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Erlanger Health System implements no visitor policy

News, Press Release August 17, 2021 , by
Due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in our region, the visitor policy for all Erlanger facilities has been updated and will begin tomorrow, Wednesday, August 18. Exceptions will be made on a case-by-case basis for special needs and end-of-life patients.
For all Erlanger Health System Hospitals unless otherwise noted:
Inpatient Visitation – Erlanger Baroness, Bledsoe, East, North, and Western Carolina Hospitals have implemented a no visitor policy for inpatients. Minors, under age 18, at Children’s Hospital may have two visitors (parent or guardian) with option for overnight stay.
Obstetric – obstetric patients at East and Baroness Hospitals may have two support people during the entire time at the facility. Support visitors cannot switch out with another person during visitation period.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – NICU patients at East and Children’s Hospitals may have one birth parent plus one significant other who must remain at the bedside for the duration of the visit.
Emergency Departments – Erlanger Baroness, East, North, Bledsoe, Sequatchie, and Erlanger Western Carolina
Emergency Departments have implemented a no visitor policy for Emergency Department patients. Children’s Hospital Emergency Department patients may have two visitors. End-of-Life patients can have two visitors if approved by Emergency Department Management.
Outpatient Services – Adult patients, who have an appointment at an Erlanger hospital-based clinic, laboratory, or radiology cannot have a visitor without prior approval from the practice. Children’s Hospital and Kennedy
Outpatient Center outpatients/ambulatory patients may have two visitors.
Adult Surgical Services/ Procedures – Erlanger Baroness, East and Western Carolina Hospitals have implemented a no visitor policy for Surgical Services.
No visitors will be allowed for patients who have a pending or positive COVID-19 test.
Everyone entering any Erlanger facility is required to wear a mask.
Due to the changing nature of COVID-19’s presence in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina, this policy will be revised accordingly in response to circumstances.

Erlanger recruits 65 physicians and advanced practice providers in 2020

Community, News, Press Release January 25, 2021 , by
Erlanger

Chattanooga, Tenn. – Erlanger Health System recruited 65 full-time physicians and advanced practice providers (APP) in 2020.

Of these new providers,

  • Thirty-four are physicians and 31 are APPs;
  • Fifty-two are adult providers and 13 are pediatric providers;
  • Adult providers represent 11 clinical specialties and areas of medicine – women’s services, orthopaedics and sports medicine, primary care, behavioral health, critical care, neurology and neurosurgery, gastroenterology, cardiology, endocrinology, bariatrics and hospitalists;
  • Pediatric providers represent 8 clinical subspecialties and areas of medicine – neonatology, pediatric intensive care, general pediatrics, pediatric pulmonology, pediatric gastroenterology, pediatric cardiology, pediatric neurology and pediatric hospitalists.

“Provider recruitment was one of Erlanger’s main goals in 2020,” said Erlanger Health System CEO Dr. William Jackson. “Our provider and leadership recruitment team has done a superb job of identifying and onboarding exceptional physicians and APPs to serve our patients throughout the region.”

One area of focus for provider recruitment included adding more primary care providers to the team at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital (EWCH). Six providers were recruited to EWCH – Dr. Brian Mitchell, Dr. Stephen Rubendall, Dr. Stacie Gilmore, Dr. Terry Fokakis, Dr. Jillian Irwin and physician assistant Samantha Thompson. These providers work in the communities of Murphy, Andrews and Hayesville in western North Carolina.

Another recruitment win for Erlanger in 2020 was the addition of the region’s only adult and pediatric fellowship-trained orthopaedic oncologist, Dr. Ryan Voskuil. As a former Erlanger orthopaedic surgery resident, affiliated with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, Dr. Voskuil returned to Erlanger to create the region’s first dedicated sarcoma team and bring orthopaedic oncology principles to the management of metastatic bone disease and benign conditions of the musculoskeletal system.

“Under Dr. Jackson’s leadership, Erlanger Medical Group has welcomed a large number of new providers to our practices,” said Erlanger Medical Group Senior Vice President Meridith O’Keefe. “The providers who joined us in 2020 are filling essential roles that will positively impact the health of our community and the greater region.”

In preparation for the COVID-19 pandemic, Erlanger’s recruitment plans were adapted to accommodate care for those affected by the virus. Five critical care providers were recruited to work in an intensive care setting. Nine hospitalist providers were onboarded to ensure those patients who were hospitalized received the best care possible.

For more information about Erlanger Medical Group’s elite providers, please visit erlanger.org/DOCS.

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