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Shore Regional Health Laboratories Receive Accreditation from the College of American Pathologists

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) recently awarded accreditation to three University of Maryland Shore Regional Health laboratories. Based on results of a recent on-site inspection, as part of the CAP’s Accreditation Programs, UM Shore Medical Center at Easton’s Main Laboratory and Bay Street Laboratory, and UM Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown’s Laboratory all received CAP accreditation.

David B. Danner, MD, PhD, director of both UM Shore Medical Center at Easton laboratory locations and Reinhardt O. Sahmel, MD, PhD, director of the laboratory at UM Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown, were advised of this national recognition and congratulated for the excellence of the services being provided. The three Shore Regional Health laboratories are among the more than 7,000 CAP-accredited facilities worldwide.

During the CAP accreditation process, which is designed to ensure the highest standard of care for all laboratory patients, inspectors examine the laboratory’s records and quality control procedures for the preceding two years. CAP inspectors also examine laboratory staff qualifications, equipment, facilities, safety program and record, and overall management.

For additional information about laboratory services at UM Shore Regional Health or diagnostic testing locations around the Mid-Shore, visit www.shorehealth.org.

Lend a Hand: “Claws for a Cause” Nets More than $24,000 for Emergency Center

Committee at Event (400 x 268)The University of Maryland Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown’s Event Committee recently hosted “Claws for a Cause,” a crab feast to benefit the Emergency Center’s emergency preparedness equipment fund. The event, held at Fisherman’s Crab Deck, had more than 150 attendees and netted over $24,000 for the Emergency Center from ticket sales and an auction. The auction featured 25 auction items donated by members of the committee and the local community, and included a kayak donated by Tri-Gas and Oil Co., Inc. and a trip to Belize donated by John McQueeney.

Sponsors of the event included Extra Large Blue Crab Sponsor, Bay Area Association of Realtors®, Inc.; Large Blue Crab Sponsor, Eastern Shore Emergency Medicine Physicians; and Medium Blue Crab Sponsors, CNB, Coldwell Banker Waterman Realty, Bobbie and Michael Cusimano, Friel Lumber Company, Pete and Diane Pappas, Queenstown Bank of Maryland, Tri-Gas and Oil Co., Inc., The Bay Times and Record Observer, and What’s Up? Magazine. Beer sponsors for the event were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kelly and Kelly Distributors. Wine was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Deoudes and Sen. and Mrs. E.J. Pipkin. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Pappas donated fresh fruit for dessert.

“I am so happy to see the enthusiastic and generous response to the crab feast benefiting the Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown,” comments Kathy Deoudes, Event Committee Co-Chair. “It is certainly a cause that resonates with citizens of Queen Anne’s County and surrounding areas.”

Open since October 2010, the UM Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown, located at 115 Shoreway Drive, is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year to provide care to members of the community in need of treatment for acute illnesses, injuries and trauma as well as minor injuries. The Center also offers diagnostic and imaging services. Medical treatment at this UM Shore Regional Health location is provided by board certified emergency medicine physicians, experienced nurses, radiology technicians and medical technologists who are all on site 24 hours a day.

“Our staff takes great pride in the level of emergency care we have been able to provide the Queen Anne’s County community since the Emergency Center’s opening nearly three years ago,” comments Mary Alice Vanhoy, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NREMT-P, Nurse Manager for the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center. “The emergency medical services we provide our patients would not be possible without the continued support of the local community.”

Vanhoy continues, “Supporters of the recent ‘Claws for a Cause’ event, which benefited our emergency preparedness equipment fund, have helped to ensure that our staff can continue to provide our patients with the highest quality of care in the face of any unexpected event that may occur.”

For additional information about the University of Maryland Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown, visit www.shorehealth.org. To make a charitable donation, please contact the Memorial Hospital Foundation at 410-822-1000, extension 5763.

In photo: The University of Maryland Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown’s Event Committee recently raised more than $24,000 at the “Claws for a Cause” crab feast to benefit the Emergency Center. Committee members include (front row, left to right) Merry Tobin; Kathy Deoudes, Committee Co-Chair; Mary Alice Vanhoy, Emergency Center Nurse Manager; Alisa Pipkin; (back row) Julie McMahan Thomas; Bobbie Cusimano; Jennifer DiDonato; Andi Morony; and Diane Carlson.

“Claws for a Cause” to Benefit Queen Anne’s Emergency Center

Claws for a Cause Committee (400 x 346)The Queen Anne’s Emergency Center Event Committee is gearing up for its next fundraiser, “Claws for a Cause,” a crab feast to benefit the Emergency Center’s disaster preparedness needs. The event will be held on Thursday, July 11 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Fisherman’s Crab Deck in Grasonville. Tickets, which are $90 in advance or $100 at the door, will include a traditional crab feast and a buffet of fried chicken, pulled pork barbeque and an assortment of side dishes. Guests will also have the opportunity to participate in a 50/50 raffle and basket raffles.

