UH Accomplishments

2021 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Despite sometimes overwhelming challenges, our list of accomplishments for 2021 is long and includes:

COVID-19

• A COVID-19 vaccine clinic that provided nearly 165,000 vaccines to 82,000 patients and caregivers. • More than 200 COVID-19 focused

clinical trials and research studies.

• Caring for patients through the COVID-19 surges while managing through an unprecedented national health care staffing shortage.

• Through Harrington Discovery Institute at

University Hospitals, engaged scholars from around the world in fighting COVID-19, resulting in four innovations that have already progressed to the stage of clinical trials.

Expansion

• Expansion of services in our East Market through the addition and integration of Lake Health and joint venture with Western Reserve Hospital.

• Groundbreaking for our UH Ahuja Medical Center

Phase 2 expansion.

• Introducing Hospital@Home, bringing the hospital to the patient and encompassing a broad range of medical services and disciplines.

• New relationships and collaborations that enhance access to UH care, including agreements with

AultCare health plan, Western Reserve Hospital,

ValueHealth and MetroHealth.

Community

• Initiatives to promote Justice & Equity, diversity and inclusion.

• Two new Food for Life Markets and a new

UH Behavioral Health Hub on the Westside to address community needs.

• Opening the Comprehensive Pain Center at

UH Parma Medical Center.

• An 11 percent increase in physician visits, including more than 290,000 virtual visits.

• Extending our Affiliation Agreement with Case

Western Reserve University for another 10 years.

Corporate

• Kicking off our multi-year journey to implement a fully integrated Epic electronic health record that will combine our clinical, scheduling and financial systems into one patient record.

• A new Office of Integration & Change

Management that led the Lake Health integration, and development of our forward-looking

Strategic Plan.

• Issuing $530 million in bonds to restructure debt, which through a reduced interest rate is saving UH over $70 million and will support our ongoing investments.

• Leading research and product innovation efforts for the Cleveland Innovation District, yielding the creation of 144 new research positions,

an $8.3 million investment to expand immunotherapy and research laboratory space, and a $13 million increase in research expenditures.

• Realizing the potential of UH Ventures by funding four promising innovation start-ups.

• Largest fundraising year in UH history, surpassing more than $200 million in contributions.