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Topic: Summa Health System

Hospitals see fewer birth traumas and liability claims under perinatal safety initiative

Hospitals see fewer birth traumas and liability claims under perinatal safety initiative

December 13, 2012 6:01 pm by | 0 Comments

A network of 14 hospitals collectively reduced the rate of neonatal birth trauma among deliveries in their facilities by 22 percent after the first two years of a program called ... Read more
Mayo Clinic, Summa Health partner on liver and kidney disease study

Mayo Clinic, Summa Health partner on liver and kidney disease study

September 1, 2011 4:48 pm by | 0 Comments

Mayo Clinic and Summa Health System are collaborating on a study on treating polycystic liver and kidney disease.The research will focus on Apatone, a drug from San Diego-based IC-MedTech that’s ... Read more
Cleveland Clinic physician-entrepreneur Marc Penn leaving CCF

Cleveland Clinic physician-entrepreneur Marc Penn leaving CCF

June 14, 2011 2:11 pm by | 0 Comments

One of Northeast Ohio’s leading physician-entrepreneurs is leaving Cleveland Clinic to join Akron’s Summa Health System.Dr. Marc Penn will become director of research for the Summa Cardiovascular Institute and also ... Read more
Is Northeast Ohio the ‘proving ground’ for accountable care organizations?

Is Northeast Ohio the ‘proving ground’ for accountable care organizations?

May 13, 2011 11:24 am by | 0 Comments

Northeast Ohio will be the “proving ground” for the new concept of accountable care organizations — a healthcare model designed to reduce costs and improve care coordination for Medicare patients ... Read more
OSU Medical Center hires Summa Health finance chief

OSU Medical Center hires Summa Health finance chief

December 9, 2010 4:48 pm by | 0 Comments

The Ohio State University Medical Center has hired Summa Health System's chief financial officer to fill the same role. C. Michael Rutherford will be responsible for the fiscal management of ... Read more
Summa Health opens clinical trial center

Summa Health opens clinical trial center

November 30, 2010 2:48 pm by | 0 Comments

Summa Health System has opened a 3,800-square-foot center for clinical research trials on its main campus in Akron. The center will support investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored clinical trials. About 400 clinical ... Read more
Explorys adds hospitals to network that will harness medical data

Explorys adds hospitals to network that will harness medical data

November 1, 2010 7:52 am by | 0 Comments

Medical data management company Explorys Inc. has added three Northeast Ohio hospital systems to its emerging member network that's aimed at harnessing information from burgeoning electronic records to improve patient ... Read more
Akron Children’s Hospital buying nursery at Summa Health

Akron Children’s Hospital buying nursery at Summa Health

October 28, 2010 1:58 pm by | 0 Comments

Akron Children’s Hospital is finalizing a deal to own and operate the special-care nursery at Summa Health System’s Akron City Hospital.The boards from the two hospitals are expected to approve ... Read more
Summa Health appoints president of Barberton, Wadsworth hospitals

Summa Health appoints president of Barberton, Wadsworth hospitals

September 23, 2010 3:02 pm by | 0 Comments

Akron's Summa Health System has made it official: Tom DeBord is president of Summa Barberton and Summa Wadsworth-Rittman hospitals. DeBord, 47, has been interim president of the hospitals in Summit ... Read more
An orthopedic surgeon returns to Akron: Q&A with Ian Gradisar

An orthopedic surgeon returns to Akron: Q&A with Ian Gradisar

September 9, 2010 10:49 am by | 1 Comments

After following his father to both the University of Notre Dame and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Ian Gradisar's journey seems to have come full circle with his ... Read more
Summa Health readies to open Medina County outpatient facility

Summa Health readies to open Medina County outpatient facility

September 7, 2010 4:10 pm by | 0 Comments

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health System is getting ready to open its first major outpatient facility in the region's fastest growing county. Summa has teamed up with Medina County-area doctors to ... Read more
Summa Health doctors to care for Kent State student athletes

Summa Health doctors to care for Kent State student athletes

August 9, 2010 2:02 pm by | 0 Comments

Some Summa Health System physicians will attend a lot of Kent State University varsity events during the upcoming school year as part of a partnership between the Akron health system ... Read more
Summa hospital, after recent cutbacks, now planning a growth spurt

Summa hospital, after recent cutbacks, now planning a growth spurt

August 9, 2010 6:45 am by | 0 Comments

Summa Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital is undergoing a rebirth.After cutbacks in recent years that included the end of its labor and delivery unit, the community hospital in Medina County is poised for ... Read more
Reflections of four first-year medical residents

Reflections of four first-year medical residents

August 2, 2010 8:20 am by | 0 Comments

Dr. Thomesha Smoot Barton knew becoming a practicing physician wouldn’t be easy.”You know that you’re going to work hard and you’re not going to sleep a lot going into it,” ... Read more
Summa Health gets $1M gift to establish orthopedics fellowship

Summa Health gets $1M gift to establish orthopedics fellowship

July 13, 2010 12:13 pm by | 1 Comments

Summa Health System has received a $1 million gift that will go toward establishing a research fellowship for a medical resident who specializes in orthopedics.The gift comes from the family ... Read more