“The Queen Anne’s Emergency Center,” commented Mary Alice Vanhoy, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NREMT-P, Nurse Manager for the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center, “wants to be fully prepared in the event that our community experiences any type of disaster or weather event like that of the recent Hurricanes Irene and Sandy. Supporters of the ‘Claws for a Cause’ event, which will benefit our all-hazards disaster preparedness efforts, will help to ensure that our staff can continue to provide our patients with the highest quality of care in the face of any unexpected event that may occur.”

For more information about sponsorship opportunities or purchasing tickets, contact Joanna Pierce, Memorial Hospital Foundation, at jpierce@shorehealth.org or call (410)822-1000, extension 5481.

In photo: “Claws for a Cause” event committee members recently met to begin planning for the upcoming July event.  Members include (front row, from left to right) Barbara Siegert; Kathy Deoudes, Committee Chair; (back row) Alisa Pipkin; Bobbie Cusimano; and Mary Alice Vanhoy, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NREMT-P, Nurse Manager for the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center.

QA Emergency Center Celebrates One-Year Anniversary

In conjunction with Emergency Nurses Day on October 12, Shore Health System will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center. This celebration is an opportunity to recount the success of Maryland’s only free-standing emergency center in a rural community. Guests will meet the physicians, nurses and other clinical care providers who save lives at the center 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

The Center is located at 115 Shoreway Drive at the intersection of Nesbitt Road and US Route 50 in Queenstown. Festivities begin at 11:00 am and will include a light lunch. As part of the celebration, the staff of the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center will recognize their colleagues in law enforcement, fire safety and emergency management services for the many ways they work together to care for the community.

Since opening on October 4, 2010, the staff of the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center has treated over 13,000 people of all ages, far exceeding projections for how much the center would be used in its first year.

The Queen Anne’s Emergency Center began as a partnership between Queen Anne’s County government, the University of Maryland Medical System and Shore Health System. The center’s staff includes board certified emergency medicine physicians, experienced emergency nurses and hospital-experienced radiology and laboratory technologists.

Equipped with 13 treatment rooms and onsite diagnostic imaging and laboratory services, the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center has the resources needed to care for people of all ages who come with acute illnesses, injuries and trauma as well as minor injuries. When patients need advanced diagnostic testing and treatment only available in an inpatient hospital setting, arrangements are made for transport by ambulance or helicopter to a hospital.

The residents of Queen Anne’s County have shown their enthusiasm for this long-awaited healthcare service by supporting many fundraising activities, which have raised more than $1 million for equipment used every day to treat the residents of the community.

For more information about the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center one-year anniversary celebration, call 410-822-1000, ext. 5222. Learn more about the center by visiting www.qaemergencycenter.org.

Fundraiser Supports Queen Anne’s Emergency Center

On Saturday, April 30, more than 100 members of the community enjoyed an evening at Heathland Manor at Hunter’s Oak to celebrate the healthcare services now available at the Shore Health System Queen Anne’s Emergency Center.

Thanks to the generosity of guests, sponsors and other donors, Our Roots are Planted for a “Shore” Future raised $50,000 that will be used to purchase a GE Panda® for the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center. The Panda is the most up to date technology available for warming, delivering oxygen to and monitoring of newborns and infants.

Pat O’Shea, director of development for Shore Health System, comments, “This was an elegant evening with wonderful people and great food, all for a very worthy cause. I want to thank Kathy Deoudes and Alisa Pipkin, who co-chaired the planning committee, and their committee members for their hard work and enduring energy. We at Shore Health System are gratified by the many ways the community has rallied to support the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center.”

The platinum sponsor for this fundraiser was Eastern Shore Emergency Medical Physicians, LLC. Silver sponsors were Maryland Primary Care Physicians; Sharon Dobson of Priceless Industries; and Whiting-Turner Company. Supporting the event as bronze sponsors were Chester River Health System; CNB; Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Cusimano, Jr.; Miles and Stockbridge Foundation; Senator and Mrs. E. J. Pipkin; and Tri-Gas & Oil.

Patrons supporting the spring event for Queen Anne’s Emergency Center included Pixel Print & Post; David and June Clark; Helena and Robert Joy; Robert A. Rhodes; Marjory Lee; Charles Platzer; Karen and Art Oertel; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas; Dennis Galanis; Patricia J. Eberly; Edward M. Dickie; Harry C. Rhodes; and Sharon Carrick.

