In 1993, University Hospitals developed a new strategy and model for healthcare delivery. This new approach called for University Hospitals to better meet the healthcare needs of a significant portion of northeast Ohio through geographic expansion and an increase in the types of services we offer.

In the process University Hospitals was transformed from a traditional, single-site academic medical center into broad-based University Hospitals:

Today, University Hospitals is one of the nations leading health care systems, providing high-quality, patient-centered medical care at locations throughout Northeast Ohio.

Committed to advanced care and advanced caring, University Hospitals offers the regions largest network of primary care physicians, outpatient centers and hospitals. The System also includes a network of specialty care physicians, skilled nursing, elder health, rehabilitation and home care services, managed care and insurance programs, occupational health & wellness, and the most comprehensive behavioral health services in the region.

The Systems 1032-bed, tertiary medical center, University Hospitals, is an affiliate of Case Western Reserve University. Included in UH are University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Childrens Hospital, among the nations best childrens hospitals; University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, part of National Cancer Institute-designated Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University (the nation's highest designation); and University Hospitals MacDonald Womens Hospital, Ohios only hospital for women.

More than 24,000 physicians and employees constitute University Hospitals and its partnership hospitals, ranking it Northeast Ohios second largest private sector employer. UH performs more than 4.5 million outpatient procedures and nearly 63,000 inpatient discharges annually.

University Hospitals goal is to provide comprehensive primary and community-based carethe kind of health care people need mostas well as access to the highest quality specialty care when necessary.

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