Adventist HealthCare system began with the founding of Washington Adventist Hospital by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1907. Originally called the Washington Sanitarium, it was established as a health facility that treated illness and disease as well

The hospital is currently the only facility in the nation with the TreadSense device, which helps patients recovering from stroke, Parkinson’s disease and other disorders impacting balance to regain mobility. The TreadSense device, created by kinesiology researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, provides feedback to people with poor balance so that they may improve their control and prevent future falls.