Roane County Medical Center

ROANE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER IS A 54-BED FULL SERVICE, ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LOCATED IN HARRIMAN, TN. IT IS A MEMBER OF THE COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM.

ROANE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, DOING BUSINESS AS ROANE MEDICAL CENTER ("ROANE"), LOCATED IN HARRIMAN, TENNESSEE, HAS BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2008 AND PREVIOUSLY SERVED THE COMMUNITY AS A COUNTY HOSPITAL. A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART HOSPITAL WAS BUILT AND OPENED IN FEBRUARY 2013.SERVICEROANE IS A 54-BED HOSPITAL OFFERING QUALITY MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND CRITICAL CARE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, REHABILITATION SUPPORT, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND HEALTH EDUCATION. ROANE'S DEDICATED STAFF PROVIDES SPECIALIZED CARE IN CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION, WOMEN'S SERVICES, INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION AND SLEEP SERVICES.THE HOSPITAL SERVED 59,454 PATIENTS IN 2021. OF THESE, 56,571 WERE OUTPATIENTS AND 2,883 WERE INPATIENTS WITH AN AVERAGE LENGTH-OF-STAY OF 3.96 DAYS. PUTTING PATIENTS FIRSTROANE IS CERTIFIED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION AS AN ADVANCED PRIMARY STROKE CENTER AND IS A MEMBER OF COVENANT HEALTH'S STROKE HOSPITAL NETWORK, PROVIDING RAPID DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF STROKE. THE HOSPITAL IS ALSO ACCREDITED IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY. ROANE'S CARDIAC DIAGNOSTICS AND INTERVENTIONAL SERVICES PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE HEART CARE TO PATIENTS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THESE SERVICES MEET EVIDENCE-BASED STANDARDS RECOMMENDED BY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, SOCIETY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING, AND THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. ROANE'S EMERGENCY ROOM HAS 15 SUITES WITH DEDICATED ROOMS FOR CARDIAC, MAJOR TREATMENT AND ORTHOPEDIC EMERGENCIES. IT IS STAFFED 24 HOURS A DAY BY HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WITH ADVANCED TRAINING IN ADULT AND PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES. A HELICOPTER PAD MAKES AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICES AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED. LIKE THE REST OF COVENANT HEALTH FACILITIES IN 2021, ROANE ADDED TELE-ICU SERVICES TO BETTER SERVE CRITICAL CARE PATIENTS. THIS TECHNOLOGY ENABLES CONSTANT MONITORING OF THE PATIENT'S VITAL SIGNS AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE CONSULTS WITH DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS NOT ON-SITE. ROANE ALSO BEGAN AN IN-PATIENT ONLY HEMO-DIALYSIS PROGRAM IN MARCH 2021, ALLOWING THE FACILITY TO SUPPORT ACUTE AND CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE PATIENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHILE ADMITTED TO OUR FACILITY.IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH BETTER HEALTHAS AN ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL PARTICIPANT IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS, ROANE PARTNERS WITH MID-EAST SENIOR SERVICES AND UT EXTENSION SERVICES TO EXPAND ACCESS FOR SENIORS TO PARTICIPATE IN A CONGREGATE FEEDING PROGRAM, WHICH REGULARLY OFFERS MEALS AT THE HOSPITAL. BECAUSE OF COVID-19, MANY COMMUNITY-FOCUSED HEALTH EVENTS WERE PUT ON HOLD. IN PREVIOUS YEARS, HOSPITAL STAFF, INCLUDING THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF NURSING OFFICER, OFFERED COMMUNITY STROKE EDUCATION THROUGH TOURS AND LUNCHEONS AT THE HOSPITAL, AS WELL AS PRESENTATIONS TO CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. COVENANT HEALTHROANE MEDICAL CENTER 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 11,000 EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS AND VOLUNTEERS, COVENANT HEALTH IS THE KNOXVILLE AREA'S LARGEST EMPLOYER AND HAS BEEN NAMED A BEST EMPLOYER SEVEN 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. THE HEALTH SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDES COVENANT MEDICAL GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES MORE THAN 200 PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIANS IN OFFICE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT EAST 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.ROANE MEDICAL CENTER, AS A MEMBER OF COVENANT HEALTH, BENEFITS FROM THE COLLABORATION AMONG ALL AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, PATIENT SAFETY AND EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF CARE FOR THE COMMUNITIES SERVED.