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Covenant Health Bond Rating Recently Upgraded by S&P Global

Covenant Health recently announced that S&P Global Ratings raised the long-term rating and underlying rating to “A” from “A-” on the health system’s series 2006A-1, 2011C and 2012A bonds. Ratings services assign bond ratings based on an organization’s financial strength and performance outlook. “We are certainly pleased with this rating upgrade. The ‘A’ rating from […]

Peninsula Holiday Survival Guide Celebrating 22 Years of De-Stressing East Tennessee

For the twenty-second year in a row, Peninsula, a Division of Parkwest Medical Center, is offering expert holiday “survival advice” as a community service.

Covenant Health Response to CDC Advisory Linking Patient Infections to Potentially Contaminated Heater-Cooler Devices

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an advisory linking patient infections from Mycobacterium chimaera (M.chimaera) to the Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler devices used in open-heart surgery. Patient safety and privacy are top priorities for Covenant Health and we take the CDC’s advisory very seriously. After thorough review of our protocols at our […]

Covenant Health Selects Cerner’s Health IT System

Covenant Health, an integrated not-for-profit health system based in eastern Tennessee, has selected Cerner’s comprehensive suite of integrated health care information technology (IT) solutions to support clinical, financial and population health management initiatives, resulting in a Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle™ across the enterprise’s acute hospitals and nearly 100 ambulatory facilities. “To advance our goal of […]

Covenant Health Announces Medical Student Program in Partnership with Lincoln Memorial University

Covenant Health has launched a medical student program in partnership with DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee.

LeConte Medical Center Named Among “100 Great Community Hospitals” in the U.S.

LeConte Medical Center has been included on the 2016 list of “100 Great Community Hospitals” in the U.S. compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review. The Becker’s editorial team selected community hospitals around the country based on rankings and awards from a variety of healthcare organizations, including iVantage Health Analytics, Truven Health Analytics, Healthgrades, CareChex, the American […]

Covenant Health Named to Forbes List of ‘America’s Best Employers’

Covenant Health was among only 44 hospitals and health systems in the U.S. to make the lists of “America’s Best Employers” in Forbes magazine, which include a total of 750 U.S. companies.

Soccer mom, teacher, and stroke survivor

School teacher Stephanie Blackstock remembers staring out at the world from inside a body that was rendered helpless.