Adventist HealthCare
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| Non-profit | |
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Headquarters | Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. |
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Area served
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Washington, D.C. metropolitan area |
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Number of employees
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6,200 |
| Website | www |
Adventist HealthCare is a not-for-profit health services organization based in Gaithersburg, Maryland that employs more than 6,200 people and provides healthcare for more than 400,000 individuals in the community each year. The primary service area for Adventist HealthCare is the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Despite similar names, it is not a part of the California-based Adventist Health, or the Florida-based Adventist Health System.
Adventist HealthCare began with the founding of Washington Adventist Hospital by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1907. Originally called the Washington Sanitarium, the health facility treated illness and disease, and taught patients the benefits of exercise, a balanced diet, rest and fresh air.
After World War I, the Sanitarium transitioned from a long-term to acute-care facility. It changed its name to the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital and added an acute-care hospital building for surgical, obstetric and emergency cases. Next to the Sanitarium, the Adventist Church built what is now Washington Adventist University. The first group of nurses graduated from the hospital in 1909; nurses later received their training at the college.
In 1973, Adventist HealthCare started Adventist Home Care Services, which provides care to patients in their homes.
In December 1979, Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center (then called Shady Grove Adventist Hospital) opened as the first hospital in northern Montgomery County.
In 1997, Adventist HealthCare acquired Hackettstown Community Hospital, a community hospital serving northern New Jersey now known as Hackettstown Regional Medical Center. In 2016, Hackettstown joined Atlantic Health System in New Jersey.
In 2000, Adventist HealthCare acquired Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health, a freestanding psychiatric hospital, which offers an array of inpatient, outpatient and partial hospital services for adolescents and adults. It includes the Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children, which was founded in 1983.
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