[1] Affiliated with Deakin University the hospital provides clinical rotations for students enrolled in years 3 and 4 of the medical student programs, focusing on children's health.

The hospital is a major provider of specialist adult mental health services and provides community adult mental health services throughout Melbourne’s outer-east.

[1] Maroondah Hospital has played an integral part in the healthcare of local residents in Melbourne’s east since it was opened by Victorian Governor Sir Henry Winneke on July 3, 1976.

Maroondah hospital celebrated its 40th anniversary on Wednesday 16 November 2016 with a special event.

[4] In 2022, the hospital was in the middle of a Victorian election battle between the Labor and Liberal parties, both parties promising to provide substantial funding for redevelopments and expansion works.