News & Blog

Tim Hoskins Announced as New Sports Medicine Manager

 Welcome Tim Hoskins, Sports Medicine Manager  LeConte Medical Center welcomes Tim Hoskins, Covenant Health’s new corporate manager of sports medicine. Hoskins will oversee the management and expansion of Covenant Health’s high school athletic trainer program to other schools throughout the region. Hoskins has 22 years of experience as an athletic trainer at the high school, […]

Help Us Rename Fort Sanders Sevier Nursing Home!

Fort Sanders Sevier Nursing Home is part of LeConte Medical Center, but you may not know that by our current name. And while the phrase “nursing home” implies long-term care, it doesn’t reflect our service of short-term rehabilitation and strength reconditioning after surgery or a prolonged illness. So, for those reasons, we’ve decided to change […]

LeConte Medical Center Celebrates Employee Service Awards

Congratulations and thank you for your years of service! We are celebrating several important anniversaries this year, and LeConte Medical Center appreciates these employees and their contribution to the success of our hospital. As we celebrate these significant milestone in their careers, it is with great gratitude that we say thank you and well done.  […]

LeConte Medical Center Earns Accreditations

Congratulations to Leconte’s imaging department! LeConte Medical Center has received three-year accreditations in mammography and nuclear medicine after recent reviews by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The ACR accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded to facilities meeting ACR parameters and technical standards after a peer-review evaluation […]

Jay Jordan Recieves Cardiac Services Excellence Award

Jay Jordan, supervisor of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation at LeConte Medical Center, is one of five Covenant Health employees to receive a 2019 Cardiac Services Excellence award in recognition of exemplary care of heart patients, outstanding performance in cardiac services, and demonstrating Covenant Health’s Standards and Behaviors and Pledge of Excellence. The awards were presented at a […]

LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER ATHLETIC TRAINERS EARN A GOLD STAR

Scott Byrd and LeConte Medical Center Athletic Trainers have their eye on the prize. Sevier County Schools and LeConte Medical Center Athletic Trainers have been awarded Gold Star Level recognition as a Tennessee Safe Stars league. Safe Stars is a new effort to recognize Tennessee youth sports leagues with high standards of safety for athletes. […]