Members of the planning committee for the Our Roots are Planted for a “Shore” Future fundraiser for the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center gathered before the event at Hunter’s Oak. Pictured are (left to right), front row, Sharon Dobson, Bobbie Cusimano, Isabel Cusimano, Kim Kratovil and Diane Pappas; middle row, Diana Carlson, Laurie Reider Lewis, Merry Tobin and Marian Waterman; back row, Barbara Siegert with committee co-chairs Alisa Pipkin and Kathy Deoudes.

Representing platinum sponsor Eastern Shore Emergency Medical Physicians at the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center fundraiser are (left to right) Carolyn Verteramo, Salvatore Verteramo; MD, regional medical director of emergency medicine, Shore Health System; Thomas Garvey; Jane Wang, MD, medical director, Queen Anne’s Emergency Center; and Laura Pimental, MD, vice president and chief medical officer, University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Network.

Queen Anne’s Emergency Center staff members Angie Bechtold, Carolyn Sutch and Mary Alice Vanhoy traded in their scrubs for evening wear to staff the silent auction at the spring fundraiser on April. 30.

Enjoying an evening at Hunter’s Oak to support the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center are (left to right) Darlene McMahan; Keith McMahan, a member of the Shore Health System board of directors and secretary of the Memorial Hospital Foundation board; Peggy Ross; Jim Ross, president and CEO, Chester River Health System; Jerry Walsh, interim president and CEO, Shore Health System; and Karyn Walsh.

Mareen Waterman, chair of the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center Capital Campaign Committee, with Nick Deoudes, Pete Pappas and Michael Cusimano at the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center spring fundraiser.

Maryland State Senator EJ Pipkin (left) and Steven Arentz, president of the Board of Queen Anne’s County Commissioners, visiting with Kathy Deoudes, co-chair with Alisa Pipkin of the Our Roots are Planted for a “Shore” Future fundraiser.

Save the Date for QA Emergency Center Fundraiser

On Saturday, April 30, the community will have another opportunity to show their support for the emergency medical care now available at the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center. “Our Roots are Planted for a Shore Future” will be held Heathland Manor on the grounds of Hunters Oak in Queenstown from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The menu for elegant cocktail party includes hors d’oeuvres, carving and pasta stations, a salad buffet and dessert.

A silent auction will boost the fundraising goal of $60,000. On the list of equipment that will be purchased for the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center with the support of this event is a 12-lead EKG machine with software to wirelessly transmit test results to physicians at other healthcare facilities. Another item on the equipment list is a GE Panda, the most up to date technology available for warming, delivering oxygen to and monitoring of newborns and infants.

Kathy Deoudes and Alisa Pipkin are co-chairing “Our Roots are Planted for a Shore Future.” Joining them on the planning committee are Diana Carlson, Bobbie Briscuso Cusimano, Isabel Cusimano, Elizabeth de Guzman, Jennifer DiDonato, Sharon Dobson, Linda Friday, Kathy Kelly, Kim Kratovil, Laurie Lewis, Camille O’Donnell, Karen Oertel, Diane Pappas, Barbara Siegert, Merry Tobin, Marian Waterman, Tracy Welch and Sharlene Zanini-Linn.

Tickets for “Our Roots are Planted for a Shore Future” are $125 per person. To reserve tickets, call Debbie Gardner, 410-822-1000, ext 5481 or email dgardner@shorehealth.org.

For more information about the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center, visit www.qaemergencycenter.org.

Chester Man In Shock Trauma After Crashing Into Home

A Chester man drove his van through three yards in Marling Farms, striking two parked cars, before crashing into the corner of a home on Queen Anne Drive, according to the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office. Benjamin B. Gillis, 54, was entering the community on Queen Anne Drive when a medical condition caused him to lose control of his 1995 Ford van. The van left the road and traveled through the yard of Thomas E. Bowman, striking his Honda Del Sol in the driveway. It continued through the yard of David A. Newberry Jr., hit the Mercury Cougar in his driveway, and continued through the next yard, finally coming to a stop after striking the home of Robert L. and Stacey L. Owen. The Owens were home at the time of the crash, but they were not in the bedroom where the van hit and were not hurt, police said.

Gillis was found breathing, but unconscious in the van. He regained consciousness and became combative while emergency medical responders were working on him, police said. Gillis was taken by ambulance to the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center in Grasonville, then flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore for further treatment. The crash left the corner of the house resting on the front bumper of the van, and police remained on the scene while a work crew made emergency repairs to the house’s foundation.

Centreville Accident Sends One To Shock-Trauma

A Millington woman was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center and a Centreville man was taken to the emergency room following an accident last week at the intersection of Rolling Bridge Road and U.S. Route 301. Wendy Bakeoven, 39, of Millington, was listed in fair condition after being flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center by a Maryland State Police medevac helicopter.

