Adventist HealthCare
Washington Adventist Hospital employee Bertha Castrillon (left) helps nurse Flora Nzegwu (right) interpret medical instructions as part of a bilingual staff program that seeks to eliminate communication and cultural barriers and improve the quality care for patients with limited English proficiency. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)
About Adventist HealthCare
1801 Research Blvd., Suite 400, Rockville, Md. 20850
www.adventisthealthcare.com
| 301-315-3030
| Founded: 1907
Industry: Health Care | Category: Nonprofits
One of Montgomery County's largest employers, Adventist has 7,200 workers who care for more than 450,000 people a year in the Washington area and New Jersey. Last fall, the hospital opened a primary-care center in Silver Spring in conjunction with Mary's Center, a nonprofit organization that focuses on immigrant mothers and children. Last year, Adventist bought 49 acres for a new facility about six miles north of Washington Adventist Hospital's current location.
2007 Financial Data
Revenues: $765,698,000Total employees: 7,600 | Local employees: 6,700
Did You Know
IN THE BEGINNING: Seventh-Day Adventists date their health ministry to the opening of a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Mich., in 1866 and now run 168 hospitals and sanitariums nationwide.
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