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Dennis Hansen is President of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and joined in May 2006.<ref>http://www.columbiaunion.org/article.php?id=127&search=shady%20grove%20adventist%20hospital</ref><ref>http://shadygroveadventisthospital.com/SGAH/about/leadership.aspx</ref>
Dennis Hansen is President of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and joined in May 2006.<ref>http://www.columbiaunion.org/article.php?id=127&search=shady%20grove%20adventist%20hospital</ref><ref>http://shadygroveadventisthospital.com/SGAH/about/leadership.aspx</ref>
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital is located within a 600-acre Life Sciences Center (LSC), which has Montgomery County’s largest concentration of advanced technology companies including the hospital, [[Johns Hopkins University-Montgomery County Campus]] (JHU-MCC), the [[Universities at Shady Grove]] and biotechnology companies.<ref>http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/community/gaithersburg/index.shtm</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/10/AR2009101001959.html</ref>
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital is located within a 600-acre Life Sciences Center (LSC), which has Montgomery County’s largest concentration of advanced technology companies including the hospital, [[Johns Hopkins University]]-Montgomery County Campus (JHU-MCC), the [[Universities at Shady Grove]] and biotechnology companies.<ref>http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/community/gaithersburg/index.shtm</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/10/AR2009101001959.html</ref>


As part of the Shady Grove Life Sciences Campus, the hospital established a partnership in 2008 with the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) and Salisbury University to offer a bachelor's degree in respiratory therapy at the USG campus in Rockville.<ref>http://www.gazette.net/stories/072308/rocknew205158_32365.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503642_2.html?hpid=news-col-blog&sub=AR</ref>
As part of the Shady Grove Life Sciences Campus, the hospital established a partnership in 2008 with the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) and Salisbury University to offer a bachelor's degree in respiratory therapy at the USG campus in Rockville.<ref>http://www.gazette.net/stories/072308/rocknew205158_32365.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503642_2.html?hpid=news-col-blog&sub=AR</ref>


Shady Grove Adventist Hospital participates in the annual Frontiers in Science and Medicine Day event, which encourages seventh graders to pursue careers in science and medicine by highlighting the achievements and capabilities of the companies located at the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center.<ref>http://rockvillecentral.com/2010/10/seventh-graders-explore-frontiers-of-science-at-shady-grove-life-sciences-center.html</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/10/AR2009101001959.html</ref>


==Medical Services==
==2. History==
When Shady Grove Adventist Hospital admitted its first patient in December 1979, it was located in a “rural” part of Montgomery County, surrounded by fields. With some 2,000 employees, 1,200 Medical Staff and Allied Health Professionals, and 800 volunteers today, Shady Grove delivers over 5,000 babies, treats more than 100,000 emergency patients, offers perinatology care, neonatology services and a pediatrics program.


In 2009, the hospital completed a four-year $100 million expansion and renovation project<ref>http://www.columbiaunion.org/article.php?id=196&search=shady%20grove%20adventist%20hospital</ref> with an expanded NICU and new Pediatric Emergency Department.
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The hospital provides medical and non-medical services for men, women and children. Medical services include [[pediatrics]], [[bariatrics]], [[cardiology]], [[orthopedics]], [[oncology]], [[radiology]], wound care, surgical services, special care services, and emergency services.<ref>https://www.adventisthealthcare.com/SGAH/services/index.aspx#Medical-Services</ref>


==3. Medical Services==
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The hospital provides medical and non-medical services for men, women and children. Medical services include [[pediatrics]], [[bariatric]] surgery, [[cardiology]], vascular, [[orthopedics]], [[oncology]], [[radiology]], wound care, surgical services, special care services and emergency services.<ref>http://mhcc.maryland.gov/consumerinfo/hospitalguide/hospital_guide/reports/find_a_hospital/care_report_option1.asp?hospital_nm=210057</ref><ref>http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/SGAH/services/index.aspx</ref>

===3.1 The Birth Center===
The Birth Center has private labor and delivery suites, private Mother-Baby suites, and a Level IIIB Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatal_intensive-care unit</ref>
A Level III-B Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides pediatric medical subspecialists and surgical specialists who perform major surgeries for patients with congenital malformations or acquired conditions. A Level III-B NICU is designated for newborns with extreme prematurity, which is 28 weeks' gestation or less, or extremely low birth weight (1000g or less) or severe or complex illness.<ref>http://www.tbd.com/articles/2010/10/shady-grove-hospital-celebrates-11th-annual-nicu-reunion-17326.html</ref><ref>http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/114/5/1341</ref> It is staffed by [[neonatalogists]] and [[neonatal nurses]].

