Anne Arundel Medical Center history

1910 – New hospital on Franklin Street opens.

1924 – Average hospital stay is 11 days.

1944 – Hospital auxiliary is founded with several volunteers.

1946 – Admissions outnumber accident room cases for the first time, with 2,705 people admitted.

In 1949, the hospital changed its name to Anne Arundel General Hospital.

1958 – The hospital was granted full accreditation by the Joint Commission for the first time.

1966 – Coronary care unit opens.

1967 – Intensive care unit opens.

1973 – Prepared childbirth program starts.

1974 – Average hospital stay lowers to just 6.4 days.

1977 – First total hip replacement is performed.

1980 – First total knee replacement is performed.

The hospital’s history is marked by several milestones, but none more prescient than the decision by its Board of Trustees in 1983 to purchase more than 100 acres of vacant land off Jennifer Road near Parole.

1984 – The hospital association purchases 104 acres of land on Jennifer Road.

1985 – Anne Arundel Diagnostics Imaging opens in Annapolis and Arnold.

1987 – Construction begins on Medical Park buildings.

The name changed again in 1988 to Anne Arundel Medical Center, and plans began for major expansion.

Today, Pathways—as it was named when it first opened its doors in 1992—serves adolescents and adults with alcohol and drug use issues on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, one of few nonprofit treatment centers in the state.

1994 – Annapolis Outreach Center opens, providing free medical services to uninsured residents.

1995 – Clatanoff Pavilion opens to provide maternity and women's health services.

1996 – ASK-A-NURSE nurse advice line starts taking calls.

2000 – Inpatient admissions climb to 18,648 with 50,929 emergency room visits.

That important purchase set in motion construction of a new Medical Park campus and a final move from downtown Annapolis in late 2001.

And in 2002, AAMC celebrated its centennial, marking 100 years as the regional hospital for Annapolis and surrounding communities.

2005 – AAMC is the only Maryland community hospital named in the Top 100 list by Solucient.

But the Board has a clear direction, thanks to a strategic vision adopted in 2009.

In April 2011, the hospital completed its $424 million expansion project, which included a pediatric emergency room, an expanded general emergency room, 50 new patient beds, and eight new operating rooms.

2012 – A new inpatient care unit opens, adding another 30 beds.

2013 – New simulation training facility opens, the James and Sylvia Earl SAIL Center.