As a charitable organization, anne arundel medical center's ("aamc") mission is to enhance the health of the people it serves and aamc's vision is "living healthier together" with the community. In addition to traditional patient services like diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, this vision is accomplished by expanding health care outside of the hospital walls, strenghthening community health through comprehensive health maintenance and education outreach.

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Inpatientthe aamc women's and children's center offers multigenerational programs to support a woman from the time she begins gynecological care through the childbearing years and beyond. We offer the most comprehensive women's services; all-inclusive maternity, newborn and pediatric care; advanced treatments for any health challenges women and their families may encounter; and extensive screening, prevention and wellness programs to help them lead longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives. Aamc is known for excellence in obstetrical services, and we offer moms many options as they make informed choices during labor and delivery. Our goal is for each mother and her family to feel respected and to experience the birthing process and postpartum experience they desire. Anne arundel medical center delivers more than 5,500 babies each year, the second highest number of deliveries in the state of maryland. Anne arundel medical center's neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) is designated as a level iiib nicu, and is able to care for the most critically ill newborns, allowing babies born early or with complications to stay with their mothers at aamc. Hospitals that do not have this level of nicu care often must transfer babies to other health care facilities, meaning that mothers and babies cannot remain together. The aamc nicu, also known as "teddy's place", is a state-of-the-art 26-bed unit, equipped with life-saving technology and staffed by full- and part-time neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners, and nurses with specialized nicu training. On average, 15 babies a day are cared for in our nicu, and approximately 10 percent of all babies delivered at aamc will spend some time in the nicu. At aamc, the center for maternal-fetal medicine offers women the highest level of obstetric care, with three highly trained physicians able to perform and oversee a wide range of complications. The aamc center for maternal-fetal medicine offers care to women who come from as far away as maryland's charles and st. Mary's counties, as well as delaware. Typical patients include women who are carrying twins or triplets, women requiring diabetes education or specialized testing, such as amniocentesis, or women who will be 35 or older at the time of delivery. The aamc women's center for pelvic health provides comprehensive and innovative pelvic health care for women of all ages suffering from problems and disorders of the pelvic region. Our experienced specialists employ a compassionate and professional approach to diagnose and treat all components of pelvic problems, with the goal of ensuring wellness and maintaining dignity. The aamc women's center for pelvic health addresses issues including: urinary incontinence, pelvic support problems, fecal incontinence, childbirth and pregnancy related pelvic floor disorders, incontinence clearly linked to prolapse or pelvic floor dysfunction, and pelvic organ prolapse (cystocele, rectocele, uterine, vaginal vault, perineal). In 2017, aamc's women's center for pelvic health was awarded the safety certification in outpatient practice excellence (scope) for women's health. It is one of only two women's health practices in the state and among only 95 in the country to receive this designation. Strokeaamc has earned certification as a primary stroke center from the joint commission, and was the first hospital in the region (and one of the first eight in the state) to have earned this highly specialized designation. Because successful treatment of stroke patients is so time-critical, the presence of a certified stroke center in anne arundel county is significant for the residents of the region because they no longer have to waste precious time and travel 30 or more miles to get life-saving treatment. The joint commission certification means aamc has demonstrated that its stroke program follows national standards and guidelines that can significantly improve outcomes for stroke patients. In maryland,