Prince George’s County Leads Hospital Construction And Expansion In The Region
The county has six new construction and expansion projects in the medical industry
Largo, MD Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation is proud to announce that the county leads hospital construction and expansion in the region with six current projects. The list, compiled by the Washington Business Journal, profiled the 18 regional health care development projects across the region. Each site is undergoing either a new build, expansion, or renovation and does not account for the outpatient practice of ambulatory care centers.
"Prince George's County has an unprecedented six active/pending healthcare projects," said Alexis Allen-Shorter, Business Development-Health & Life Science, PGCEDC. "For too long, residents have chosen to travel out of the county for specialty care. This investment in healthcare infrastructure will impact our community socially and economically. With access to specialty care closer to home, residents are statistically more inclined to seek out care and complete follow-up appointments, thus decreasing rehospitalization, misuse of emergency services, and mortality. Not only will the completion of these new projects propel Prince George's County to becoming a destination for specialty care and elective procedures, but we will also be able to attract and retain highly skilled healthcare practitioners to the county."
The six sites include:
Adventist HealthCare's Fort Washington Medical Center Replacement (Fort Washington, MD)
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center's Women's Health Pavilion (Lanham, MD)
Kaiser Permanente's Largo Medical Center Expansion (Upper Marlboro, MD)
University of Maryland Capital Region Health's Cancer Center (Largo, MD)
Encompass Health Corp.'s Rehabilitation Hospital of Bowie Expansion (Bowie, MD)
University of Maryland Capital Region Health's Laurel Medical Center Expansion (Laurel, MD)
This period of growth has seen a diverse range of industries flourish in the county, including technology, healthcare, education, and service sectors, contributing to a dynamic and resilient local economy.
That vertical economic trajectory will only expand with the recent announcement of the Federal Bureau of Investigations headquarters coming to Greenbelt, MD. This decision will bring generational transformation and investment for Prince George's County and the State of Maryland because large federal job centers have driven job and income growth in the region. When the Federal Government decided in 1941 to locate the Pentagon on the west bank of the Potomac, that decision created decades of additional investment in Virginia.
Prince George's County remains committed to continuing this trajectory of growth and prosperity in the health care field, ensuring a sustainable and inclusive economy for all its residents.
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Media Contact:
Rhett Butler
Marketing & Communications Manager, PGCEDC
240-427-7926
rbutler@co.pg.md.us
https://pgcedc.com