Tennessee hospitals may soon be forced to allow visitors for coronavirus patients pending Gov. Bill Lee signing a bill passed by the Tennessee General Assembly in its recent special session.
Measures passed in Nashville late last month during a special legislative session would revoke many of Hamilton County's rights to make its own decisions about how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
The Hamilton County Health Department and other health departments across Southeastern Tennessee will offer free, drive-through flu shots on Tuesday as part of the statewide "Fight Flu Tenn." initiative.
A provision in a bill awaiting Gov. Bill Lee's signature would bar localities from implementing mask mandates unless local COVID-19 caseloads reach a level Hamilton County has only experienced twice during the pandemic - at the height of the winter and summer surges that killed more than 400 residents in the months that followed.
Sabrina Novak, who became interim administrator for the Hamilton County Health Department in September, has officially taken over as Hamilton County's top public health official, according to a Tuesday news release from the department.
Erlanger Health System's leadership team and staff will receive bonuses not to exceed a combined $4.23 million in light of what they describe as strong fiscal year performance from the hospital.
Erlanger Health System's Board of Trustees voted 6-3 Thursday to remove chief of staff and fellow trustee Dr. Chris Young from those roles over allegations that he shared unspecified confidential information and therefore violated his fiduciary duty.
With the deadline three days away, less than 1% of CHI Memorial employees have resigned so far as a result of the health system's COVID-19 vaccine requirement, officials said.
After increasing each month since May, updated state data shows the proportion of serious and fatal COVID-19 infections among vaccinated Tennesseans fell slightly in September.
Erlanger Health System managed to finish the first quarter of the new fiscal year with $8.3 million net income from operations despite treating a record 862 COVID-19 inpatients with no provider relief funds from the federal government, officials said Monday.
