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Physician careers on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Chester River Health System offers physicians the kind of intimate care setting that allows them to do their best work. We're known—and appreciated—by the residents of this rural community for our high-quality, comprehensive care and for taking a personal interest in their health and well-being.
You'll also find the kind of professional and personal benefits that can make your career extremely satisfying:
- Whatever your specialty, you'll have the diagnostic and surgical technologies to meet your patients' needs.
- Our surgical facilities support a variety of specialties, including vascular and orthopaedic surgery, thoracic surgery, ophthalmology, oral surgery and dentistry.
- You'll work with colleagues that bring a wide array of experience and sub-specialties to your practice. And, our affiliation with University of Maryland Medical System ensures you'll have unparalleled collaborative resources and mentoring opportunities.
- And, because we're located on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay, you'll enjoy the vibrant lifestyle you—and your family—have been searching for. Our small-town atmosphere and vast amenities are what make living here so unique: distinctive historic and waterfront communities and an endless variety of shopping, dining, fine arts, and recreation venues. The Eastern Shore offers an exceptional quality of life.
The preferred location to grow your practice.
You'll find the Eastern Shore the ideal community in which to build a thriving practice, with:
- A favorable payer mix, with an estimated 55% of the population carrying institutional coverage
- Ample referral from local primary care physicians
- A large adult patient population within 25 miles of your practice—with over 40% over the age of 45, so you'll be manageably busy from day one
- Many practices with full partnership options available within two years
Read a message from our CMO
Stanley L. Minken, M.D., F.A.C.S.
A continual investment in technology.
Chester River's recent Capital Improvements include:
- An Advanced Diagnostic Imaging System, including state-of-the-art, 64-slice CT scanner.
- A Diagnostic Cardiac Cath Lab, part of a $6.6 million Capital Campaign that culminated in 2000.
- Technology Advancements including the new PACS picture archiving and communication system and the first approved FUJI digital mammography system in Maryland.
- Administrative Enhancements including Health Information System software to track deficiencies, correspondence, and medical records; a bar-coded medication administration system, online patient charting in several areas of the facility; a pathology system with voice recognition; and the NetKonnect online cardiac information viewing system.
To learn more, visit chesterriverhealth.org.
Chester River Health System at a Glance
Physicians
- Medical Staff (combined)
- Active
Hospitalist model established
- 115
- 32
- 7/08
Inpatient Beds
- OR Suites
Inpatient Admissions
- 47
- 3
- 2,973
Specialty Care Areas, including:
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Our Cardiopulmonary Services Department is state of the art, with the latest technologies and a full complement of diagnostic and rehabilitative services, including cardiac and pulmonary diagnostics, respiratory care and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, cutting-edge diagnostic cardiac catheterization services, as well as a full Rehabilitation Unit, accredited by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary.
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Our newly expanded Emergency Department offers 11 treatment stations.
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Chester River Hospital Center offers a wide range of surgical services. The surgical services suite includes two operating rooms, a special procedures room, a same day surgery unit, and a post-anesthesia unit.
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We provide comprehensive services for women of all ages and backgrounds, with four Labor/Delivery/Recovery/Post Partum delivery rooms, Breast Health services and state-of-the-art mammography utilizing the new FUJI System.
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Our 25-bed unit provides physicians with the latest in diagnostic tools, including state-of-the-art monitoring and cardiac equipment.
Surgical Procedures
- Inpatient
- Outpatient
- 973
- 3,602
Emergency Department Visits
OB Deliveries
Ambulatory Visits
- 16,059
- 188
- 4,450
Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Inpatient Beds
- Average Daily Census
- Long Term Care Days
- Rehabilitation Days
- 97
- 81.5
- 23,331
- 6,821
Home Care and Hospice Program
- Home Care Visits
- Hospice Patient Days
- 13,299
- 3,041
Recent Clinical/Programmatic Developments
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Implemented in 2008, our new Rapid Response Team brings critical care expertise to the bedside at the first sign of a patient's decline.
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Chester River Hospital Center established its hospitalist program in July 2008. Here, physicians coordinate the care of patients admitted for acute or intensive care from admission to discharge. Participation is voluntary; primary care physicians may admit their own patients and follow them while they are in the hospital, or they may have the hospitalist admit and treat them.
