News & Blog

Telephone, Telehealth, and Patient Portal Messaging Available During COVID-19

To ensure the health and safety of our patients and staff from the risk of coronavirus (COVID-19), whenever possible, we’re recommending telephone, telehealth (Doxy.me) and direct messaging with your providers via MyCovenantHealth. This service is for established AND new patients. Here are some frequently asked questions and answers about these types of visits: How are […]

Welcome Karen Whalen, FNP-BC

Certified family nurse practitioner Karen Whalen, FNP-BC has joined the primary care team at Clinton Family Physicians. Learn more about Karen.

Welcome Kathleen Ward, DO

Covenant Health is proud to welcome Kathleen Ward, DO to the neurohospitalist team at Fort Sanders Regional in Knoxville.

Covenant Health Opens Claiborne Primary Care

Claiborne Primary Care is now open in New Tazewell, TN. The healthcare team includes Nicole Shields, MD; Beverly Ely, FNP-C; and Michael Stephens, PA-C.

A Patient Story – Ken Schwab

Reverse Shoulder Replacement “On a scale of one-to-10, the pain in my shoulder was pushing close to nine all the time,” says retiree Ken Schwab. “I had never had that kind of pain before.” Ken and his wife sit together in the cafeteria at LeConte Medical Center where Ken had shoulder replacement surgery.  In 2016, […]

A Patient Story – Sharon Norman

Malfunction Junction Neck was a wreck until surgeon put her on track Sharon Norman could get no rest at the junction. In short, the 62-year-old Rockford woman’s neck was a train wreck. It had jumped the track at the C6-7 vertebrae, pulling the C7-T1 vertebrae along to form a kind of “malfunction junction.” In that […]

Welcome John Williams, PA-C

We’re excited to welcome certified physician assistant John Williams, PA-C to Covenant Health’s neurohospitalist medical team.

Welcome Laurel Bivens, NP

We’re proud to welcome nurse practitioner Laurel Bivens to the Covenant Health neurohospitalist medical team. Learn more about Laurel.