Healthcare

The Starr Regional Medical Center has campuses in Athens and Etowah. The Athens campus provides inpatient/outpatient services through its 118-bed acute care facility and physician practices, while the Etowah campus has an emergency department, outpatient services, an 88-bed long-term care nursing home, senior care program and wound care center. Starr Regional Medical Center is part of LifePoint Health, a network of hospitals in 29 states. 

2021 Community Benefit Report

Tennova Cleveland is an acute care facility with a range of health care services, including an accredited Chest Pain Center an accredited Sleep Disorders Center. It has received state recognition for Best in Babies and BlueCross BlueShield Blue DistinctionⓇ Award for Women’s Services. The hospital includes approximately 350 beds and a 7,000 square-foot, 24-hour emergency care unit. 

The Tennova North Knoxville Medical Center is an acute care hospital, offering a rang of services including cancer care, advanced care, women’s diagnostic services and emergency services. It has received the Chest Pain Center with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention recognition from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. It is notable for being the first outpatient hospital campus in the Powell area for cancer care, imaging and women's services.

Turkey Creek Medical Center in Knoxville is a Tennova hospital with advanced surgical suites and is connected to the new Tennova Surgery Center via Tennova Physicians Plaza. It includes a dedicated heart hospital, cancer care services, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, 24/7 emergency room and ICU.

Covenant Health has ten hospitals and over 1,500 physicians in Eastern Tennessee. Their locations offer the full range of healthcare services, from behavioral health, cancer care and surgery, to pediatrics, women's services and emergency medicine. Covenant Health Virtual Care has emergency medicine-trained clinicians available 24/7 without appointments or insurance required.    

The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville is a MagnetⓇ recognized hospital and Eastern Tennessee’s academic medical center. It is recognized by the State of Tennessee as a Center for Performance Excellence, designated a Blue DistinctionⓇ Center + by BlueCross BlueShield and is a Level I Trauma Center.