Company Profile
Peninsula Regional Medical Center
Company Overview
Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) provides a full scope of services that rival those offered in much larger metropolitan areas. We have received more than 150 national awards, certifications and recognitions over the past five years for the safety and care we provide patients and the outcomes they experience.
At 266 beds, PRMC is the region’s largest, most advanced healthcare facility, and has been meeting the needs of Delmarva Peninsula residents since 1897. We are the region’s oldest healthcare institution with the most experienced team of healthcare professionals. At the Guerrieri Heart and Vascular Institute, our open heart surgery team has repaired more than 15,000 hearts and performed more than 300,000 other heart procedures since the mid 1970s.
The Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute is home to the region’s most comprehensive cancer program featuring a diverse team of surgical specialists and sub-specialists, medical and radiation oncologists. The region’s most experienced healthcare team also delivers approximately 2,000 babies, treats more than 90,000 patients in the Emergency/Trauma Center, performs more than 500 joint replacements and touches the lives of more than 500,000 of our friends and neighbors each year through inpatient and outpatient services.
Company History
Established in 1897 by Dr. George W. Todd with six beds in an old home, the institution once known as Peninsula General Hospital has grown to contain approximately 300 beds. It serves nearly 500,000 patients every year in a multitude of specialties. Close to 2,000 babies are born at PRMC every year. There are approximately 3,300 employees, placing it among Salisbury’s largest employers.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Part of the Peninsula Regional Health System (PRMC, Nanticoke Memorial Hospital and McCready Health)
• 5-Star Rated by CMS (2018–2019)
• Top 5% Hospital for Clinical Excellence — Healthgrades (2018, 2019, 2020)
• Maryland’s 11th Largest Hospital (by licensed bed count)
• Affiliate of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network
• Joint Commission Certified (disease specific in hip & knee replacement, heart attack, spine & stroke)
• Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons, Accreditation with Commendation & Outstanding Achievement Award,
• Regional Trauma Center for Maryland’s Eastern Shore (Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems/MIEMSS Region IV)
• Regional Cardiac Interventional Center (MIEMSS Region IV)
• Health pavilions in Ocean Pines, MD and Millsboro, DE
• Clinical partnerships in physical medicine, medical imaging, outpatient surgery, home health, durable medical equipment and
extended care living
• Network of Family Medicine offices and Specialty Practices in Maryland and Delaware
• AHA Most Wired Hospital (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• Health Visions Delmarva affiliation with BayHealth of Dover, DE and Advanced Health Collaborative with four Western Shore health
systems
• Wagner Wellness Van and Community Health Services