Community Benefit Report - Summa Foundation

At Summa, we believe we have an obligation
to hold ourselves to high standards as we
engage and support our community in
fulfilling our mission, yet know we cannot
accomplish this task alone. In the stories
in this report, we share with you the efforts
we have taken to begin to eliminate health
disparities in the community. We explain how
our employee volunteers provide services
that revitalize our surrounding area. We
demonstrate the steps we have taken to
begin to recognize and understand the vast
diversity of cultures within our community and
how this knowledge has improved the care
we deliver to all of our patients. Finally, we
illustrate how building collaborations between
our system and our community partners
advances the goals of all partners involved.
The stories in this report illustrate only a small
portion of the impact we make in the greater
Akron region. By providing support for health
improvement activities, financial and in-kind
donations and community-building activities,
Summa assists our partner organizations
in fulfilling their goals as well as our own. In
addition, our robust research and education
initiatives demonstrate our investment in
finding solutions to transform the health
status of the community and in training
our future healthcare workforce.
In 2011, Summa contributed more than
$106.7 million in community benefit, an
increase of 3.1% over our contributions in
2010. Although this report provides a specific
dollar amount, the true impact of our work
is immeasurable. We remain committed
to investing, engaging and transforming
our community now and in the future and
continue to strive to be recognized as
one of the finest healthcare organizations
in the nation.
Thomas J. Strauss,
Summa Health System president and
chief executive officer
Roxia Boykin, MPA, RN, Summa Health
System vice president,
community benefit and diversity
Margaret Ralston Payne, MA, chair,
Summa Health System
Community Benefit Committee
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