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< the shore medical pavilion opened in december 2011, further expanding the medical services shore health offers for Queen anne’s county residents. maryland primary care physicians and specialists in urology, neurology, gynecology, otolaryngology and cardiology are based at the medical pavilion, where their patients have convenient access to a diagnostic imaging center, physical and speech therapy services, and a four-bed diagnostic sleep center.
more than 23 years, he came to Shore Health from Upper Chesapeake Health in Harford County, where he was president of that two-hospital system. He has a track record of collaborating with physicians, the health care team and members of the community to expand services, programs and facilities. Shore Health ranked among the top Maryland Hospitals when U.S. News & World Report released its 2012-13 Best Hospitals report, which also ranked Shore Health No. 1 on the Eastern Shore. Shore Health’s Memorial Hospital at Easton achieved the No. 9 position in the state and was cited as high-performing in the following categories: Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Nephrology, Neurology Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Pulmonology and Urology. The boards of directors of Chester River Health and Shore Health authorized a Mid-Shore Regionalization Study to explore the potential benefits of a regionalized approach to serving residents of Kent, Talbot, Dorchester, Caroline and Queen Anne’s counties. The study committee is composed of an equal number of board members from each health system.
Plans are progressing for construction of a 126-bed regional medical center in Easton to replace Memorial Hospital. The certificate of need is scheduled to be filed with the State of Maryland in September 2012 with the potential for groundbreaking in the spring of 2013 and grand opening in 2015. A $2.5 million renovation begun in the fall of 2011 at Shore Behavioral Health at Dorchester General Hospital in Cambridge will increase this inpatient psychiatric unit from 16 to 24 beds and enhance the facility’s ability to meet the needs of patients who have a dual diagnosis of mental health and substance abuse issues. The Requard Center for Acute Rehabilitation at Memorial Hospital earned re-accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) for another three-year term. The Requard Center’s stroke specialty program was also awarded CARF accreditation for the first time. terry detrich, Md, earned the 2011 arthur b. cecil Jr., Md, Award for Excellence in Healthcare Improvement. A neurologist who has treated Eastern Shore patients for nearly four decades, Dr. Detrich is medical director of the Primary Stroke Center at the
Memorial Hospital at Easton. He and his team developed a stroke program that has been recognized by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association for achieving the highest standards of stroke care for more than 24 consecutive months. uniVersitY oF marYland medical center
The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) is a 779-bed teaching hospital in Baltimore and the flagship institution of the University of Maryland Medical System. The attending physicians at UMMC are faculty members at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. As a leader in trauma, cancer care, transplantation, stroke and neurocare, cardiac care, and women’s and children’s health, UMMC treats patients who are referred nationally and regionally for advanced medical, surgical and critical care. UMMC has one of the nation’s largest kidney transplant programs, as well as scores of other programs that improve the physical and mental health of thousands of people on any given day.