CoxHealth is a private not-for-profit healthcare system head-quartered in Springfield. It is a seven time top 100 hospital system operating six hospitals, over 80 clinics, health plans and other facilities and employing over 12,100 people in southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas. The largest of the network's hospitals, Cox South, recently underwent a large expansion on its south tower. It is a level one trauma, stroke, and STEMI Center. Cox also runs a Children's Miracle Network Hospital for specialized pediatric care. Cox has the only hospital in southwest Missouri designate a Level 1 Stroke Center.