CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Erlanger Health has taken its biggest step yet toward a major partnership that leaders say is designed to strengthen the Chattanooga-based hospital system for decades to come.
The health system announced Wednesday morning that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent with Prisma Health, a nonprofit healthcare system based in Greenville, South Carolina, to become part of that system.
Hospital leaders emphasized that the announcement does not immediately change patient care or daily operations…