The 332-bed system was founded in 1961 and has grown to a nine-floor medical center that is a high volume hub for cardiac and vascular surgery. UH Parma was the first hospital in the state to train paramedics in telestroke care to help patients while emergency help is en route. The hospital is also a level III trauma center and a primary provider of graduate medical education for internal medicine. Recently, the hospital opened an interventional radiology lab and implemented nurse navigators for heart failure, COPD and cancer patients. The hospital also hosted University Hospitals’ first comprehensive pain center. It received a 5-star CMS rating and “A” hospital safety grade from The Leapfrog Group.
