Shady Grove Emergency Center

In the Event of an Emergency Dial 911

Opened August 7, 2006, the Shady Grove Adventist Emergency Center, administratively and operationally a part of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, provides the same emergency medical care that patients can receive at a hospital emergency department.

The Center functions similarly to the Hospital's main Emergency Department, but does not have inpatient beds. For patients who come to the Shady Grove Adventist Emergency Center, but need to be admitted, they will be transported to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital or other area hospitals.

Advanced technology allows the Emergency Center to be closely linked with Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. For example, the hospital's new Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS), which provides digital x-ray images, allows doctors at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital to review images from patients at the Germantown location.

Freestanding emergency medical facilities are typically developed to improve access to emergency medical care for residents in a given area. The Shady Grove Adventist Emergency Center will significantly improve access to emergency medical care for residents of upper Montgomery County, Maryland.