Erlanger Health System has enacted a "temporary expense reduction plan" by furloughing some administrative employees, cutting leadership pay, reducing overtime, suspending vacation accruals, suspending job recruitment for administrative positions and suspending retirement contributions by the company.
Erlanger Health System is in the process of erecting additional triage tents outside its emergency rooms at Erlanger Baroness Hospital, Children's Hospital at Erlanger and Erlanger East Hospital.
Local hospitals have repeatedly declined to answer questions about their COVID-19 preparations, so the Times Free Press looked at state hospital data and research to get a glimpse of how ready they are for coronavirus.
Erlanger Health System has secured a $50 million line of credit from First Horizon Bank to help the hospital weather the COVID-19 pandemic.
Individuals who are concerned about the coronavirus can now use a simple online assessment tool developed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Microsoft to get some guidance.
Chattanooga's major hospitals will suspend elective surgeries to preserve vital health resources and save space for an anticipated surge in COVID-19 patients needing hospitalization.
Research scientists Dawn Richards and Elizabeth Forrester watched concern grow as a new coronavirus causing pneumonia-like illness emerged in China, then spread to Europe and the United States.
The Hamilton County Health Department confirmed 8 known cases of the novel coronavirus spreading across the nation and world as of Friday.
Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger has tapped former Erlanger executive Ken Conner to serve on the Erlanger Health System Board of Trustees.
While some things about the new coronavirus are known - such as the risk it poses to older adults - other things remain a mystery, including whether children who have the virus but aren't showing symptoms are helping to fuel the spread.
