Staff List
Elizabeth Fite (Reporter) |
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| Phone: | 423.757.6673 |
| E-mail: | efite@timesfreepress.com |
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Bio:
Elizabeth Fite covers health care for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. She joined the paper in 2017 after graduating from the University of Georgia's health and medical journalism master's program. She has written for WebMD, Georgia Health News and UGA's Office of Research, where she covered public health, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, infectious diseases and other sciences.
She was the recipient of the 2017 Atlanta Press Club Award of Excellence for investigative reporting.
Previously, she interned at the Aiken Standard in South Carolina and graduated from Auburn University.
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Controversial legislation could dramatically transform health care in Georgia
Some Georgia lawmakers have reignited a heated debate over health care regulations with an 83-page bill that could dramatically reshape...
Tennessee lawmakers eye their own certificate-of-need changes
Search the term "certificate of need" on the Tennessee General Assembly website, and 15 various House and Senate bills pop...
Erlanger, radiology group resolve contract dispute after agreement changes
A contentious contract standoff between Erlanger Health System and a radiology group was resolved Friday after both sides agreed to...
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Hospitals must provide price lists, but even they don't tell the whole story
A new mandate that requires hospitals to list their prices online was supposed to clear up some of the confusion...
Erlanger and radiology company reach agreement after physician backlash, contract hearing
Tennessee Interventional and Imaging Associates will remain Erlanger Health System's radiology service provider after the two reached an agreement late...
Health officials warn patrons of Dalton restaurant about possible hepatitis A exposure
Anyone who ate at the Crescent City Tavern in Dalton, Georgia, last month should be on alert for symptoms associated...
Documents show Erlanger's physician contract flap breeding culture of distrust, threatening hospital's flagship stroke program
Erlanger Health System administration's pattern of disrupting physician contracts is threatening the hospital's flagship stroke program and breeding a culture...
New faith-based health council in Chattanooga tackles health disparities
Despite living in the area of nearly 1,700 nonprofits, three hospitals and countless medical providers, minorities in Hamilton County experience...
Erlanger OK's $9.5 million sterilization contract
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Erlanger Health System bounces back in second quarter
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Chattanooga area residents give back to their community through MLK day of service [photos]
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General surgeon Walter Rose never imagined a future when robots would help perform surgery when he graduated from McCallie School...
Tennessee hit hard by hepatitis C mostly because of opioid epidemic, according to report
Tennessee is one of the states hardest hit by hepatitis C, and the opioid epidemic is largely to blame, according...
CHI Memorial to offer hernia screenings, treatment information on Wednesday
Anyone can develop a hernia — a bulge or weakness usually from a muscle defect — and if left unrepaired...
Smoking burns your wallet, along with your lungs
Smoking kills nearly half a million people in the United States each year, but the deadly habit damages Americans' wallets,...
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Health Council wants tobacco prevention funds reinstated
Regional health council members say Hamilton County's anti-smoking progress is in jeopardy if state leaders keep their plan not to...
Early postpartum opioid use linked to persistent problems, study says
Regardless of their delivery method, women prescribed opioid pain medications soon after childbirth had a higher risk of developing chronic...
New name, more services for HIV-focused nonprofit in Chattanooga
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Tennessee still ranks in the bottom 10 in national health ranking, despite improving obesity rate
Tennessee's ranking for overall health got a boost - thanks in part to an improved obesity rate - up three...
