Prisma Health Blount Memorial Hospital

11/12/2025

The future is bright for these little visitors, and they certainly brightened our day!

We enjoyed being a stop on a local PreK group’s quest to learn about all the places that make up their community.

It was fun talking about our organs and where they are inside our body, visiting a wall of screws and thinking about construction, learning how exercise keeps us healthy, seeing our cafeteria, and playing a little dress up along the way!

11/10/2025

Congrats to our cath lab team for the hard work they put into earning reaccreditation from the American College of Cardiology!

The team at Prisma Health Blount Memorial Hospital are Cath Lab rockstars!⚡ Earning shows their ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality care to every patient, every time.

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11/01/2025

It’s always a fun day in either of our Pediatric Rehabilitation Clinics, but our team at Springbrook - and our patients - went all out for some extra Halloween sweetness on Friday! Incorporating fun into therapy is what we do!

Happy Halloween from Pediatric Rehabilitation!

10/29/2025

CLOSURE NOTICE -- MEDICAL PARK-ALCOA on JOULE STREET

Due to the effects of this water main leak, the Prisma Health Medical Park-Alcoa is closed for the remainder of the day for medical group appointments, radiology exams and laboratory services. The CareToday Clinic also is currently closed.

Those who had appointments scheduled for this afternoon are being contacted so that those appointments can be rescheduled for another day. If you have any questions about your appointment, please call 865-984-3864.

Prisma Health Total Rehabilitation-Alcoa will continue to see patients as scheduled.

10/28/2025

We were honored to be recognized by Tennessee Hospital Association as part of their 2024 Zero Harm Awards, which spotlight hospitals and clinical departments that are eliminating harm, saving lives, avoiding unnecessary costs and advancing THA’s goal of zero preventable harm.

To earn a Zero Harm Award, a hospital or clinical department must achieve zero healthcare-associated infections over a full calendar year in specific categories.

Five Prisma Health Blount Memorial Hospital clinical departments received a total of eight Zero Harm Awards in the categories of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI), including:

⦁ 4-North: CAUTI and CLABSI
⦁ 5-South-1: CAUTI and CLABSI
⦁ Critical Care Unit: CAUTI and CLABSI
⦁ Family Birthing Center: CAUTI
⦁ 4-South IMU: CLABSI

The awards are part of a collaboration between THA and the Tennessee Center for Patient Safety (TCPS), and recipients were announced at THA’s Annual Meeting last month. In all, 106 THA member hospitals earned Zero Harm Awards.

Congrats to these units and departments for all their hard work!

10/27/2025

Words don’t express just how thankful we are for them!

Our Volunteers were recognized for their service hours at the group’s annual banquet this month. While a simple “thank you” is never enough, these men and women never expect more!

Three volunteers were honored for reaching the 11,500 Hour category: Becky Dodson, Bonnie Mason and Joan Speck.

Interested in joining them and volunteering at Prisma Health Blount Memorial Hospital? Join a Thursday Tour in November to see the various volunteer opportunities! https://www.volgistics.com/appform/766364352

10/25/2025

Happening today!

Bring your unwanted, unused or expired medications and sharps for proper and safe disposals to the Justice Center today for drive through drop offs from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

We are excited to be able to rejoin this event to help Be Aware Blount provide safe sharps disposals to keep our community safe!

10/24/2025

We may have met some future heath care providers and leaders this week at the 8th Grade Career Exploration Fair! Only time will tell!

Our team members showed some hands-on ways our clinicians help save lives and restore function and mobility every day.

We taught students how to use an AED (automated external defibrillator) and to perform hands-only CPR in an emergency. We also showed some of the ways that rehabilitation professionals help patients through physical, occupational and speech therapies.

Thanks to the Blount Partnership for hosting this annual event and showcasing all the available careers in our community!

09/29/2025

It may officially be fall, but swim lessons aren't just for summer!

Prisma Health Wellness Center-Springbrook is offering evening swim lessons for kids Tuesday and Thursday nights beginning Tuesday, Oct. 7!

-Classes for kids ages 3-4 start at 7 p.m.
-Classes for kids ages 5+ start at 7:30 p.m.

Price for an eight-class session is $55 for Wellness Center members and $80 for non-members.

Spots are going fast! Call 865-980-7100 today to register or stop by Prisma Health Wellness Center-Springbrook at 220 Associates Blvd. in Alcoa.

09/12/2025

15 years!

Congrats to the team at our Sleep Health Center for all the hard work they put into attaining and maintaining accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for 15 consecutive years.

AASM-accredited sleep centers provide diagnostic and therapeutic care for people who have problems related to sleep and alertness. Sleep disorders include obstructive sleep apnea, chronic insomnia, restless legs syndrome, and narcolepsy.

To receive and maintain accreditation for a five-year period, a sleep center must meet or exceed all standards for professional health care as designated by the AASM. These standards address core areas such as personnel, facility and equipment, policies and procedures, data acquisition, patient care, and quality assurance. Additionally, the sleep center’s goals must be clearly stated and include plans for positively affecting the quality of medical care in the community it serves.

09/10/2025

On a particularly hot day this summer, Robert Landers was weed-eating the steep bank near his home off Highway 411 when he got dizzy and fell. Prisma Health Home Equipment Services service technician Brent Greene just happened to be passing by, saw Robert laying in the ditch and stopped to help.

“There’s two steep parts that I can’t run over with the mower, so I have to weed-eat it,” Robert Landers said. “Everybody tells me I’ve got no business being on that bank weed-eating, especially since I’ll be 83 in November.”

“As I got closer, I saw a gentleman lying face down on the ground. I didn’t know exactly what he was doing, but I saw a weed-eater lying beside him,” Brent Greene said. “I made a U-turn. By the time I got back to him, he was rolling onto his back and trying to get up. I pulled up beside him and helped him sit up.”

“We are in the business of helping people,” Brent Greene said. “I just did something that anybody should’ve done.”

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09/09/2025

We're pleased to welcome board-certified and fellowship-trained cardiologist Dr. Kene Nwagbara!

Dr. Nwagbara is accepting new patients. His office is located at 162 Blount Memorial Physician Office Building in Maryville.

For more information about Dr. Nwagbara, call 865-238-6161 or visit https://blountmemorial.org/doctor--Kene_Nwagbara