In October 2008, Shady Grove became the first hospital in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area to offer a Birth Advisor<ref>http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/SGAH/services/maternity/birth-advisor.aspx</ref> to aid expectant mothers in preparing for their upcoming birth experience. This free appointment with Susan Hine, RN, Birth Advisor, allows expectant mothers a one-on-one discussion with an experienced Labor and Delivery nurse about their individual needs and expectations for their hospital stay.<ref>http://mhcc.maryland.gov/consumerinfo/hospitalguide/hospital_guide/reports/find_a_hospital/report_menu.asp?condition_cd=Babies&hospital_cd=210057&demog_nm=Shady_Grove_Adventist_Hospital&condition_nm=Babies</ref><ref>http://mhcc.maryland.gov/consumerinfo/hospitalguide/hospital_guide/reports/find_a_hospital/report_menu.asp?condition_cd=Moms&hospital_cd=210057&demog_nm=Shady_Grove_Adventist_Hospital&condition_nm=Mothers</ref>

===3.2 Pediatrics===
Shady Grove operates the first Pediatric Emergency Department<ref>http://www.gazette.net/stories/05132009/rocknew211402_32523.shtml</ref> in Montgomery County staffed with fellowship-trained, Pediatric Emergency Physicians and Pediatric Intensivists 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.<ref>http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/SGAH/about/news/2009/new-pediatric-emergency-department-opens.aspx </ref>

Shady Grove’s Pediatrics department also has a designated Child Life Specialist available to help children and their families cope emotionally and developmentally to health-care experiences in a positive manner. Recent additions to the program include a Wii Fun Center from the Starlight MidAtlantic Foundation and Miss Teen Maryland International 2009, Brittany Sullivan.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/01/AR2009040101887.html</ref><ref>http://www.gazette.net/stories/03262009/montnew161607_32487.shtml</ref>

The hospital operates the only [[Pediatric Intensive Care Unit]] (PICU) in [[Montgomery County]] and Pediatric Rehabilitative Medicine.

===3.3 Cardiac & Vascular Services===
==Germantown Emergency Center==
==Germantown Emergency Center==
The Germantown Emergency Center serves residents in central and northern Montgomery County. It functions similarly to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital's Emergency Department, but does not have inpatient beds. Patients who need to be admitted are transported by ambulance to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital or other area hospitals. The Center opened August, 7, 2006 and is administratively and operationally a part of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital.
The Germantown Emergency Center serves residents in central and northern Montgomery County. It functions similarly to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital's Emergency Department, but does not have inpatient beds. Patients who need to be admitted are transported by ambulance to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital or other area hospitals. The Center opened August, 7, 2006 and is administratively and operationally a part of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital.

Revision as of 18:41, 8 November 2010

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital is a 336-licensed bed acute care facility located in Rockville, Maryland. Shady Grove Adventist Hospital provides a range of health services to the community such as high-risk obstetrical care, cardiac and vascular care, oncology services, orthopedic care, surgical services and pediatric care. Opened in 1979, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital operates as part of Adventist HealthCare, a health-care delivery system that includes hospitals, home health agencies and other health-care services. Adventist HealthCare is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

Dennis Hansen is President of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and joined in May 2006.[1][2]

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital is located within a 600-acre Life Sciences Center (LSC), which has Montgomery County’s largest concentration of advanced technology companies including the hospital, Johns Hopkins University-Montgomery County Campus (JHU-MCC), the Universities at Shady Grove and biotechnology companies.[3][4]

As part of the Shady Grove Life Sciences Campus, the hospital established a partnership in 2008 with the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) and Salisbury University to offer a bachelor's degree in respiratory therapy at the USG campus in Rockville.[5][6]

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital participates in the annual Frontiers in Science and Medicine Day event, which encourages seventh graders to pursue careers in science and medicine by highlighting the achievements and capabilities of the companies located at the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center.[7][8]

2. History

When Shady Grove Adventist Hospital admitted its first patient in December 1979, it was located in a “rural” part of Montgomery County, surrounded by fields. With some 2,000 employees, 1,200 Medical Staff and Allied Health Professionals, and 800 volunteers today, Shady Grove delivers over 5,000 babies, treats more than 100,000 emergency patients, offers perinatology care, neonatology services and a pediatrics program.

In 2009, the hospital completed a four-year $100 million expansion and renovation project[9] with an expanded NICU and new Pediatric Emergency Department.

