Erlanger Health System is still accepting patients via air medical transport as its Life Force helicopters remain grounded following a nonfatal crash Thursday evening in Macon County, North Carolina.
Doug Frizzell can't remember what "normal" feels like anymore.
Officials overseeing Erlanger Health System's transition to a private nonprofit organization have named their nominees for the three-person committee tasked with ensuring hospital leaders uphold their commitments once Erlanger is no longer a government entity.
Erlanger Health System has seen a significant decrease in nurses calling in sick since increasing pay by around 10% for Erlanger's roughly 1,500 hospital-based registered nurses and more than 300 on-call nurses effective Feb. 5.
Roughly 45% of Tennessee hospitals are at risk of closing following one of the worst financial years in recent history, according to a report commissioned by the Tennessee Hospital Association.
A new health equity report from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee details how race and social factors impact six areas of health ranging from maternal health and cancer to mental health and COVID-19.
CHI Memorial surgeons successfully removed a rare 34-pound tumor measuring 29 inches long from a man who said he's feeling much better now without the mass, which had grown undetected within his abdomen for what was likely several years.
Gov. Bill Lee's proposed budget includes funds to expand TennCare coverage to roughly 25,000 children and parents, a move celebrated by those who support Tennessee's decision to forgo traditional Medicaid expansion in favor of a waiver that gives the state more flexibility.
Officials from Chattanooga's rape crisis center are calling for more education and awareness amid an increase in teenage sexual assault victims seeking forensic exams through the center.
National emergency declarations related to the pandemic are set to end May 11, meaning many patients in the Chattanooga region will likely have to start paying more for COVID-19 tests, treatments -- and in some cases -- vaccinations.
