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Shady Grove Medical Center, Washington Adventist Hospital Receive National Awards for Stroke Care

Story by Katie Solovey

Adventist HealthCare’s two main hospitals have each received two awards from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association for life-saving, high-quality stroke care. These awards come during National Stroke Month, which raises awareness about the signs and symptoms of stroke.

White Oak Medical Center Takes Shape

Opening next summer, Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center will feature all-private rooms, cutting-edge technology and comprehensive outpatient services in a healing environment.

Story by Maura Zehr

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 50th Anniversary of His Death

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Editorial by Terry Forde, CEO and president of Adventist HealthCare

April 4 was the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the American civil rights leader, pastor, and visionary who was fatally shot while standing on the second floor balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

A Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Dr. King was one of the most visible leaders of the movement for civil rights in the United State. He was committed to the use of nonviolence in the marches and demonstrations that he was associated with.

Adventist HealthCare Wound Care Centers Recognized for Excellence

Story by Betty Klinck

Adventist HealthCare’s two Advanced Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine centers have received national recognition for the quality care they provide to patients.

The centers at Adventist HealthCare Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, Md., and Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center in Rockville, Md., have been recognized as Centers of Distinction by Healogics, Inc. They are two of only 427 centers across the country to achieve this honor.

Sé el cambio

Historia de Terry Forde

Las puertas del elevador se estaban empezando a cerrar cuando entré al vestíbulo de un edificio de oficinas. Podía ver la cara del joven mensajero que estaba llevando un paquete mientras las puertas se cerraban; cuando alzó la mirada y me vio, instintivamente puso su pie entre las puertas y evitó que se cerraran.