Emergency Care Center Marks First Year
posted 8:03 am Tue August 07, 2007 - Germantown, MD
They're expecting 28,000 or more patients in the coming year.
Officials say its location allows ambulance crews to get back on the road twice as fast after a call.It has also increased access to care in upper Montgomery County.
It has almost all the amenities of a major hospital, without the inpatient beds.
Patients who can't be treated there are transferred elsewhere, most to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville.
A similar pilot program is already in the planning stage on the Eastern Shore, where, growth and traffic are concerns for medical officials.
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Information from: The Washington Post
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