Bustling East Brainerd offers commerce and community
Commerce and community collide in East Brainerd, which lies east of Chickamauga Creek and south of Interstate 75, stretching to Standifer Gap Road.
Looking toward 2020, officials say Erlanger must lower costs to improve primary care, infrastructure
A draft of Erlanger Health System's capital budget reveals the hospital plans to focus on primary care and infrastructure improvements in fiscal year 2020, but officials will also need to lower costs to bring that plan to fruition.
Health officials say people who visited Chattanooga Mapco, Fort Payne Chick-Fil-A may have been exposed to measles
People who visited a Mapco convenience store on Browns Ferry Road in Chattanooga and a Chick-fil-A restaurant on Glenn Boulevard in Fort Payne, Alabama, on April 11 may have been exposed to measles, according to public health officials.
Chattanooga’s needle exchange program has become a ‘safe haven’ for people who inject drugs
Chattanooga's syringe exchange program started just over a year ago with the goal to prevent infectious diseases and encourage safe needle disposal, but program manager Ashley Ewald said it's become much more.
Erlanger’s contract negotiations with trustees predated state Sen. Gardenhire’s conflict-of-interest bill
Erlanger Health System executive management engaged in contract negotiations with trustees in the months before a bill that would make those actions illegal was introduced to the Tennessee General Assembly, records show.
Tennessee politicians call for nation to move on in wake of Mueller report
As much of the nation fixed on the Russia probe results, lawmakers from Tennessee responded on Thursday by asking Americans to move forward and focus on other key issues.
Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke calls for TennCare oversight after reports that 130,000 children lost coverage
Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke is calling on the state to remedy TennCare problems after reports that 130,000 low-income Tennessee children - including 5,500 in Hamilton County - lost their health insurance coverage over the past two years.
New bill targeting conflicts of interest between hospitals, governing authorities could reshuffle Erlanger board
A bill targeting conflicts of interest between Tennessee's public hospitals and their governing bodies could upend the structure of Erlanger Health System's Board of Trustees, should it become law.
New Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society chief puts priority on healthier community
From volunteering and mentoring to patient and physician advocacy, Dr. Colleen Schmitt brings her passion for serving the medical community to her new role as 2019 president of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society.
Parkridge East Hospital builds calm room free from blinking lights, chaotic noises for patients with sensory processing disorders
The time spent in a hospital emergency room can be stressful for anyone.
