LUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC

INPATIENTTHE LHAAMC WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S CENTER OFFERS MULTIGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT A WOMAN FROM THE TIME SHE BEGINS GYNECOLOGICAL CARE THROUGH THE CHILDBEARING YEARS AND BEYOND. WE OFFER THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE WOMEN'S SERVICES; ALL-INCLUSIVE MATERNITY, NEWBORN AND PEDIATRIC CARE; ADVANCED TREATMENTS FOR ANY HEALTH CHALLENGES WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES MAY ENCOUNTER; AND EXTENSIVE SCREENING, PREVENTION AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS TO HELP THEM LEAD LONGER, HEALTHIER AND MORE FULFILLING LIVES.LHAAMC IS KNOWN FOR EXCELLENCE IN OBSTETRICAL SERVICES, AND WE OFFER MOMS MANY OPTIONS AS THEY MAKE INFORMED CHOICES DURING LABOR AND DELIVERY. OUR GOAL IS FOR EACH BIRTHING PERSON AND THEIR FAMILY TO FEEL RESPECTED AND TO EXPERIENCE THE BIRTHING PROCESS AND POSTPARTUM EXPERIENCE THEY DESIRE. LHAAMC DELIVERS NEARLY 5,000 BABIES EACH YEAR, THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF DELIVERIES IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.LUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER'S NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) IS DESIGNATED AS A LEVEL III NICU, AND CARES FOR THE MOST CRITICALLY ILL NEWBORNS, ALLOWING BABIES BORN EARLY OR WITH COMPLICATIONS TO STAY WITH THEIR FAMILIES AT LHAAMC. WITHOUT THIS LEVEL OF NICU CARE, BABIES WOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, RESULTING IN FAMILIES AND BABIES BEING SEPARATED.THE LHAAMC NICU, ALSO KNOWN AS "TEDDY'S PLACE", IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART THIRTY (30) BED UNIT, EQUIPPED WITH LIFE-SAVING TECHNOLOGY. LHAAMC IS ALSO PROUD TO OFFER SPECIALIZED CARE FOR HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES IN THE CENTER FOR MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE, AS WELLS AS PELVIC IN THE WOMEN'S CENTER FOR PELVIC HEALTH. THE LHAAMC WOMEN'S CENTER FOR PELVIC HEALTH WAS AWARDED THE SAFETY CERTIFICATION IN OUTPATIENT PRACTICE EXCELLENCE (SCOPE) FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH. IT IS ONE OF ONLY TWO WOMEN'S HEALTH PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND AMONG ONLY 95 IN THE COUNTRY TO RECEIVE THIS DESIGNATION.STROKELHAAMC HAS EARNED CERTIFICATION AS A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION (TJC), AND WAS THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN THE REGION (AND ONE OF THE FIRST EIGHT (8) IN THE STATE) TO HAVE EARNED THIS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED DESIGNATION. THE (TJC) CERTIFICATION MEANS LHAAMC HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT ITS STROKE PROGRAM FOLLOWS NATIONAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES THAT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR STROKE PATIENTS. LHAAMC RECEIVED THE STROKE GOLD PLUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION/AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION (TARGET: STROKE HONOR ROLL ELITE PLUS AND TARGET: TYPE 2 DIABETES HONOR ROLL, MARYLAND REGION3 M; L REGIONAL REPORT - MISSION: LIFELINE REGIONAL AWARD). THE HIGHEST AWARD GIVEN TO STROKE PROGRAMS NATIONALLY.THE JOINT COMMISSION CERTIFICATION MEANS LHAAMC HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT ITS STROKE PROGRAM FOLLOWS NATIONAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES THAT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR STROKE PATIENTS. HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTETHE LHAAMC HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OFFERING EXCEPTIONAL EMERGENCY, INTERVENTIONAL AND SURGICAL CARE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE LHAAMC HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A STANDARD FOR CARE AND TREATMENT OF HEART ATTACK PATIENTS AND RECIPIENT OF THE GOLD PERFORMANCE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. LHAAMC ALSO RECEIVED A PERFORMANCE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY WHICH RECOGNIZED LHAAMC FOR CONSISTENTLY FOLLOWING HEART ATTACK TREATMENT GUIDELINES AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS. ONLY 319 HOSPITALS NATIONWIDE RECEIVE THIS HONOR.SURGICAL SERVICESLHAAMC SURGEONS PERFORM A VARIETY OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGICAL PROCEDURES FROM THE ROUTINE TO THE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED, SUCH AS ROBOTICS. IN ADDITION TO GENERAL SURGERIES, THEY SPECIALIZE IN BREAST, COLON AND RECTAL, ORTHOPEDIC, PEDIATRIC, RETINAL, THORACIC, VASCULAR, UROLOGY, GYNECOLOGY, UROGYNECOLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, AND EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SURGERY, AS WELL AS NEUROSURGERY AND PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. LHAAMC'S BARIATRIC SURGERY PROGRAM IS A LEVEL 1 FACILITY, NATIONALLY ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS FOR PROVIDING A HIGH QUALITY OF CARE AND EXCELLENT OUTCOMES.LHAAMC'S WEIGHT LOSS AND METABOLIC SURGERY PROGRAM IS ACCREDITED AS A COMPREHENSIVE CENTER BY THE METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR MEETING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE.AT THE LHAAMC JOINT CENTER, OUR SURGEONS HOLD SUPERIOR CREDENTIALS AND MANY OF OUR SURGEONS SPECIALIZE IN KNEE AND HIP REPLACEMENT. IT IS CONSISTENTLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST VOLUME JOINT REPLACEMENT CENTERS IN THE STATE. OVER THE PAST FIVE (5) YEARS, LHAAMC IS THIRD (3RD) IN THE STATE FOR THE NUMBER OF JOINT REPLACEMENTS PERFORMED AT A HOSPITAL. LUMINIS HEALTH'S ORTHOPEDIC TEAM CONTINUES TO EARN NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE. HEALTHGRADES NAMES LHAAMC AMOUNG: - AMERICA'S 50 BEST HOSPITALS FOR OUTPATIENT JOINT REPLACEMENT - AMERICA'S 50 BEST HOSPITALS FOR OUTPATIENT ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - AMERICA'S 50 BEST HOSPITALS FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - #2 IN MARYLAND FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERYLUMINIS HEALTH WAS ALSO NAMED TO BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW'S TOP 100 HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS WITH GREAT ORTHOPEDIC PROGRAMS.ONCOLOGY OUTPATIENTTHE LHAAMC GEATON AND JOANN DECESARIS CANCER INSTITUTE ENCOMPASSES A LARGE ARRAY OF SERVICES RANGING FROM PREVENTION, SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT THROUGH SURVIVORSHIP.