Johns Hopkins Medicine and Anne Arundel Health System
on March 22 signed an agreement to form an innovative
strategic alliance that brings together a wide range of
experts and clinical programs from both institutions to
provide increased access to quality medical care for
patients in the region.
The wide-ranging strategic agreement includes the
potential of joint clinical programs, satellite health care
centers, collaboration on clinical research and exploration
of the development of joint physician graduate medical
education programs.
"Although our organizations are different, we have
much in common, including setting the bar high for
delivering exceptional health care to our patients," said
Martin L. "Chip" Doordan, president and CEO of Anne Arundel
Health System, the parent organization that includes Anne
Arundel Medical Center. "This innovative alliance allows us
both to make the best use of our resources and expand our
respective clinical and organizational strengths, while
retaining each organization's independence."
Edward D. Miller, dean of the medical faculty and CEO
of Johns Hopkins Medicine, said, "This affiliation between
Johns Hopkins Medicine and Anne Arundel Health System
represents a wonderful opportunity to further promote
accessible, affordable patient-centered care in the areas
served by both health systems. It is an affiliation made
possible by our shared commitment to provide the highest
quality medical care to our patients. Beyond direct patient
care, there are also many opportunities under this
affiliation to collaborate on important medical research
and educational projects. We look forward to working
closely with our colleagues at Anne Arundel Health System
on these and other initiatives that will improve the health
of Marylanders."
Ronald R. Peterson, president of The Johns Hopkins
Hospital and Health System, said, "Not only will both our
marketplace positions be strengthened by our strategic
alliance, but it also represents a major step toward
establishing a strengthened health care delivery system
that will benefit patients living in the central and
eastern regions of Maryland. With this affiliation,
patients in these areas will have access to a full range of
health care services, from primary care to the most
complex, sophisticated medical care available."
Thursday's agreement further brings together the
resources of one of Maryland's fastest growing regional
health care systems and one of the world's most highly
recognized and respected academic medical centers and
research institutions. Anne Arundel Health System was
founded in 1902 as a not-for-profit community hospital to
serve the state capital of Annapolis and has evolved into a
regional health care system serving a population of nearly
1 million in Maryland.
AAHS and Johns Hopkins have been discussing working
together on projects for several months.
Recently, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians entered
into an agreement with AAHS to provide primary and urgent
care for the residents of the Eastern Shore at AAHS' new
facility on Kent Island, a 55,000-square-foot ambulatory
services building slated to open in early 2008.
Earlier this year, AAMC's Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris
Cancer Institute and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
began a clinical program affiliation by joining forces to
expand clinical trial options for patients undergoing
cancer treatment. Twenty-nine AAMC medical staff members
specializing in cancer care are participating in the
program, and physicians affiliated with both institutions
already are participating in joint tumor conferences. The
oncology collaboration provides patients with access to 230
therapeutic trials being conducted at Johns Hopkins and
approximately 35 imaging, treatment, prevention and
surgical devices clinical trials at AAMC.
Other program affiliations being discussed at this
time are in neurosciences and cardiovascular services.
Also being discussed are the locations of satellite
health centers, which will be served by both Johns Hopkins
and AAMC physicians.
The AAHS-Hopkins affiliation will be managed by a
joint planning group that will explore and monitor the
implementation of the various collaborative projects.
For more information about the alliance, go to:
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press_releases.
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