Cleveland Area Hospital history

1970 A nationally renowned Burn Center was opened, providing up-to-date, specialized care to critically burned patients.

She founded the Child Life and Education program at City Hospital and served as its director until 1972.

1976 The Kenneth W. Clement Center for Family Health Care opened.

1978 To improve efficiency of services and reduce costs, Highland View merged with Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital and moved to the Scranton Road campus.

1979 The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) opened.

One of the most direct displays of support occurred when the community members passed the one-cent sales tax in 1988 for hospital usage.

1989 The Cuyahoga County Hospital System became The MetroHealth System.

2007 MetroHealth opened the Pride Clinic, the first in the region devoted to serving the health needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

2010 The Northern Ohio Trauma System (NOTS), a collaboration between MetroHealth, the Cleveland Clinic and regional public safety forces ensured that trauma patients got to the right place for their care.

2014 With the extension of MetroHealth’s Medicaid Waiver program through April, health coverage was provided for a total of 28,000 previously uninsured and under-insured community members.

In 2015, the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health conducted a community health needs assessment for Cleveland Area Hospital (see the full version at www.clevelandareahospital.com). The survey results indicated a need for additional services, which included increasing the number of primary care providers.

Cleveland Area Hospital also implemented a student shadowing program in 2016 to provide local high school students who are interested in a career in the healthcare industry the opportunity to shadow our providers.

Construction began on new 1,500-space parking garage (site of former Northcoast Behavioral building). 2018 Site plan for new campus completed and the design of the new hospital is unveiled.