Chattanooga’s Erlanger Hospital is seen in this aerial file photo.The latest U.S. News and World Report hospitals ranking released this week names Erlanger Health System as sixth in the state in their “Best Regional Hospital” rankings, which looks at a wide number of factors including patient survival rates, safety rates, nurse-to-patient ratios and a hospital’s reputation.
Ten other hospitals in Tennessee made the “best regional” list out of more than 150 hospitals in the state.
Erlanger was also recognized for seven high-performing specialties — neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, urology, diabetes and endocrinology, pulmonology, gastroenterology and nephrology.
“As the region’s only academic teaching hospital and Level One Trauma Center, we are extremely pleased to have earned this national recognition from U.S. News and World Report once again,” Erlanger interim CEO Charlesetta Woodard-Thompson said in a news release.
Memorial Health Care System and Parkridge Health System were not ranked. The U.S. News’ ranking includes points for having services such as a trauma center, NICU, doing specialty surgeries and being a teaching center which is why they do not rank, Memorial and Parkridge officials said.