Health Care

Atlantic General Hospital Overview

Atlantic General Hospital, a not-for-profit acute care hospital located in Berlin, Md., has been providing quality healthcare for nearly 17 years. This accredited state-of-the-art facility combines old-fashioned personal attention with the latest technology and services.

Residents and vacationers can rely on convenient, prompt around-the-clock care in the emergency department, which extends to each patient a promise to begin treatment within 30 minutes of arrival.

Atlantic General is a leader in providing new services to the community with its Women’s Diagnostic Center and comprehensive breast care services, the Atlantic Endoscopy Center and Wound Care Center, a diabetes education program, the Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Center, and advanced orthopedic services in the Center for Joint Surgery. It is also the only hospital on the Shore to offer on-site open and closed MRI, which are accredited by the American College of Radiology.

The hospital’s health system offers access to more than 20 family practitioners and specialists in Ocean Pines, Berlin, Ocean City, Pocomoke and Snow Hill as well as Selbyville and Fenwick, DE. At Atlantic General Hospital – it all comes back to you.

Visit www.atlanticgeneral.org for more information.

McCready Foundation

McCready hospital in scenic Crisfield on the Chesapeake Bay opened in 1923 and focuses on providing healthcare for Somerset County residents and their Lower Shore neighbors.

A waterside Emergency Room, open around-the-clock, sees patients in a matter of minutes. Seasoned healthcare professionals staff a bustling outpatient center, which provides basic medical care for many local residents.

Patients with breathing problems can see an experienced pulmonologist. An experienced team of rehabilitation therapists helps folks bounce back from an injury or surgery with one-on-one sessions, and a speech therapist also is available to work with children and adults.

Along with acute care, McCready is home to a 76-bed nursing and rehabilitation center. Starting in 2010, 30 assisted-living efficiency units will be available for rent as a residential eldercare option.

Visit www.mccreadyfoundation.org for more information.

Peninsula Regional Medical Center

Peninsula Regional Medical Center is the 6th largest Medical Center in the state of Maryland-by bed count-providing a full scope of services that rival those offered in much larger metropolitan areas. It has received over 25 national awards, certifications and recognitions over the past four years for the safety and care it provides patients and the outcomes they experience.

At over 350 acute care beds, 30 transitional care beds and 28 newborn beds, Peninsula Regional is the region’s largest, most advanced tertiary care facility, and has been meeting the health care needs of Delmarva Peninsula residents since 1897. Its 3,300 physicians, staff and volunteers provide safe, compassionate and affordable care designed to exceed the expectations of the nearly 500,000 patients who rely on the Medical Center team each year for inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic, subacute and emergency/trauma services. At 113 years, it is the region’s oldest health care institution with the most experienced team of health care professionals.

Peninsula Regional Medical Center was recently presented the 2010 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ by HealthGrades, Inc., the nation’s largest provider of independent hospital ratings. Peninsula Regional continues to partner with other health care providers to increase the availability and scope of services.

Visit www.peninsula.org for more information.

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