ATLANTA - About 200 people who recently returned from China are self-monitoring for symptoms of the novel coronavirus under the supervision of the Georgia Department of Public Health, according to a news release from the department.
Updated hospital quality ratings released by the federal government last month despite backlash from hospital advocates allow patients to compare health systems based on certain quality metrics, including mortality, safety, efficiency and patient experience.
Tennessee health officials confirmed that the state has zero cases of the novel coronavirus as the total cases in the United States rose to 12 on Wednesday.
Slowing revenue growth, loss of some doctors and "expense challenges" prompted a major bond rating service to downgrade its assessment of Erlanger Health System's fiscal health this week.
Three out of four drug-related deaths in Hamilton County last year involved methamphetamine or fentanyl - a powerful synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine - according to provisional data from the county medical examiner.
The opioid epidemic was in its infancy when Scott Elam, the risk manager and director of training for Wright Brothers Construction Company, first learned five years ago that his company needed to change its approach to addiction.
Cempa Community Care is now designated as a community health center by the federal government, enabling the nonprofit to expand its income-based primary care services to cover anyone - not just patients with infectious diseases.
As concern among world health officials over a new coronavirus mounted Wednesday, local health officials are reminding Southeast Tennessee residents that their risk of contracting the potentially dangerous disease is low.
Telemedicine, also called telehealth, provides long-distance clinical health care using electronic information and telecommunication technologies.
Influenza is to blame for at least two child deaths in Hamilton County so far this flu season, according to data from the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department.
