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Summa Health
Summa Health – headquartered in Akron, Ohio – is one Outpatient care is extended throughout Summit, Portage
of the largest Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems in and Medina counties in multiple community health
the state. Formed in 1989 with the merger of Akron City centers. Providing superior, multi-specialty patient care,
and St. Thomas Hospitals, this nonprofit system now medical research and continuing medical education,
encompasses a network of: Summa is consistently ranked one of the best healthcare
• Hospitals providers in the country.
• Community-based health centers
• Health insurance entity Various Summa Health System hospitals, service lines,
• A multi-specialty group practice joint ventures and affiliates are recognized by the
• An entrepreneurial entity following organizations:
• Research and medical education • American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
• A Foundation • American College of Radiology
• American Nurses Credentialing Center
Summa Health has organized all of its medical services • American Osteopathic Association’s Healthcare
under the umbrella of Summa Health System. Summa
Health System offers exceptional approaches to Facilities Accreditation Program
healthcare delivery through multiple operating entities. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
Summa Health System serves more than one million • National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
patients each year in comprehensive acute, critical, • Premier Healthcare Alliance
emergency, outpatient and long-term/home-care settings Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care
and represents more than 1,300* licensed inpatient beds • The American Heart Association
in the following clinical settings: • The Joint Commission
• Summa Health System – Akron Campus • The Leapfrog Group
• Summa Health System – Barberton Campus • Thomson Healthcare
• Summa Health System – St. Thomas Campus • U.S. News and World Report
• Western Reserve Hospital
• Summa Rehab Hospital
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