FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
100 Ft Sanders W Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37922 www.fsregional.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a 541-bed full service acute care hospital located in the Fort Sanders community of downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. It is a member of the Covenant Health system.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center ("Fort Sanders Regional") traces its beginnings to May, 1919, when a group of physicians received a charter from the State of Tennessee for a new hospital to be built on the site of the War Battle of Fort Sanders. Fort Sanders Regional has grown throughout its 100-year history to include 444 acute care beds serving 45 specialties, 24 beds in the Fort Sanders Transitional Care Unit, the 73-bed Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, and specialized outpatient centers.SERVICEThe hospital is known for excellence in stroke care, cardiology, surgery, oncology, orthopedics, obstetrics, bariatrics, and rehabilitation medicine. In 2018, Fort Sanders Regional began a $115 million building project which will expand emergency and critical care capacity in order to meet the needs of the growing downtown Knoxville area and the surrounding region. Fort Sanders Regional was recognized in 2019 as a BEST for Tennessee Babies Hospital by the Tennessee Center for Patient Safety and received a 5-star overall rating by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the hospital's Transitional Care Unit. Additionally, Fort Sanders Regional's pulmonary service line was recognized in 2019 by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association as a Center for Excellence. This indicates our staff have special expertise in pulmonary hypertension and have demonstrated an ability to properly diagnose and treat this complex disease. Fort Sanders Regional served 239,981 patients in 2019. Of these, 220,022 were outpatients and 19,959 were inpatients, with an average length-of-stay of 5.12 days. PUTTING PATIENTS FIRSTAs a neuroscience and rehabilitation center of excellence, Fort Sanders Regional has made a commitment to providing the latest advancements for neurological care, including stereotactic neurosurgery and neuro-interventional radiology. When coupled with its comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation center, the neuroscience and rehabilitation program provides programs to optimize clinical and functional patient outcomes.Neurologic technology at the hospital includes an innovative 3D-imaging system that uses global positioning technology to give physicians real-time views inside the body, without radiation, and facilitates less invasive and more precise surgeries. Fort Sanders Regional also offers diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis.Fort Sanders Regional is designated by The Joint Commission as a Comprehensive Stroke and Rehabilitation Center of Excellence specializing in the acute management of strokes, including advanced treatment and research. Fort Sanders Regional is the hub of Covenant Health's stroke hospital network, which links Covenant Health's member hospitals in providing access to collaborative, rapid, advanced stroke care throughout our region. Fort Sanders Regional also is home to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center ("PRNC"), an award-winning rehabilitation center which serves more than 1,000 inpatients annually. PNRC is East Tennessee's recognized leader in helping stroke, spinal cord, brain injury, and orthopedic patients rebuild their lives through rehabilitation services. Opened in 1978 and celebrating its 41st anniversary in 2019, PNRC offers a comprehensive team approach to care. Physical, occupational, recreational, behavioral medicine, and speech language therapists work with rehabilitation nurses and physiatrists (physicians whose specialty is physical medicine and rehabilitation) to develop individual care plans to help patients reach their recovery potential as quickly as possible. PNRC holds 10 separate accreditations from the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and provides an array of inpatient and outpatient services that would otherwise be unavailable in the community. Fort Sanders Regional's award-winning Heart Center offers comprehensive cardiovascular services that span the continuum of heart care, from testing and advanced diagnostics, to interventional technologies, cardiovascular surgeries, clinical trials and cardiac rehabilitation. Fort Sanders Regional is also recognized for excellence in surgery. The bariatric surgery program, which helps people who are morbidly obese reverse or eliminate medical risks associated with obesity through surgical treatment, is accredited as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. Fort Sanders Regional has received the Blue Cross BlueShield Blue Distinction Center for bariatrics and spine surgery, knee and hip surgery, and maternity care. In 2019, a total of 10,130 patients underwent surgery at Fort Sanders Regional in specialty areas, including: cardiothoracic, cardiovascular, colon/rectal neurosurgery, orthopedic, sinus, other ear, nose, and throat, oncology, thoracic, and vascular. Fort Sanders Regional also offers surgical oncology, the surgical management of cancer. Surgical oncologists may specialize in thoracic or gynecological procedures, along with other sub-specialties to help cancer patients. IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH BETTER HEALTHFort Sanders Regional is committed to building a healthy community through these and other initiatives: - The Innovative Recreation Cooperative at PNRC offers new and creative ways for individuals recovering from disabling illnesses or injuries to participate in adaptive sports and recreational activities. - Fort Sanders Regional's bariatric surgery seminars and support groups provide vital information to patients considering bariatric surgery, and offer pre- and post-surgical support. - The Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Injury and Amputee support groups at PNRC help patients and families heal by bringing together those with common experiences who can provide group members with comfort, encouragement and advice. - The annual Patricia Neal Brain Injury Symposium, now in its 20th year, is designed to provide information related to brain injury assessment, treatment, and research. This information is presented to caregivers, survivors, families and members of the community who are affected by or work with people who have experienced brain injuries. - Fort Sanders Regional's Teddy Bear University classes provide information and support for new parents, siblings and grandparents as they welcome a new baby. Class topics include pregnancy and childbirth, breastfeeding, infant and child CPR, and more.COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEMFort Sanders Regional is a member of Covenant Health. Covenant Health is a comprehensive, community-owned health system dedicated to improving the health of the people it serves. Established in 1996 by the consolidation of Fort Sanders Health System, Knoxville, Tennessee, and MMC HealthCare System in Oak Ridge, Covenant Health is governed by a voluntary board of directors comprised of community leaders and medical professionals. With more than 10,000 employees, affiliated physicians and volunteers, Covenant Health is the Knoxville area's largest employer and has been named a Best Employer five times by Forbes. Covenant Health includes nine acute care hospitals in East Tennessee: Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, Fort Loudoun Medical Center in Lenoir City, LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville, Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System in Morristown, Roane Medical Center in Harriman, Claiborne Medical Center in Tazewell and Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville. It also includes Peninsula, a division of Parkwest Medical Center, a behavioral health hospital in Blount County, Tennessee.Affiliated organizations include Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Thompson Oncology Group, Fortress Corporation and Subsidiaries, Covenant HomeCare, and Fort Sanders Perinatal Center. Philanthropic organizations include Fort Sanders Foundation and the Thompson Cancer Survival Center Foundation in Knoxville, Methodist Medical Center Foundation in Oak Ridge, Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation in Sevierville, and Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Foundation in Morristown. Funds raised by the foundations provide services, equipment and other resources for excellence in patient care.Fort Sanders Regional, as a member of the Covenant Health system, benefits from the collaboration among all affiliated organizations to promote quality improvement, patient safety and efficient delivery of care for the communities served.

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