About chattanooga medcomm

In 1998, Erlanger's LIFE FORCE Communications Center was designated as a Regional Medical Communications Center (RMCC) by the State of Tennessee division of Emergency Medical Services for Southeast Tennessee (Region 3). As the Region 3 RMCC, Chattanooga MedComm serves as a medical resource coordination center for hospitals, emergency medical services and other members of the Southeast Tennessee Healthcare Coalition. . 

MedComm Scope

MedComm coordinates medical communications, consultation and mutual aid support for EMS services in the Southeast Tennessee Region. MedComm provides advisory status reports and direct ambulance-to-hospital communications routing for transports to a Chattanooga area hospital emergency departments. These hospitals include the following: 

• Children's Hospital at Erlanger 
  
• Erlanger East Hospital 
  
• Erlanger Medical Center - Baroness Campus
• Erlanger North Hospital
• Memorial Hospital - Glenwood
  
• Memorial Hospital - Hixson
  
• Parkridge Medical Center 
  
• Parkridge East Hospital