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and suburban settings to solve unique Since the former Shore Health System’s acres off Longwoods Road near the
healthcare challenges,” said Mohan affiliation with UMMS in 2006 and intersection of U.S. Route 50, adjacent to
Suntha, MD, MBA, President & CEO subsequent merger with Chester River the Talbot County Community Center.
of the University of Maryland Medical Health System to form University of This more centralized location will
System (UMMS). “Over the last decade, Maryland Shore Regional Health in provide greater visibility, easier and safer
we have invested in a comprehensive 2013, UM SRH and UMMS leaders access for ambulance and helicopter
and integrated care delivery system have worked steadily with community transport as well as ample parking for

with a presence in every county in partners throughout the five-county patients, staff and visitors living in our
the Mid-Shore and this new Regional region to reimagine and improve health mid-shore region.
Medical Center in Talbot County will care delivery across roughly 2,000 square

While fi nal specifications are subject to
allow our team members to maximize miles of rural communities. UM SRH
state regulatory approval and planning
our capacity to deliver better outcomes investments in the region to-date have
commission support, the facility’s
for patients from Hoopers Island to provided innovative solutions to address
current design encompasses over
Rock Hall and everywhere in between.” county-based health care needs while
325,000 total square feet with an adjacent
creating a connected care delivery system

At today’s press conference, Gov. Hogan medical office and outpatient services
for residents of Caroline, Dorchester,
noted the proposed funding is part of building occupying an additional
Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties.
$220 million “in comprehensive and 60,000 square feet. The CON plans
Complementing these investments with
transformative health care investments will include data- driven assumptions
plans to construct a regional medical
to further improve access to quality care for ample inpatient and observation
center for the Mid-Shore ensures UM
in vulnerable and rural communities.” beds, operating rooms and Emergency
SRH will provide best-in-class health
Speaking of the Easton hospital project, Department treatment rooms to meet
care services for all aspects of inpatient
the governor said, ”This is an idea that the needs of our Mid-Shore community.

and outpatient care.
the community has been pleading for
for years if not decades. It’s desperately The new Regional Medical Center

needed and we are finally in a fi nancial campus is slated to occupy over 230
position to make this critical investment.”
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