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Description

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About Us
Founded in 1996 Wellmont Health System is guided by our mission to deliver superior health care with compassion and a vision to deliver the best health care anywhere Wellmont is the premier healthcare provider in the TriState region with hospitals and healthcare facilities in Northeast Tennessee Southwest Virginia and Southeast Kentucky Our notforprofit healthcare system includes eight fullservice hospitals acute care hospitals Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport Tenn Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol Tenn Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Norton Va Lee Regional Medical Center in Pennington Gap Va Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap Va and Hawkins County Memorial Hospital in Rogersville Tenn and Hancock County Hospital in Sneedville Tenn a critical access hospital Wellmont is an operating partner with Adventist Health System at Takoma Regional Hospital an acute care hospital in Greeneville Tenn Wellmont maintains clinical affiliations with two acute care hospitals in Virginia Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands and Wythe County Community Hospital in Wytheville Wellmont hospitals offer a broad scope of services ranging from communitybased acute care to highly specialized tertiary services including neonatal intensive care and two trauma centers

Complementing the services provided by each Wellmont hospital are other facilities within the system Ridgeview Pavilion in Bristol offers comprehensive psychiatric services Wellmont Madison House located in Kingsport provides assisted living and a therapeutic day program for frail elderly persons and midlife adults with chronic illness Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol offers care for terminally ill patients in a comfortable environment

Wellmont Health System is governed by a volunteer board of directors made up of physicians business leaders and community residents In addition a board of directors at each hospital provides guidance and input

Wellmont is one of the regions largest employers with a staff of more than 7000 dedicated professionals Nearly 600 physicians deliver care at Wellmont facilities across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia

Your Health Our Mission
Wellmont Health System is growing and changing and we understand you want to know what that means for your family Now more than ever were building improving and partnering to bring the full resources of our health system to your community Were upgrading our hospitals Investing in new technology And recruiting more exceptional doctors and nurses to our physicianled staff Why are we doing these things So youll receive superior health care delivered with compassion close to home

Mission
We deliver superior health care with compassion

Vision
We will deliver the best health care anywhere

Values
Integrity

Safety

Compassion

Service Excellence

Fiscal Responsibility

Physician Leadership

Collaboration

Innovation

Philanthropy

Empowerment

Respect

Wellness

Employee Development

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History

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Wellmont History
These major milestones mark how quickly weve grownand continue to growto greatness

1996 Wellmont Health System forms with the full
asset merger of Bristol Regional Medical Center
Bristol Tenn and Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport Tenn

1997 Lonesome Pine Hospital Big Stone Gap Va
becomes the third partner in Wellmont Health System

2000 Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville Tenn joins the growing family of
Wellmont hospitals

2005 Hancock County Hospital opens as a Wellmont
hospital to serve the community of Sneedville
Tenn and the surrounding area

2007 Three additional medical facilities join
Wellmont Health System Mountain View Regional
Medical Center Norton Va and Lee Regional
Medical Center Pennington Gap Va Wellmont
forms a partnership with Adventist Health System to
operate Takoma Regional Hospital Greeneville
Tenn

2008 Wellmont Health System establishes clinical
affiliation agreements with two hospitals Clinch
Valley Medical Center Richlands Va and Wythe
County Community Hospital Wytheville Va