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Erlanger Health System

Chattanooga, TN37403
GovernmentUrbanAcute Care HospitalsCCN 440104

Erlanger, named among "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report, is a non-profit, academic teaching center affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine – Chattanooga. Erlanger is also a Level-One Trauma Center for adults and the only provider of tertiary care services for the citizens of an entire four-state region, encompassing southeast Tennessee, north Georgia, north Alabama and western North Carolina. With a history that dates back more than a century, Erlanger is recognized as one of the nation's finest public hospitals and a leader in healthcare. The Erlanger hospital system includes Children's Hospital at Erlanger (CHE), the only academic medical center in the tri-state region devoted solely to children and is a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center (CRPC)— the highest designation in the state for pediatrics. CHE has a full range of pediatric subspecialists, as well as a pediatrics ER, ICU, and Level III neonatal intensive care unit, providing the highest level of care in the region for premature and sick infants. Each year, more than one million people are treated by the team of healthcare professionals who are part of Erlanger.

Quality ratings

Star Rating
3 / 5
Overall rating
Safety Grade
C
Hospital safety
Patient Experience
Patient satisfaction
Beds
670
Inpatient capacity
24/7 EmergencyBirthing-Friendly

Annual volume

Admissions
33,887
Per year
ED visits
118,797
Per year
Daily census
482
Average
FT personnel
4,875
Staff count

Surgical volume

Inpatient surgeries
16,599
Per year
Outpatient surgeries
39,669
Per year

Services on site

MRI

Industry payments (2024)

Total
$279K
All industry payments
Research
$0
Research payments
Payments
81
Transaction count
  • INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.$82K
  • AngioDynamics, Inc.$53K
  • MIMEDX Group, Inc.$49K
  • Applied Medical Technology Inc$34K
  • Vapotherm Inc$16K

Source: CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act) — drug and device-maker payments to this teaching hospital.

On LinkedIn

Employees
4,686
LinkedIn
Followers
22,043
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Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
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Location

Chattanooga, TN-GAChattanooga, TN--GAHamilton County

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