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Summa In Your Community
At Summa Health, our vision is to improve the overall residents of Barberton and surrounding communities
health of the community through population health receive the best Summa has to offer.
management. What does that mean to you? We want to:
• Work with you to keep you healthy. These investments not only demonstrate Summa’s
• Simplify your healthcare experience. commitment to locally driven healthcare and
• Give you access to modern facilities and care. reinvestment in our communities, but they are shaping
the future of healthcare in our region.
Ultimately, we want to make it easier for you to receive
the healthcare you need. “Barberton is a vital part of our
health system and we want to
Our facility plan that was unveiled this past spring ensure that it remains a strong
represents an investment of up to $350 million in facility inpatient and outpatient hospital
improvements across the system that will establish for decades to come.”
Summa Health as the leading healthcare provider in the
greater Akron region. “Our vision for Barberton is guided by our commitment
to population health management and to improving
What does that mean for some of the areas outside of the overall health and wellness of the communities we
downtown Akron? serve,” said Dr. Michael Hughes, newly named senior vice
president of Hospital Operations for the Summa Health
Barberton System – Barberton Campus. “Barberton is a vital part of
our health system and we want to ensure that it remains a
In recent years, we have invested $50 million in major strong inpatient and outpatient hospital for decades
capital projects to help improve access and better meet to come.”
the overall needs of our patients in Barberton. This
investment will continue well into the future. As part of
Summa Health’s facility plan an additional investment of
$22 million is planned for the Barberton Campus over
the next five years. This investment will ensure that the
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