Adventist Healthcare

The mission of Adventist Healthcare is to "extend god's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing." In meeting this mission, and in compliance with state and federal laws, we provide care to all patients regardless of their ability to pay. Compassion is reflected in our mission and our organization's commitment to providing consistently high levels of charity and uncompensated care. To meet the needs of our communities, Adventist Healthcare continues to innovate and expand our range of services to build a healthier, engaged community.continues on schedule o.we respond proactively to various health care needs with a continuum of excellent programs and wide-ranging services to meet diverse populations as we strive to:1. Maintain and grow quality health services2. Increase access to care3. Promote health equity and wellness1. Maintain and grow quality health services:adventist Healthcare is growing existing programs in oncology, cardiac and vascular care, neurosurgery, physical rehabilitation, and mental health. Our hospitals also provide maternity care and vital emergency services to our communities. In addition, our system also is delivering health services via partnerships with community-based organizations aligned with our mission. Our health system continues to expand into Washington, d.c. Residents in our service areas benefit from quality programs that promote health and wellness for neighbors of all ages, from infants to senior citizens, and build healthier communities in a holistic way.our cancer care offerings include a joint venture with oncologists at the medical pavilion at Adventist Healthcare white oak medical center. The partnership has expanded access to advanced radiation oncology and other cancer treatments for residents in and around silver spring, Maryland. Meanwhile, the aquilino cancer center at Adventist Healthcare shady grove medical center in rockville, Maryland, continues to host cutting-edge clinical trials and wellness programs that aim to treat the psychological toll that cancer has on patients. Efforts like these are part of Adventist Healthcare's commitment to provide the latest diagnostic and treatment services with compassion, to gain a deep understanding of the unique demands of cancer patients, and to accommodate patient needs and preferences. Our whole-person cancer care services also include nutrition counseling, stress management, fitness programs and support groups. Adventist Healthcare's tradition of holistic care expanded to prince george's county, Maryland, in 2019 with the acquisition of fort Washington medical center. The hospital, which provided critical care to residents hard-hit by covid-19 throughout the pandemic, continues to provide its community with access to high quality emergency services. Adventist Healthcare has added primary care and specialty physician offices in fort Washington to better serve residents. Offerings now include general and bariatric surgery, orthopedics, imaging services and cardiac care. Construction on a medical pavilion at national harbor in oxon hill, Maryland, near Washington, d.c., is nearing completion. The new facility, anticipated to open in summer 2023, will house a surgery center, physician offices and other ambulatory services. The center will be easily accessible from Washington, Maryland, and Virginia, just off an exit from the capital beltway.adventist Healthcare continues to develop a relationship with residents in Washington, d.c., though its management services agreement with howard university hospital. In april 2023, Adventist Healthcare also began supporting and managing all practice operations at the howard university faculty practice plan, which is howard's employed physician practice. Offering multiple specialties, the practice is closely connected to howard's college of medicine and howard university hospital, and it provides d.c. Residents with access to needed medical services. The agreement builds on Adventist Healthcare's work providing senior leadership at howard university hospital to help strengthen the quality of its services.the howard partnership is beginning to provide access for medical trainees, residents, medical students, and graduates to train and work within Adventist Healthcare's network of hospitals. Howard university hospital is a private, nonprofit institution that has served the community for more than 150 years. It is one of the most comprehensive health systems in d.c., with a level 1 trauma center and an emergency department that sees approximately 50,000 patients annually. It is recognized as a national leader in training future doctors, nurses, and other Healthcare professionals, and essential to helping the u.s. Address racial disparities in the physician workforce.in the area of neurological care, both Adventist Healthcare white oak medical center and Adventist Healthcare shady grove medical center again received national recognition from the american stroke association in 2022 for their ongoing commitment to stroke interventions that follow the latest, evidence-based guidelines. Both hospitals earned the gold plus achievement award in the association's get with the guidelines-stroke program. To receive this award, each hospital achieved 85 percent or higher compliance with the program's standards for two or more consecutive 12-month periods. In addition, both hospitals achieved 75 percent or higher compliance with five of eight quality measures.additionally, shady grove medical center received target: stroke honor roll elite plus status and white oak medical center received target: stroke honor roll status for maintaining short intervals between a patient's arrival at the hospitals and their treatment with a clot-dissolving medication. Providing medication within the first 4.5 hours after symptoms has been shown to significantly reduce the effects of stroke and lessen the chance of permanent disability.in 2022, shady grove medical center also earned national certification from the joint commission for quality in performing and caring for patients after mechanical thrombectomy, a minimally invasive neurosurgical procedure that has been shown in recent studies to improve outcomes for stroke patients. Shady grove accepts transfers of stroke patients from other local hospitals who require the procedure and thus has expanded access to the breakthrough treatment in its region of Maryland. Shady grove is designated a thrombectomy-capable primary stroke center by the Maryland institute for emergency medical services systems.also in 2022, shady grove medical center began infrastructure work needed to start construction on its new six-story patient tower adjacent to the hospital. The project, which won approval from the state of Maryland in 2021, will create a larger, updated emergency department with additional spaces dedicated to mental health emergencies; a larger intensive care unit and new medical-surgical rooms that will allow the hospital to complete its transition to all-private rooms. The tower is one of the first hospital buildings in the country designed in the wake of covid-19, allowing its designers to incorporate elements informed by the pandemic.adventist Healthcare marked 60 years of outstanding cardiac care services in 2022. The health system pioneered many cardiac firsts in the greater d.c. area, including mitral valvuloplasty and several sophisticated types of echocardiography. Carrying on that legacy, white oak medical center performs substantial cardiac surgery and pci procedures, and backs up multiple hospitals that require an affiliation with a cardiac surgery program for their primary and nonprimary elective pci programs. White oak medical center and shady grove medical center received national recognition in 2022 from the american heart association for providing rapid, research-based, and high-quality care to heart attack patients. Shady grove medical center received american heart association's mission: lifeline stemi receiving center gold plus award and white oak medical center received the mission: lifeline stemi & nstemi gold awards. The former Washington Adventist hospital facility in takoma park continued to play a critical role in Maryland's covid-19 response. Adventist Healthcare partnered with the state of Maryland to operate the facility as an alternate care site (acs) for the treatment of covid-19 patients. The acs in 2022 made it possible for community hospitals in its region to transfer hundreds of covid-19 patients for specialized care, freeing acute-care beds for residents. The facility also has housed a rehabilitation unit specializing in covid recovery and an infusion site for the administration of monoclonal antibody treatments for covid-19.

