LEONARDTOWN, Md. – The Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) Executive Program convened at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital and Pyramid California Residential and Outpatient Treatment Center on Jan 5 for day-long examination of the current state of healthcare in Southern Maryland.
Participants sat down with the CEOs, chief financial officers, and other senior leaders of MedStar St. Mary’s, CalvertHealth System, and University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center, and with the county health officers and other key public health staff to discuss current challenges and opportunities of our healthcare system. They learned how workforce and financial sustainability challenges are met in part through collaboration with Southern Maryland’s educational institutions and other community partners.
The LSM group received a behind-the-scenes virtual tour of MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital’s cutting-edge capabilities in robotic surgery and interventional radiology.
“Hearing about the surgery capabilities and robotics availability in the local area was amazing!” said Ryan Morning, Director of Business Development at StraCon Services Group. “I had no idea we were using that technology at MedStar St. Mary’s.”
The group placed special focus on mental and behavioral health in Southern Maryland. A dementia exercise by Sagepoint Senior Living Services put participants into the shoes of people living with memory loss and sensory impairment.
“The dementia exercise was eye-opening,” said Tekla Research Vice President of Pax River Operations Steven Girard. “Getting an understanding of what dementia patients are going through and seeing how they ‘see’ the world was very helpful.”
Pyramid California Residential and Outpatient Treatment Center, the Maryland Coalition of Families, and the St. Mary’s County Health Department Harm Reduction Program introduced participants to innovative and supportive programming available to residents suffering from mental illness and addiction. A walk through the Charles County Sheriff’s Office’s Heroin Overdose Prevention Effort (HOPE) Trailer brought home the message that addiction and mental illness can touch any family.
Dr. Johnnie Taylor, Jr., Neany, Inc. Managing Director of Contracts remarked, “I am so impressed by the obvious collaboration between agencies and respect for what each agency contributes to resolving the healthcare challenges in our tri-county area.”
Leadership Southern Maryland’s flagship Executive Program is an interactive and life-enriching nine-month, tuition-based “behind-the-scenes” experience designed to enhance the collaborative abilities of our region’s top senior professionals. LSM welcomes mid- to senior-level executives representing diverse geographic locations, industries, professions, ethnicities, genders, and other backgrounds who are committed to addressing the community needs of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties.
keep in mind that hospitals have a monopoly on hospital care since theres only 1 in the area\ 1 per county. Where else are you going to go?
what i would like to see is health sharing be offered on the maryland health exchange [www.marylandhealthconnection]. It doesn’t look like its offered. Health sharing is different from an HMO, health insurance.
does this include surgery? Does this include surgery doesn’t go quite right? There is this wow website [like wow!]. Is this a website for those that have had botched abortions & lived to tell about it? NO. Is this a website of those that have had illegal abortions & wanted to sob what a terrible experience it was? no. This is a website, buddy boy, of those babies that have, yes sir, survived being aborted. Survived their mothers attempts at ending a pregnancy. You ready? www. abortion survivors. com. excuse me, abortion survivors.org wow.
Hmmm hospitals are supposed to be safe haven locations [+police stations]. Is there a sticker\ decal on the door indicating that the hospital is a safe haven location? Is it on their website that they’re a safe haven location? Although there are safe haven locations [Maryland], can you tell bby the door, can you tell from the website? Oh my, is not having it on the website\ door not part of the safe haven program? Oh my. What is this sticker? That means safe haven. Whats safe haven?