Date: 11/09/2021
The report highlights the impact of COVID-19 across the organization.
AKRON, Ohio, November 9, 2021 –Summa Health today released its 2020 Annual Report that highlights the year's key financial performances, as well as a three-part video series exploring the impact of COVID-19 across the organization and its response to pandemic challenges.
The videos , which can be found here, include:
The 2020 welcome message from Cliff Deveny, M.D., president and CEO and George Strickler, board chair, summarizes how Summa Health fulfilled numerous initiatives that were underway before the pandemic hit, as well as how the pandemic served as a catalyst for making rapid changes to how care is delivered.
Senior leaders at Summa Health reflect on their initial thoughts, describe the organization's early response and express their overwhelming gratitude to everyone who worked to care for the community.
Learn more about the everyday heroism of Summa Health's essential workers, the care given to its caregivers, the need to address health disparities and the generous spirit of the community.
Summa Health caregivers share what the vaccine's arrival meant to them and some of the lessons learned over the past year, as well as offer an outlook for the future as the COVID crisis continues.
"I am please to present the 2020 Summa Health Annual Report to the community," said Cliff Deveny, M.D., president and CEO. "These videos are filled with stories that define our pandemic year and illustrate our critical planning efforts, our resilient frontline patient care and the outpouring of community support."
To view previous year's annual reports, click here.
About Summa Health
Summa Health is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in Ohio. Encompassing a network of hospitals, community medical centers, a health plan, an accountable care organization, a multi-specialty physician organization, research and the Summa Health Foundation, we are nationally renowned for excellence in patient care and for exceptional approaches to healthcare delivery. Summa’s clinical services are consistently recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (Magnet status), U.S. News and World Report, Healthgrades, Thomson Reuters and The Leapfrog Group. For more information, visit summahealth.org or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/summahealth, Twitter, twitter.com/summahealth, Pinterest, pinterest.com/SummaHealth and LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/summahealth.
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