John Roschy, 70, of Centreville was traveling south in a 2002 Toyota Highlander. He entered into the lanes of U.S. 301 north and struck Bakeoven’s 2007 Nissan Maxima on the driver’s side door. Bakeoven’s car spun and went off the road and through a guardrail before stopping at the bottom of an embankment. Roschy remained in his vehicle and was speaking with police and emergency workers after the accident. He was later taken by ambulance to the Queen Anne’s County Emergency Center. No information was available regarding Roschy’s condition.

Community Invited to Queen Anne’s Emergency Center Dedication

On Thursday, September 30, Shore Health System will dedicate the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center located at 115 Shoreway Drive off of Nesbit Road and US Rt. 50 near Grasonville. The dedication begins at 9:30 a.m. and the public is welcome to attend the dedication ceremony and to stay for refreshments and tours.

The program will feature performances by the Grasonville Elementary School Chorus and the Centreville Middle School Band. Kent Island High School senior Iris Spik will perform “The Star Spangled Banner” and the opening invocation will be offered by Reverend Brian Childs, PhD, Director of Clinical Ethics and Spiritual Care for Shore Health System

Joseph P. Ross, President and CEO, Shore Health System, will host the dedication, which will include comments by John Dillon, Chairman of the Shore Health System Board of Directors, Gene M. Ransom, III, President of the Queen Anne’s County Commissioners, and Maryland Senator E. J. Pipkin (District 36). Other honored guests on the program are Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and United States Congressman Frank Kratovil (First District).

Mareen Waterman, chair of the Capital Campaign Committee, will discuss how residents of Queen Anne’s County have shown their support for the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center by raising nearly $1 million for equipment that will be used at the center.

Mary Alice Vanhoy, MSN, RN, Nurse Manager of the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center, will explain the services that will be available 24 hours a day, every day, when the center opens on Monday, October 4.

Reverend Joanne Maxwell-Jenkins of the Grasonville-Carmichael Charge, which includes Bryan’s United Methodist Church in Grasonville and John Wesley United Methodist Church in Carmichael, will offer the benediction before the ribbon cutting ceremony.

Tours of the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center will begin immediately following the dedication ceremony and continue until 1:00 p.m.

For more information about the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center dedication, call 410-822-1000, ext. 5222. Also visit www.ERforQA.org.

The Queen Anne’s Emergency Center began as a partnership between Queen Anne’s County government, the University of Maryland Medical System and Shore Health System. These organizations came together to add a level of emergency medical services not currently available in this part of the Mid-Shore region.

The Queen Anne’s Emergency Center is one of only three freestanding emergency centers in Maryland and the only one in a rural area. The facility consists of approximately 16,000 square feet of space with 13 treatment rooms and onsite diagnostic imaging and laboratory services.

When it opens on October 4, the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center will operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year, treating patients with acute illnesses, injuries and trauma as well as minor injuries. The Emergency Center will be a full service emergency department, just like one at a hospital. The center will be staffed by board certified emergency medicine physicians, experienced ER nurses and hospital-experienced radiology and laboratory technologists.

For patients who are assessed to need specialized diagnostics or treatment only available in an inpatient setting, transport from the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center to a hospital will be arranged. The Queen Anne’s Emergency Center campus is equipped with a helipad for convenient landing of helicopters operated by Maryland State Police and other emergency medical services transport organizations.

Commissioners Dedicate Road At Emergency Center

The Queen Anne’s County Commissioners honored the late Leonard Smith on September 7 with the dedication of a road named in his memory. The new road is located just off Route 18 in Grasonville adjacent to the new Queen Anne’s Emergency Center. Smith’s family, including grandchildren and great-grandchildren, were on hand to help cut the ribbon for Leonard Smith Drive.

Smith called Grasonville home his entire life, served four consecutive terms as Queen Anne’s County Commissioner and was the only County Commissioner to serve as president of the Maryland Association of Counties. During his tenure, Smith helped develop Mowbray Park in Stevensville, the Chesterwye Center in Grasonville and served as host for Queen Anne’s County’s celebration of the national Bicentennial which included a visit from Princess Anne. Smith died in 2009 at the age of 92.

“We are so glad to have so many family members here and it is with great pride we honor a man who gave so much of himself to his community and to Queen Anne’s County,” said County Commission President Gene Ransom, who also lives in Grasonville.

After the dedication, the Commissioners and gathered crowd toured the Queen Anne’s Emergency Center, which is a collaborative effort of the county, Shore Health System and University of Maryland Medical System. The facility will be dedicated on September 30 and will officially open on Monday, October 4.