Adventist Healthcare, Inc. Employs several physicians in primary care and specialty care who support the continuum of health services offered by Adventist healthcare.there are approximately 20 primary care providers who span over 7 distinct sites in the montgomery county and prince george's county area. These primary care physicians and nurse practitioners serve the community in providing preventive care, acute care, and chronic care.adventist Healthcare also employs physical medicine specialists, who serve the community by providing inpatient and outpatient physiatry services to those in need. Continues on schedule o.these physicians primarily serve patients in montgomery county and prince george's county. For both groups of physicians, Adventist Healthcare under its employment contracts, provides administrative, financial management, technical and business support services that are essential for physicians to provide quality care and operate successful practices.

Shady grove medical center's behavioral health services:adventist Healthcare shady grove medical center's behavioral health services extend care to individuals with mental illness and substance abuse challenges.shady grove medical center is a nonprofit, accredited by the joint commission. It provides psychiatric treatment at freestanding facilities located on Adventist Healthcare's campus in rockville, montgomery county, maryland.continues on schedule oshady grove medical center provides a broad range of behavioral health services such as acute care, special and general education programs, chemical dependency programs, outpatient programs, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient services and an outpatient wellness clinic.shady grove medical center's behavioral health facilities include 117 acute-care inpatient beds. Among them are the specialized magnolia unit, a 10-bed unit dedicated to serving geriatric adults. The unit provides critical stabilization and short-term inpatient treatment for older adults who experience sudden life changes and stressors that trigger depression, anxiety and other challenges that impact their daily activities. Shady grove medical center's behavioral health team members cared for approximately 2,442 patients in 2022.services also include the ridge school, a special and general education day school for students in grades 6 through 12 with emotional and learning disabilities or other behavioral health impairments that is approved by the Maryland state department of education.shady grove medical center also offers 16 assisted living beds and a full continuum of outpatient services. The behavioral health unit at Adventist Healthcare white oak medical center:the behavioral health unit at white oak medical center offers 26 adult inpatient beds in addition to partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs in silver spring, Maryland. The behavioral health unit was open from april to october of 2022 and served 232 patients.community-based residential services:the manor is an assisted living facility in takoma park, Maryland, for individuals with chronic and severe mental illness who are unable to live independently. The facility provides a safe and supportive residential environment as an alternative to long-term psychiatric hospitalization.community service:shady grove medical center is committed to serving as a mental health resource to families and behavioral health specialists in the communities it serves. The organization has dedicated significant resources to providing continuing education symposiums for clinicians as well as free mental health support groups to the community.shady grove medical center sponsors and supports community organizations such as the american foundation for suicide prevention and the national alliance on mental illness of montgomery county.