Atlantic General Hospital &
Health System
Our Mission:
To create a coordinated care delivery
system that will provide access to quality
care, personalized service and education to
improve individual and community health.
AGH Population Density Map
MD Core
MD Secondary
DE Core
DE Secondary
Source: ARC GIS and 2010 US Census data.
Each Dot equals 100 People
AGH Service Area Population
2011 Population Estimates
MD Core
21811
21842
21813
21841
21872
MD Secodary
21851
21863
21850
21874
21864
21829
DE Core
19975
19944
DE Secondary
19945
19966
19939
19970
19930
19967
Name
BERLIN
OCEAN CITY
BISHOPVILLE
NEWARK
WHALEYVILLE
MD Core Total
Name
POCOMOKE CITY
SNOW HILL
PITTSVILLE
WILLARDS
STOCKTON
GIRDLETREE
MD Secondary Total
Name
SELBYVILLE
FENWICK ISLAND
DE Core Total
Name
FRANKFORD
MILLSBORO
DAGSBORO
OCEAN VIEW
BETHANY BEACH
MILLVILLE
DE Secondary Total
Total Service Area
Total Service Area
Maryland
United States
Source:T homsonReuters Healthcare
Source: ARC GIS
00-17
4,405
1,472
533
155
125
6,690
18-44
5,845
2,826
592
191
152
9,606
45-64
7,214
3,387
787
223
190
11,801
65+
6,109
2,822
410
114
105
9,560
Total
23,573
10,507
2,322
683
572
37,657
1,702
932
679
669
109
82
4,173
2,084
1,510
880
827
157
125
5,583
1,859
1,370
685
635
140
123
4,812
1,195
933
312
272
81
71
2,864
6,840
4,745
2,556
2,403
487
401
17,432
1,288
62
1,350
1,735
102
1,837
2,291
282
2,573
2,267
300
2,567
7,581
746
8,327
1,632
4,045
1,129
960
301
25
8,092
20,305
18%
24%
24%
2,282
5,459
1,558
1,281
506
27
11,113
28,139
26%
36%
36%
2,406
6,536
1,825
2,383
1,359
46
14,555
33,741
31%
27%
26%
1,667
6,074
1,419
2,226
1,417
39
12,842
27,833
25%
13%
13%
7,987
22,114
5,931
6,850
3,583
137
46,602
110,018
100%
100%
100%
%of
MDC
63%
28%
6%
2%
2%
100%
%of
39%
27%
15%
14%
3%
2%
100%
%of DEC
91%
9%
100%
%of DES
17%
47%
13%
15%
8%
0%
100%
%of Total
21%
10%
2%
1%
1%
34%
%of Total
6%
4%
2%
2%
0%
0%
16%
%of Total
7%
1%
8%
%of Total
7%
20%
5%
6%
3%
0%
42%
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Berlin ZIP Code (21811) has an
estimated population of 23,573
and accounts for 63% of the
Maryland Core service area
(MDC) population, and 21% of
the total service area.
The Berlin (21811) and
Millsboro, DE (19966) ZIP codes
combine to equal 41% of the
total service area population.
The total service area has an
estimated population of
110,018.
The total service area has
TWICE the percentage of
people in the 65+ age cohort
than the state or US.
ICU TELEMEDICINE
Rural Maryland Hospitals
Form Unprecedented
Collaborative to Improve
Patient Care
Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:00am EDT
MED/SURG
CONNECTIVITY
care.connection
• Decreased noise
• Improved patient
satisfaction
• Increased patient safety
Personal units installed in each
patient room October 2012 in
conjunction with room redesigns
Connection with PERKS upon
project go-live
eStrategy Continues…
eCare – July 2010
• Remote 24 hr monitoring of critical patients in ICU
Wireless phones provided to nursing staff – October 2012
• Connection to telemetry
• Nurse call
• Text capability
• Scanners for those giving meds
Additional cardiac monitoring capabilities – October 2012
Introduction of Smart Pumps – coming in February 2013
• Increases safety in medication administration
PSYCHIATRIC
TELEMEDICINE
How do we accomplish a Patient
Centered Medical Home?
Looking
Ahead
for our Community
 Improved
Communication within
Healthcare Community
 Patient Portal
 Faith Based Partnership
Health Care Innovation Awards: Maryland
ATLANTIC GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Project Title: “Expand Atlantic General Hospital’s infrastructure to create a
patient-centered medical home”
Geographic Reach: Maryland
Funding Amount: $1,097,512
Estimated 3-Year Savings: $3,522,000
Summary: Atlantic General Hospital Corporation, which serves largely rural
Worcester County, Maryland, is receiving a grant to improve care for Medicare
beneficiaries with either a primary or admitting diagnosis of congestive heart
failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or diabetes, who currently rely on
high cost ER visits and Acute Care admissions. The corporation plans to expand
infrastructure and create a Patient-Centered Medical Home, increasing access for
patients needing non-emergency episodic care and reducing hospital admission
rates and emergency department visits for these Medicare beneficiaries.
Over a three-year period, Atlantic General Hospital Corporation will create three
new jobs and train 75 workers. New hires will include a patient care manager, a
patient advocate, and a care team coordinator.
Patient-Centered Medical Home
Achieved NCQA Level 2 Recognition for
Berlin Primary Care & Townsend Medical
Center locations in Oct. 2012
Received $1.1 million federal grant in July
2012 from CMS to expand PCMH to Health
System PCP offices for Medicare patients
• Recruitment of a care coordination team
underway
• Funding also includes purchase of 12
computers for Faith-Based Medical Home
partners