Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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Erlanger Medical Center

975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2112
(423) 778-7000

For more information on this hospital, visit the Erlanger Medical Center

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Hospital district or authority
Total beds: 540
Administrator: JAMES L BREXLER, PRES
Parent system: Erlanger Health System
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO); ; Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • General medical and surgical care
  • General intensive care
  • Cardiac intensive care
  • Neurology department
  • Pediatric intensive care
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department
  • Trauma Center

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Oncology services
Outpatient
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Oncology services
Patient/family support services:
  • Ambulance services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 28,084
Inpatient surgeries: 9,155
Outpatient visits: 276,630
Outpatient surgeries: 13,789
Emergency room visits: 97,451
Births: 4,532
Number of beds: 540

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 862
Part-time registered nurses: 494
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 89
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 40
Total full-time faculty personnel: 3,428
Total part-time faculty personnel: 1,037

Notes

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated December 2007.

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