were more than two hours away. I know we can do better by bringing care close to home.
“I want to create connectivity between Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Arkansas Children’s Northwest to ensure we create top tier clinical services to make children better today and healthier tomorrow.”
ACNW is being built west of Interstate 49 in Springdale and is scheduled to open in January 2018.