Morristown, Tenn.-based Lakeway Regional Hospital, part of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Tennova Healthcare, will no longer offer intensive care services and inpatient surgical procedures as of May 18, according to the Citizen Tribune.
The decision to end intensive care services and inpatient surgeries came after an evaluation of services at Lakeway Regional. Hospital officials said they found a declining demand for inpatient services as medical advances push care to outpatient settings.
"We are making changes to align our services with what the community is using most," Russell Mariott, a Tennova spokesperson told the Citizen Tribune. "Though intensive care is ending, our hospital will continue to provide inpatient acute care for medical and surgical patients and emergency services."
Patients requiring intensive care or inpatient surgeries after May 18 will be transferred to another facility.
ICU employees will be given the opportunity to move into other positions at Lakeway Regional or other Tennova hospitals, officials said.