Doctors Community Hospital

Description

Opened in 1975 by a group of leading community physicians Doctors Community Hospital is a private notforprofit hospital located in Lanham Maryland The hospital which is one and onehalf miles from the BaltimoreWashington Parkway and 495 is focused on meeting the health care needs of Prince Georges County and the region

Doctors Community Hospital currently operates 200 medicalsurgical beds admits 12000 patients annually and employs 1300 individuals Our medical staff is comprised of more than 500 physicians The hospital offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services a number of specialty and subspecialty services and a full range of ancillary and support services

Doctors Community Hospital recently opened its new sixstory patient bed tower featuring 90 private patient rooms and a significantly expanded Emergency Department adding 17 additional treatment beds Private rooms benefit the patients by supporting healing and providing privacy while the Emergency Department expansion enables the hospital to treat a greater number of patients and reduce wait times

The recently expanded Emergency Department is now able to treat up to 90000 patients per year This will be made possible by an enhanced triage area updated patient monitoring systems and 24hour access to emergency imaging including CT scan MRI radiology and ultrasound The new triage area and monitoring systems along with the private patient rooms are expected to decrease wait times and speed overall treatment of patients