Adventist’s Germantown Emergency Center, which opened in 2006, is one of seven freestanding emergency rooms in Maryland. Those standalone facilities provide the same level of care as a hospital emergency room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adventist HealthCare is shutting down its Germantown Emergency Center on July 1, the medical group announced Monday.<\/p>\n
Adventist said it has given employees the option to stay in its network by working at the Rockville medical center or another location.<\/p>\n
The Germantown Emergency Center, which opened in 2006, is one of seven freestanding emergency rooms in Maryland. Those standalone facilities provide the same level of care as a hospital emergency room.<\/p>\n
Volume at the center has been declining for more than a decade, dropping by a third overall since peaking at 36,000 visits, according to Adventist. Most of the cases it\u2019s been seeing lately could also be treated at a primary or urgent care, rather than a full-service ER.<\/p>\n
In the 20 years since the center\u2019s opening, several urgent cares and a hospital have sprung up nearby.<\/p>\n
The Germantown center\u2019s closing coincides with the opening of Adventist\u2019s new building at its Shady Grove Medical Center, which will be anchored by a state-of-the-art ER, the medical group said. That building will open in June.<\/p>\n
\u201cGermantown Emergency Center\u2019s 20 years of exceptional care will leave a lasting legacy,\u201d Dan Cochran, president of Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center, said in a news release. \u201cWe are grateful to have led the way in bringing life-saving care to Germantown residents, launching the abundance of health services that serve this wonderful community today.\u201d<\/p>\n