Why is there a need for a freestanding emergency medical facility in Germantown?
The area that Shady Grove Adventist Hospital serves includes residents in central and northern Montgomery County. In 2005, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital’s Emergency Department treated nearly 90,000 emergency patients. In fact, Shady Grove’s Emergency Department is consistently one of the busiest in the state and operates at a volume more than double the national standard for hospitals of its size. The community served by Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in upper Montgomery County faces a unique combination of factors that impede access to emergency medical care: Skyrocketing population growth; severe traffic congestion; and a large geographic service area among other issues. Presently, there is no access to emergency medical care along the I-270 corridor between Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and Frederick Memorial Hospital—a distance of 30 miles. Ambulances and private vehicles must often negotiate through heavy traffic as they travel to Shady Grove. Since 1994, average daily traffic v
