Seven reasons to bring stroke patients to Summa Health.

Award-winning care close to home.

Summa Health System - Akron Campus was named one of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care for consecutive years since 2020. In 2024, our Akron Campus was also named #1 in Stroke Care in the state of Ohio by Healthgrades.

Our team provides the high-level of care for ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke and aneurysm ruptures. We also administer clot busting drugs faster than the national average.

Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification

Akron Campus was the first hospital in the greater Akron region to become a certified Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. Since 2010, our Stroke Care Center has been nationally recognized by the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The Akron Campus also earned the Honor Roll Advanced Therapy award for timely thrombectomy treatment.

D2D and D2N Times Faster than National Goals

• Faster treatment means better patient outcomes and decreased potential for complications.
• Akron Campus median door-to-clot buster drug time in 2023: 34 minutes (26 minutes faster than national goal of 60 minutes).
• In 2023, 94% of eligible patients received IV thrombolytic < 60 minutes, 88% received it < 45 minutes, and 58% received it < 30 minutes, qualifying us for Target Stroke Elite Plus award for thrombolytic administration.
• Akron Campus median door-to-clot buster time for thrombectomy in 2023: 75 minutes (15 minutes faster than national goal of 90 minutes), qualifying us for AHA Advanced Therapy Award for timely thrombectomy procedure.
• 100% of all eligible patients received thrombolytic or thrombolytic treatment in 2023.

Together, We Can Make the Difference

• In 2023, nearly 63% of Summa Health – Akron Campus stroke patients arrived by ambulance, compared with the state average of 44%.
• In 2023, by working together, Summa Health and EMS teams increased stroke pre-notification from 11% to 78%. By preparing the hospital team to mobilize resources, EMS crews are significantly reducing time to treatment which leads to better survival rates and less disability.
• Communication of Cincinnati stroke screen and VAN Stroke Severity screen, identifying possible large vessel occlusion candidates for thrombectomy, likely contributed to an increase in advance pre-notification.
• When you bring patients to Summa Health, they receive clot buster drugs 13 minutes faster and thrombectomy procedures 26 minutes faster.

Acute Stroke Treatment Available 24/7

• Advanced diagnostic imaging
• IV clot buster drug administration at both Akron and Barberton campuses
• Catheter retrieval of clots in the brain (thrombectomy)
• Minimally invasive coiling procedure as part of our aneurysm program

Comprehensive, Award-winning, Specialized Neurology and Neurosurgery Services Available 24/7

• Neurocritical Care – care of large strokes, intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage requiring ICU level of care
• Neuroendovascular Surgery – minimally invasive clot retrieval for ischemic stroke and treatment for ruptured and non-ruptured aneurysms
• Neurosurgery – surgical treatment for large ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes
• Stroke/Vascular Neurology – specialized training for comprehensive care of stroke patients
• Epilepsy – epilepsy monitoring unit and surgical treatment for seizures

We Care

Summa Health has the commitment and training to provide comprehensive, high-quality care to patients with acute stroke and other neurological disorders.