Erlanger officials will be opening the region’s eighth Erlanger Express Care on Monday, in the Collegedale-Ooltewah area at White Oak Crossing. Erlanger’s newest walk-in medical care center will be located at 5953 Elementary Way, just off Lee Highway in Ooltewah.
Developed in partnership with Noon Development, the Collegedale-Ooltewah based Express Care will be one of five Erlanger urgent care centers in Hamilton County; others are located on Gunbarrel Road at the Erlanger East Hospital, downtown at the Chattanooga Lifestyle Center on Market Street, in Soddy Daisy, and most recently in Hixson. Outside of Hamilton County, the Chattanooga-based health system operates Erlanger Express Care centers in Hayesville, N.C., Ringgold, and Cleveland.
“Erlanger’s eighth Express Care facility will offer the Ooltewah community more access to Erlanger’s healthcare services closer to home,” said Erlanger President and CEO Dr.
William Jackson. “These urgent care facilities throughout the region aim to improve continuity of care for current and new Erlanger patients, and this Ooltewah location will help accomplish this effort.”
Erlanger Express Care facilities are open seven days a week, offering extended evening and weekend hours. A team of healthcare professionals provide care for non-life threatening illnesses, injuries and other healthcare needs from cuts and colds to fractures, breaks and sprains. Erlanger Express Care offers x-rays and prescription services for adults and children over the age of two. No appointments are needed. The clinics also offer telehealth visits, allowing patients to receive care from a provider via secure videoconferencing.
Erlanger Express Care clinics are the only walk-in urgent care clinics in the area to achieve accreditation through the Urgent Care Association (UCA), with the closest accredited clinic in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The Express Care clinics have met all the UCA’s established standards and criteria for quality of patient care, safety and scope of services. This accreditation is the highest level of distinction for urgent care centers, with only 13 percent of urgent care clinics in the United States meeting the UCA’s standards.
For more information, related to Erlanger Express Care walk-in services, contact any of these local clinics today or visit erlangerexpresscare.com:
- Soddy Daisy: 423-541-5143
- East Brainerd/Gunbarrel Road: 423-541-5102
- Downtown/Market St: 423-541-5122
- Cleveland, TN: 423-331-5200
- Hixson, TN: 423-451-8632
- Ringgold, GA: 706-841-4100
- Hayesville, N.C: 828-389-3608