St. Mary’s Hospital, the largest private employer and only hospital in St. Mary’s County, has merged with MedStar Health, the region’s largest nonprofit healthcare system. St. Mary’s Hospital is the ninth hospital in MedStar Health’s network and the first hospital in the Southern Maryland region to join the healthcare system.
“We are excited to partner with MedStar Health,” says Christine R. Wray, president of St. Mary’s Hospital. “Our partnership highlights shared values, a community focus, as well as our joint commitment to the highest quality care. MedStar offers us world-renowned expertise and resources. We look forward to being a part of MedStar Health as St. Mary’s Hospital grows to meet the needs of our rapidly expanding community.”
The community will benefit from the merger, as St. Mary’s Hospital will have additional opportunities in, and access to, medical teaching and residency programs, clinical trials, research programs, physician recruitment and outpatient treatment programs through MedStar Health. St. Mary’s Hospital already has an established relationship with MedSTAR Transport, as well as Washington Hospital Center, which will both be expanded upon as a result of the merger.
“St. Mary’s patient-first culture and service area are complementary to MedStar Health and will allow us to expand our long-standing partnership with St. Mary’s,” says MedStar Health President and CEO Kenneth A. Samet. “Together we will build upon St. Mary’s well-established programs with new resources and opportunities for collaborative clinical programming to accelerate growth, while expanding services and continuing to build on its commitment to quality.”
St. Mary’s Hospital was recently recognized with the 2009 Delmarva Foundation Excellence Award for Quality Improvement and joins three other MedStar hospitals in receiving this distinction. In addition, St. Mary’s Hospital was the first hospital in Southern Maryland to implement a fully integrated electronic medical records system, a barcode medication administration device and computerized physician order entry.
This partnership greatly improves access for a growing community to resources within the MedStar Health system. Both organizations appreciate just how valuable it is to patients and families that healthcare is convenient and close to home.
Together, St. Mary’s Hospital and MedStar Health will provide system synergies to benefit patient health and well-being, and contribute to the overall advancement of healthcare in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., regions.
About St. Mary’s Hospital
St. Mary’s Hospital is a 103-bed, full-service hospital, delivering state-of-the-art emergency, acute inpatient an
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