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  Erlanger immersed in $100 million project to computerize medical records | Chattanooga Times Free Press

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  Photo Gallery Erlanger spending $100 million to computerize medical records It takes a while to figure out some of the signs atop the cubicles in the …

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  Tennessee doctors: No one knew painkillers were so deadly | Chattanooga Times Free Press

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  An opioid crisis. TENNESSEE OPIOID LAWS In recent years, Tennessee policymakers have enacted a series of measures to combat the state’s growing opioid …

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  Hospitals strive to reduce deaths due to doctor, staff mistakes | Chattanooga Times Free Press

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  Photo Gallery Hospitals strive to reduce deaths due to doctor, staff mistakes Dr. Joe Cofer is angry. As Erlanger hospital's chief quality officer, …

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  Steve Johnson

  Jan 20, 2017
• Steve Johnson

  

  Prescription drug crackdown making it hard for some to obtain needed pain pills | Chattanooga Times Free Press

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  I don't think what is happening with addicts should have anything to do with whether I'm getting my health care. JACKSON, Tenn. - Rich Oberg …

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  Patients and hospitals struggle with rising cost of care in Chattanooga area | Chattanooga Times Free Press

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  Christian Langford didn't really want to go to the emergency room at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Ga., when he discovered he had a staph …