Chattanooga Healthcare

Chattanooga is home to three major healthcare systems – Erlanger, CommonSpirit – Memorial Hospital, and Parkridge Health System – all of which provide comprehensive care to patients at multiple locations across the region. Also serving the city are award-winning rehabilitation hospitals, Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation and Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Chattanooga, as well as Kindred Hospital, a long-term acute care facility. A short drive away is Vitruvian Health, which operates Bradley Medical Center in Cleveland and Hamilton Medical Center in North Georgia.

Thanks to their commitment to quality care and innovation, Chattanooga’s healthcare systems continue to garner national recognition. Erlanger and CommonSpirit – Memorial Hospital ranked in the top 10 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 list of “Best Hospitals in Tennessee,”  with the latter joining Parkridge Medical Center in being named among Healthgrades’ “America’s 250 Best Hospitals.” 

CommonSpirit – Memorial Hospital was named “Best Regional Hospital”  by U.S. News & World Report for its 11th consecutive year, and both the Chattanooga and Hixson campuses earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for the third year in a row. In 2025, it was identified by Premier as the No. 1 small health system in the nation.

In 2025, Parkridge Medical Center was again the recipient of Healthgrades’ Patient Safety Excellence Award. It also earned a spot as a top 10 large community hospital on Premier’s 2025 “100 Top Hospitals” list published in Fortune magazine, and joined by CommonSpirit – Memorial Hospital, was named among its “50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals.”

Adding to the area’s accolades, Erlanger was named an approved Center of Excellence by the National Pancreas Foundation, becoming one of only two in Tennessee, and Hamilton Medical Center was awarded the HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence by the American College of Cardiology. 

Hospitals from all four healthcare systems have been recognized by the American Heart Association for quality stroke care as part of the “Get With the Guidelines” program, including receiving the “Gold Plus Achievement” awarded to hospitals that have been recognized for two or more consecutive years.

In addition to accolades, local healthcare offerings continue to grow. CommonSpirit – Memorial Hospital – North Georgia, located in Ringgold, is preparing to move to a newly built facility, which will connect to the current Parkway building. The new hospital will feature 64 beds, an intensive care unit, full-service emergency department, and more. In Chattanooga, Erlanger expanded its footprint with a new clinic space at Erlanger East Hospital to serve its gastroenterology and orthopedic departments, and Parkridge Health System opened a new outpatient mental health care location – the Parkridge Mental Health Therapy Center.

This year, more projects are planned for completion. In May 2025, Parkridge Medical Center began construction on a $98 million, three-story patient tower – one of the largest expansions in the hospital’s history. The new tower will expand the hospital’s intensive care unit and add 48 beds. Over in Cleveland, Encompass Health has announced plans to build a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital to serve as a satellite campus of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Chattanooga. The new location will feature private patient rooms, a therapy gym, in-house dialysis suite, dining room, pharmacy, and therapy courtyard. 

Additional plans are in the works. Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation and Bradley Medical Center are planning to open a joint inpatient rehabilitation center in Cleveland, while Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics (CSMO) – a Chattanooga-based multi-specialty orthopedic practice – has plans to break ground on a $24.5 million multi-purpose building.

As the medical field continues to evolve, these healthcare providers remain dedicated to implementing the latest innovations and providing patients with the highest quality care here in Chattanooga.