Healthcare

The Anderson County Health Department

At 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

to provide patients with a more comfortable experience. North Knoxville Medical Center was the first outpatient hospital campus in the Powell area for cancer care, imaging, and women’s services. The center offers cancer diagnostics, treatment, and support services; interventional cardiology services; advanced imaging services; and women’s diagnostic services and educational programs. Tennova Healthcare encompasses 9 hospitals and numerous health care facilities with more than 115 physician practices, 7,000 employees and 2,800 physicians.

East Tennessee Children’s Hospital is a 152-bed hospital certified by the state of Tennessee as one of the four Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center in Tennessee and is accredited by the Joint Commission. As a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center, Children’s Hospital offers full capabilities to care for seriously ill children in a unique pediatric environment and offers the services of many different pediatric subspecialties. Children’s Hospital works jointly with the University of Tennessee Medical Center to ensure that injured children in this region receive trauma care at the institution most appropriate for the child’s needs. ETCH also assists smaller hospitals by providing pediatric health care training opportunities. A five-story building with parking accommodations spread across two levels includes forty-four Private Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) rooms with enhanced family areas, such as a rooftop garden to give patient families a place to relax and relieve their anxiety. ETCH celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2017 and opened two Urgent Care Centers in West and North Knoxville in 2019. income and family size, but no one will be denied services because of inability to pay. All TennCare plans are accepted for most services, and payment plan schedules are available for women who are not TennCare eligible. A sliding fee schedule is available based on income for our services.

Anderson County and the region have a variety of medical services for every need with physicians that provide excellent care. Specialty medical services include breast health centers, sleep study centers, behavioral health services, world class cancer centers and many more.

Anderson County has an active senior population. The Office on Aging offers programs specifically for seniors ages 60+. Two Senior Centers are available for seniors: Anderson County Senior Center and Oak Ridge Senior Center, offering opportunities for recreation, education, health screening and more.

Seniors have many options from assisted living to memory care, short-term to long-term care. For those seniors desiring to live at home, services are available to allow seniors to maintain their independence and dignity and continue to live in the comfort of their own homes. See our directory at the end of this guide or online.

Being active is a major part of staying healthy. Multiple facilities offer independent experienced personal trainers as well as state-of-the-art equipment. Parks and Greenways providing numerous hiking and biking paths are located throughout the county.