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Healthcare
ANDERSON COUNTY
The Anderson County Health Department
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t costs 8% below the national average, 16 award winning regional medical centers provide the region with world-renowned specialties and services and a reputation for quality health care. With a population of over a half-million, the region employs 60,000 in the healthcare industry with a diversity of skills that support every aspect of healthcare. This includes 292 doctors per capita, 54 dentists per capita and over 2,700 staffed beds. No matter the illness or injury, residents of the region have access to advanced healthcare. Resources include a research hospital, trauma center, children’s hospital, and cancer center all nationally recognized for their capabilities. In additional, medical research is underway at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. - ETEDA Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, a 301-bed regional medical center, is one of the first hospitals in East Tennessee to offer cutting-edge treatments and technologies that benefit people with life-threatening aneurysms; severely damaged knee, hip and shoulder joints; sudden heart failure; and nonhealing wounds. With 180 physicians in 33 specialties, Methodist has the expertise, experience, and scope of service to meet your needs. From urgent and critical care to same day services and outpatient treatment, Methodist’s services are here for you and your family. Methodist Medical Center is a member of Covenant Health, the region’s top performing healthcare network. With 10 hospitals offering outpatient and specialty services, more than 10,000 employees and nearly 1,500 affiliated physicians system wide, Covenant Health is recognized regionally and nationally for quality and patient satisfaction and is the only healthcare system in East Tennessee to be named six times by Forbes as a Best Employer.
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
North Knoxville Medical Center
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
North Knoxville Medical Center, an acute care hospital, is in the Tennova Healthcare network, one of the State’s largest health networks. The Powell hospital and medical center offers private patient rooms with dedicated family areas. In addition, the hospital has technologically advanced information and communications systems, decentralized nursing stations for better efficiency and patient care, and noise-reduction materials
