University of Maryland Shore Regional Health’s plans for construction of a new Regional Medical Center (RMC) in Easton have moved a step forward as hospital officials have received notice that the Maryland Health Care Commission has docketed the application for the project’s Certificate of Need (CON).
MHCC provided public notice of the docketing in the Maryland Register on August 11th, which initiated a 30-day window for public comment. As of today, no comments have been posted, and the CON application is now ready for MHCC’s review and anticipated approval in the coming months.
Docketing of the application not only keeps the project moving forward as is required by MHCC’s procedural regulations, but also allows MHCC to gather any supplemental information needed to render a decision.
The total projected cost of the new Shore Regional Medical Center is $550 million.
The schematic design phase of the project, which has been completed, involved the participation of multiple departments in refining layout plans and creating new external renderings. The design development phase is now in progress, focusing on the design of individual rooms for optimal workflow.
Plans to build the new Shore Regional Medical Center in Easton are critical to the comprehensive health care delivery plan for Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties. The new location on Route 50 at Longwoods Road will promote better access to care, the new design will accommodate advances in high-quality care and improve patient satisfaction, and the new facility will enhance UM Shore Regional Health’s ability to recruit and retain health care providers and staff.
Richard Keaveney says
another significant step forward for the Eastern Shore.
Lisa and Brian Cook says
As a retired RN that spent her whole career at Memorial Hospital, this is just wonderful!! We have needed this for so, so long and we are in dire need of surgeons of all specialties that are board certified and competent to bring expert quality care to our communities so by word of mouth, it can convey how great their experience as a patient was because as you know, word of mouth is killing our reputation. I could go on and on but I think you get the idea.