- Serves patients at more than 150 locations in 55 Northeast Ohio communities
- Employs more than 15,000 physicians and other employees
- Is Cuyahoga County’s second largest private sector employer
- Partners with Case Western Reserve University
- With CWRU, is the largest center for biomedical research in Ohio and 13th highest recipient of funding from the National Institutes of Health
- In 1993, received a Distinguished Service Award from the NAACP
- In 1996, 1997 and 2000, received Better Business Bureau’s Service Vision Award honoring superior achievement in customer relations
- In 1998, received Corporate Excellence Award from the Urban League of Greater Cleveland
- In 1998, received YWCA Eleanore M. Sutler Equality Award recognizing equal empowerment of women in the workplace and excellence and leadership in the area of racial justice
- In 1998, QualChoice received J.D. Power & Associate’s Medstat Quality Catalyst Award for consumer satisfaction
- In 1999, was the first hospital to receive the Exemplary Voluntary Effort Award from the United States Department of Labor
Notable discoveries include:
- 1915 — Developed SMA, known as Similac, an infant formula
- 1930s — Performed pioneering work in surgical treatments of coronary artery disease
- 1947 — Performed the first successful defibrillation of the human heart, leading to the development of CPR
- 1980s — Co-developed clozapine, first new drug for treatment of schizophrenia in 20 years
- 1982 — Installed the nation’s first whole-body MRI scanner
- 1990 — Discovered a genetic defect that causes a form of arthritis
- 1995 — Identified a genetic alteration linked to the development of colon cancer
UHHS year in Review 2000
First quarter:
- Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Pediatric Surgery Center opens at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital ($11 million)
- Partnership solidified with Southwest General Health Center ($24 million)
- Richard and Marcy Horvitz Pediatric Research Center opens at RB&C
Second quarter:
- Acquires Saint Michael Hospital and Richmond Heights Hospital ($13 million)
- UHHS Bedford Medical Centers opens Bretschneider Women’s Unit ($1.5 million)
- Ireland Cancer Center opens at Southwest General Health Center
Third quarter:
- Standard & Poor’s reaffirms UHHS’ AA rating with ”stable” outlook
- UHHS opens critical care unit at St. John West Shore Hospital
- New Rainbow RapidCare unit opens at St. John West Shore Hospital
- UHHS opens Berea primary care center
- Vice President Al Gore visits RB&C
- UHC HeliStop opens to accommodate two MedEvac helicopters
Fourth quarter:
- Joint venture with Heather Hill formed, 51 percent UHHS on 156 acres in Geauga County
- The Research Institute of University Hospitals of Cleveland approved ($110 million, 300,000 square feet)
- 600-space parking garage opens adjacent to RB&C and MacDonald Hospital
- Ireland Cancer Center opens at Mercy Medical Center in Canton
- Twenty-bed behavioral health unit opens at Saint Michael Hospital
- UHHS Chagrin Highlands Medical Center nears completion ($29 million)
UHHS Hospitals
- Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
- MacDonald Women’s Hospital
- Lakeside Hospital
- Alfred and Norma Lerner Tower
- Samuel Mather Pavilion
- Psychiatric Center at Hanna Pavilion
- Ireland Cancer Center
- Bolwell Health Center
Acquisitions
- UHHS Bedford Medical Center (Bedford, acquired 1993)
- UHHS Brown Memorial Hospital (Conneaut, acquired 1997)
- UHHS Geauga Regional Hospital (Chardon, acquired 1995)
- UHHS Laurelwood Hospital & Counseling Centers (Willoughby, acquired 1997)
- UHHS Memorial Hospital of Geneva (Geneva, acquired 1970
- UHHS Richmond Heights Hospital (acquired 2000)
- UHHS Saint Michael Hospital (acquired 2000)
UHHS partner hospitals
- Southwest General Health Center (Middleburg Heights)
- CSAHS/UHHS (Canton)
- Mercy Medical Center (Canton, 1999)
- UHHS/CSAHS (Cuyahoga)
- St. John West Shore Hospital (Westlake, 1999)
- St. Vincent Charity Hospital (Cleveland, 1999)
- Heather Hill Hospital, Health & Care Center (Chardon, 2000)
