About Erlanger Hospital

Fast Facts

Updated: December, 2007

Erlanger has five Tennessee-based medical campuses—Erlanger East, Erlanger North, Erlanger Bledsoe, and the downtown campus, Erlanger Baroness, which also includes the campus of T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital.
Erlanger is licensed for 818 acute-care beds and 50 long-term care beds serving patients from 50 counties within a 150-mile radius.
In fiscal year 2006-2007, Erlanger had 29,047 inpatient admissions 265,323 outpatient visits and treated over 26,571 surgical patients.
Emergency Care is available 24/7 at the Erlanger Baroness, North and Bledsoe campuses and T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital. Urgent Care is available 9-8 at Erlanger East Campus.
Erlanger is a Level I Trauma Center for adults, providing the highest level of trauma care. Trauma Surgeons are available at all times.
Critical care units include Shock-Trauma ICU, Medical ICU, Cardiac Surgery ICU, Cardiac ICU, Surgical ICU, Medical/Surgical ICU and the region's only Burn and Neuro/Ortho ICU's; as well as the PICU and Neo-Natal ICU at Children's Hospital.
Surgical Services, inpatient and outpatient, are offered at the Erlanger Baroness, East and North campuses and Children's Hospital.
Erlanger partners with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga - 8 residency programs, two fellowship programs and for 2006-2007, 149 residents and fellows. Vascular surgery fellowship begins July 2008.
Erlanger Imaging debuted the Picture Archiving Communications Systems (PACS) in 2007, a digital system for faster results, more efficient storage and viewing, and easy, anywhere, anytime access for physicians and other healthcare professionals.
The LIFE FORCE air ambulance program, equipped with two Bell 412 aircraft and one 206 L4, transported 1,937 patients in fiscal year 2006-2007. LIFE FORCE also operates a ground ambulance program and regional EMS communications center.
T. C. Thompson Children's Hospital is a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center (CRPC), the highest designation in the state for pediatrics, featuring a full complement of pediatric subspecialists, as well as a pediatric ER, ICU and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, providing the highest level of care in the region to premature and sick infants.
In fiscal year 2006-2007, 3,257 children were admitted to Children's Hospital and more than 36,000 were treated in the Emergency Department, outpatient surgery and at outpatient clinics.
The Erlanger Baroness Campus offers a Tertiary Level III Care Center for high-risk obstetrics as well as L/D services for low-risk patients. Erlanger East Campus offers single room maternity care for low-risk vaginal deliveries, surgical facilities for C-sections and a Level IIA special care nursery.
The Erlanger North Campus features the Sleep Disorders Center, accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, as well as the Senior's Program, an in-patient unit addressing complex mental and physical problems associated with aging.
Miller Eye Center, located on the Baroness Campus, is the largest hospital of its kind in Tennessee and houses the Lion's Eye Bank.
Erlanger Cancer Center offers an extensive clinical research program and the most advanced technology in radiation therapy, as well as a Resource Center, community outreach programs and support groups for cancer patients.
Erlanger has the region's only Kidney Transplant Program and now offers the less invasive laparoscopic kidney removal.
Erlanger was the first Chest Pain Center in Tennessee, Georgia or Alabama, and the sixth in the U.S. accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers and Providers and was the 16th in the U.S. to earn the highest level Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI. The Cardiac and Vascular Center includes the cardiac management unit, Cath Lab and Hypertension Management Center.
Erlanger operates the Chattanooga LifeStyle Center, the area's first recognized center for preventive medicine, with rehab, fitness, and educational programs.
The region's first Wound Care Center, featuring Level 1 accredited hyperbaric treatment, is based at the Erlanger Baroness campus.
Erlanger's occupational medicine program, WorkForce Corporate Health, is the region's most comprehensive service for area employers.
HealthLink Plus, Erlanger's free program of health-related benefits for adults of any age, offers classes and screenings to over 24,000 members.
Erlanger is the home of the Chattanooga Association for Pastoral Care, a clinical training program for area ministers and laypersons.
Erlanger offers the region's largest Hospitalist program with General Internists delivering 24/7 hour full-time inpatient care for patients referred from regional care providers.