3. Medical Services

The hospital provides medical and non-medical services for men, women and children. Medical services include pediatrics, bariatric surgery, cardiology, vascular, orthopedics, oncology, radiology, wound care, surgical services, special care services and emergency services.[10][11]

3.1 The Birth Center

The Birth Center has private labor and delivery suites, private Mother-Baby suites, and a Level IIIB Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).[12] A Level III-B Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides pediatric medical subspecialists and surgical specialists who perform major surgeries for patients with congenital malformations or acquired conditions. A Level III-B NICU is designated for newborns with extreme prematurity, which is 28 weeks' gestation or less, or extremely low birth weight (1000g or less) or severe or complex illness.[13][14] It is staffed by neonatalogists and neonatal nurses.

In October 2008, Shady Grove became the first hospital in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area to offer a Birth Advisor[15] to aid expectant mothers in preparing for their upcoming birth experience. This free appointment with Susan Hine, RN, Birth Advisor, allows expectant mothers a one-on-one discussion with an experienced Labor and Delivery nurse about their individual needs and expectations for their hospital stay.[16][17]

3.2 Pediatrics

Shady Grove operates the first Pediatric Emergency Department[18] in Montgomery County staffed with fellowship-trained, Pediatric Emergency Physicians and Pediatric Intensivists 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.[19]

Shady Grove’s Pediatrics department also has a designated Child Life Specialist available to help children and their families cope emotionally and developmentally to health-care experiences in a positive manner. Recent additions to the program include a Wii Fun Center from the Starlight MidAtlantic Foundation and Miss Teen Maryland International 2009, Brittany Sullivan.[20][21]

The hospital operates the only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Montgomery County and Pediatric Rehabilitative Medicine.

3.3 Cardiac & Vascular Services

Germantown Emergency Center

The Germantown Emergency Center serves residents in central and northern Montgomery County. It functions similarly to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital's Emergency Department, but does not have inpatient beds. Patients who need to be admitted are transported by ambulance to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital or other area hospitals. The Center opened August, 7, 2006 and is administratively and operationally a part of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital.

Award

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) named Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Maryland, a 2005 winner of the ninth annual Ernest Amory Codman Award, which recognizes excellence in the use of outcomes measurement by health care organizations to achieve improvements in the quality and safety of health care.

References

  1. ^ http://www.columbiaunion.org/article.php?id=127&search=shady%20grove%20adventist%20hospital
  2. ^ http://shadygroveadventisthospital.com/SGAH/about/leadership.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/community/gaithersburg/index.shtm
  4. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/10/AR2009101001959.html
  5. ^ http://www.gazette.net/stories/072308/rocknew205158_32365.shtml
  6. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503642_2.html?hpid=news-col-blog&sub=AR
  7. ^ http://rockvillecentral.com/2010/10/seventh-graders-explore-frontiers-of-science-at-shady-grove-life-sciences-center.html
  8. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/10/AR2009101001959.html
  9. ^ http://www.columbiaunion.org/article.php?id=196&search=shady%20grove%20adventist%20hospital
  10. ^ http://mhcc.maryland.gov/consumerinfo/hospitalguide/hospital_guide/reports/find_a_hospital/care_report_option1.asp?hospital_nm=210057
  11. ^ http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/SGAH/services/index.aspx
  12. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatal_intensive-care unit
  13. ^ http://www.tbd.com/articles/2010/10/shady-grove-hospital-celebrates-11th-annual-nicu-reunion-17326.html
  14. ^ http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/114/5/1341
  15. ^ http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/SGAH/services/maternity/birth-advisor.aspx
  16. ^ http://mhcc.maryland.gov/consumerinfo/hospitalguide/hospital_guide/reports/find_a_hospital/report_menu.asp?condition_cd=Babies&hospital_cd=210057&demog_nm=Shady_Grove_Adventist_Hospital&condition_nm=Babies
  17. ^ http://mhcc.maryland.gov/consumerinfo/hospitalguide/hospital_guide/reports/find_a_hospital/report_menu.asp?condition_cd=Moms&hospital_cd=210057&demog_nm=Shady_Grove_Adventist_Hospital&condition_nm=Mothers
  18. ^ http://www.gazette.net/stories/05132009/rocknew211402_32523.shtml
  19. ^ http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/SGAH/about/news/2009/new-pediatric-emergency-department-opens.aspx
  20. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/01/AR2009040101887.html
  21. ^ http://www.gazette.net/stories/03262009/montnew161607_32487.shtml

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