About Us
Redefining health care by going beyond medical treatment to improve the foundations of community health
Devoted to Hope, Health, and Humanity
The MetroHealth System is redefining health care by going beyond medical treatment to improve the foundations of community health and well-being: affordable housing, a cleaner environment, economic opportunity and access to fresh food, convenient transportation, legal help and other services.
The system strives to become as good at preventing disease as it is at treating it.
Our Mission, Vision, and Values
Mission
Devoted to Hope, Health, and Humanity Leading the way to a healthier you and a healthier community through service, teaching, discovery and teamwork.
Vision
MetroHealth will be the most admired public health system in the nation, renowned for our innovation, outcomes, service and financial strength.
Our Values
- Service to Others
- Teamwork
- Accountability
- Respect
- Inclusion, Diversity and Racial Equity
- Quest for Excellence
Highlights
The system’s more than 600 doctors, 1,700 nurses and nearly 9,000 employees go to work each day with a mission of service, to their patients and to the community.
As Cuyahoga County’s safety-net health system, MetroHealth plays an essential role in the region, caring for anyone and everyone, regardless of an ability to pay.
Founded in 1837, MetroHealth operates four hospitals, four emergency departments and more than 20 health centers and 40 additional sites throughout Cuyahoga County. The system serves more than 300,000 patients, two-thirds of whom are uninsured or covered by Medicare or Medicaid.
Leader in Care
MetroHealth is home to Cuyahoga County’s most experienced Level I Adult Trauma Center, verified since 1992, and Ohio’s only adult and pediatric trauma and burn center.
As an academic medical center, MetroHealth is committed to research and to teaching and training tomorrow’s caregivers. Each active staff physician holds a faculty appointment at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Its main campus hospital houses the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Lincoln-West School of Science & Health, the only high school in America located inside a hospital.
Knowing that good health is about much more than good medical care, MetroHealth has launched the Institute for H.O.P.E.™ (Health, Opportunity, Partnership, Empowerment), which uses a coordinated, collaborative and strategic approach to help patients with non-medical needs such as healthy food, stable housing and job training.
Glick Center
The MetroHealth Glick Center, an 11-floor hospital on the system’s main campus in Cleveland welcomed its first patients in November 2022.
The billion-dollar project is the cornerstone of a wider neighborhood revitalization effort led by the system and its partners in the community.
MetroHealth 2030
A Steadfast Mission, A Renewed Purpose, A Bold Vision.
Read about MetroHealth 2030, our strategic plan for the next five years.
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2023 Annual Report
2023 revealed the strength, resilience and dedication of the MetroHealth community.
Foundation
The MetroHealth Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that supports our mission.
Institute of H.O.P.E.™
Addressing the social determinants of Health through Opportunity, Partnership, and Empowerment.