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Healthcare at WindRiver
Care close to home
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Minutes to Fort Loudoun Medical Center
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Minutes to UT Regional Health Center
30
Minutes to UT Medical Center
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Beds at UT Medical Center
The first question
Care you can count on
Healthcare is one of the first things people ask about at WindRiver, and it’s a fair question — the answer is one of the community’s strongest assets. WindRiver sits inside a healthcare corridor most mid-sized cities would envy: a nationally recognized Top Hospital 10 minutes away, a Level I Trauma Center 30 minutes out, and specialist care in Lenoir City that doesn’t require a trip to Knoxville.
Fort Loudoun Medical Center, the closest hospital to WindRiver, was recently named a Top Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, an independent watchdog that grades hospitals on patient safety and quality — a designation fewer than 6% of eligible hospitals nationwide earn. Fort Loudoun also carries a Leapfrog “A” Safety Grade and Joint Commission certification as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center. That’s not a small thing.
Healthcare access is consistently one of the top factors people weigh when choosing where to live, and a nationally recognized hospital 10 minutes from your door — with a full academic medical center 30 minutes away — takes that concern off the table.
In their words
“When people visit WindRiver, healthcare always comes up early,” said [NAME, TITLE] of WindRiver Properties. “The answer has always been strong, but Fort Loudoun earning Top Hospital recognition makes it even clearer. You don’t have to choose between a beautiful community and great care. You get both.”
Nearby care
What’s Within 30 Minutes
WindRiver sits in Loudon County, about 25 miles southwest of downtown Knoxville.
10 minutes
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
87,000 square feet, 50 licensed beds, 12 emergency suites, 200+ physicians across 29 specialties, 24-hour emergency care. Top Hospital designation from The Leapfrog Group, an “A” Safety Grade, and Joint Commission certification as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center.
30 minutes
University of Tennessee Medical Center
An 855-bed academic medical center in Knoxville, ranked #1 in the metro and #5 in Tennessee by U.S. News & World Report — the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, only Magnet-recognized hospital, and only adult and pediatric transplant center.
12 minutes
UT Regional Health Center in Lenoir City
A 48,000-square-foot specialty clinic operated by UT Medical Center, right in town, with board-certified cardiologists, oncologists, surgeons, and primary care physicians. Most specialist visits never require a trip into Knoxville.
20 to 35 minutes
Also nearby
Parkwest Medical Center (nationally recognized for heart care and joint replacement), Turkey Creek Medical Center, the Thompson Cancer Survival Center, and the Provision CARES Proton Therapy Center — one of only two proton therapy centers in the Southeast.
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