Cleveland Clinic

Geography
Location	9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, United States
Organization
Care system	Private
Hospital type	Academic
Affiliated university	Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Services
Beds	1440
History
Founded	1921
Links
Website	www.clevelandclinic.org
Lists	Hospitals in the United States

The Cleveland Clinic is a multispecialty academic hospital located in Cleveland, Ohio that is owned and operated by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, an Ohio nonprofit corporation established in 1921.^[1] In addition to their flagship hospital in Cleveland, Cleveland Clinic also operates affiliated facilities in Florida, Nevada, Canada, and Abu Dhabi.

History

Early beginnings

Cleveland Clinic grew out of the surgical practice of Frank J. Weed (died 1891) at 16 Church Street on the near west side of Cleveland.^[2][3] The practice was purchased by his two assistants, Frank E. Bunts and George Washington Crile. In 1892 they brought Crile's cousin, William E. Lower into the practice.^[4] In 1897 they moved to the Osborn Building on Prospect Avenue in downtown Cleveland.^[2][5] Crile, Lower and Bunts became professors at Cleveland medical schools, and each would be elected president of the Academy of Medicine.^[6]

Crile organized the American military hospital in Paris in 1915, and later led the United States Army Base Hospital No. 4, in Rouen, France. It was the first contingent of the United States Army to see active duty in Europe during the First World War.^[7][8] Bunts and Lower also served in the Rouen hospital.^[9] In his autobiography, Crile reports that, while in France, the three doctors discussed starting a new medical center in Cleveland upon their return.^[8][10]

Cleveland Clinic's original building, built in 1921

A four-story outpatient building was constructed and Cleveland Clinic was dedicated at a private ceremony on February 26, 1921.^[11] William James Mayo, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, delivered the main address.^[10][12] It opened its doors two days later to the public and registered 42 patients.^[6] In April 1921, Cleveland Clinic had 60 employees, including 14 physicians, four nurses, a telephone operator, six cleaners, 22 clerical workers, an art department, and an unknown number of laboratory technicians.^[13]

In 1922, the founders purchased four private homes nearby for hospitalization, radiation treatment, and administration.^[13] A fifth house was acquired as a residence for patients with diabetes receiving insulin treatments.^[13][14] To meet rising patient volume, a 184-bed hospital was built in 1924, located at East 90th Street and Carnegie Avenue.^[15] A power plant, laundry, and ice plant were also built.^[13][16] A research laboratory was constructed in 1928.^[13][17]

Cleveland Clinic fire

George Washington Crile, one of the four founders of Cleveland Clinic

On May 15, 1929, nitrocellulose x-ray films stored in the basement of the outpatient building ignited.^[18][19][20] An explosion sent a cloud of toxic oxides of nitrogen and carbon though the building. One hundred and twenty-three people lost their lives, including founder Dr. Phillips. A dozen investigating agencies were not able to determine what had caused the fire.^[19] Cleveland Clinic's own inquiry narrowed the possible causes down to spontaneous combustion caused by heat; a discarded cigarette or match; or contact with an extension cord light hung over a stack of films.^[19]

Philanthropist Samuel Mather formed a committee of 36 community leaders to help Cleveland Clinic reestablish itself in temporary quarters across the street.^[19][21][22] Patient care services resumed five days later.^[21] The 1921 building was completely renovated, and a new three-story clinic building, with a new main entrance, was added in 1931.^[19] All debts were repaid by 1941.^[23]

Crile and Lower relinquished their administrative duties in 1941.^[16] In 1942, Cleveland Clinic’s Naval Reserve Unit, which included George Crile, Jr., a physician and son of George Washington Crile, established a mobile hospital in New Zealand to treat the wounded from the Guadalcanal Campaign.^[24]

Growth of specialization

Patient drop-off area, Miller Family Pavilion, 2015

In 1954, Cleveland Clinic formally adopted governance by a Board of Governors consisting of nine physicians elected by the physician staff. They work with the CEO and lay administrators to formulate and carry out policy, overseen by a board of directors and board of trustees.^{[23][25][n 1]}

Cleveland Clinic built new operating rooms in the early 1970s to accommodate the growth of cardiac surgery.^[16] The Martha Holding Jennings Education Building opened in 1964, with an auditorium named for Dr. Bunts. A new hospital building (currently home to Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital) was opened in 1966, and a new research building went up in 1974 (demolished in 2007).^[16] A pathology and laboratory medicine building was constructed on Carnegie Avenue in 1980.^[27]

Willian S. Kiser, chairman of the board 1973–1989, led the development of a strategic plan to accommodate growing patient volumes in the late 1970s. This resulted in a group of buildings known as the Century Project. Completed in 1985, the Century Project including a 14-story outpatient building (now known as the Crile Building), designed by architect Cesar Pelli.^[28] Until 2007 Cleveland Clinic's largest organizational unit was the division, with the hierarchy division > department > section.^{[n 2]} In 2007 it reorganized patient-care services around disease and organ-system-based institutes.^[27][29][30]

Research

The Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute had an annual research expenditure of approximately $250 million in 2008. The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University opened in 2004. Cleveland Clinic’s graduate medical education program is one of the largest in the country.^[31]

Reputation

Cleveland Clinic has a mixed reputation. It is nationally recognized as one of the top medical centers in the US and the world, particularly in technological and management systems^[32] and in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.^[31][33][34] For high acuity conditions requiring special expertise or the latest technology, it is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) in 14 adult and 10 pediatric specialities in the US as follows:^{[35][n 3]}

The USNWR ratings stand in contrast to rankings in models which feature a safety emphasis. In a Kaiser Family Foundation review of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data for hospital acquired conditions in 2014, the Cleveland Clinic received a 8.7 score (1–10 possible, with 10 being the worst), in the bottom 7% of hospitals.^[39] In 2012 Consumer Reports rated the Cleveland Clinic 98th among 105 rated hospitals in the State of Ohio for overall safety, with a score of 39 out of 100 possible points; nationwide, the top 10 hospitals in this survey received scores of 68 to 72, and the bottom 10 hospitals received scores of 16–25.^[40] Leapfrog Group ranked Cleveland Clinic in 2012 as one of 121 hospitals (of a total of 2618) with a "barely passing" D rating for safety (25 hospitals had F scores), which Leapfrog sees as among the "most hazardous environments for patients in need of care."^[41] The different emphasis and specific methodology for the USNWR and for the other ranking systems explains why teaching hospitals collectively score prominently on one system but rarely feature highly on others.^[36]

Between 2010 and 2013, the CMS undertook an extensive series of ongoing separate investigations of CCF with at least a dozen inspections and follow-up visits triggered by patient complaints.^[42][43] An analysis of Medicare inspection data between 2011 and 2014 found that CCF was one of at least 230 instances where validated serious incidents—dubbed “immediate jeopardy” complaints— led CMS to threaten loss of ability to serve Medicare patients unless the problems were fixed immediately.^[42] Due to numerous serious ongoing safety violations, CCF was on payment termination track for a period of 19 months, placing at stake $1B in annual Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement.^[42] The citations were reported and analyzed in detail by Modern Healthcare, which posted some of the safety documents.^[42][43]

Locations

Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute

Cleveland Clinic's main campus consists of 41 buildings on 160 acres (65 ha) near University Circle, in Fairfax, Cleveland.^[44] Cleveland Clinic operates 18 ^[45][46] family health and ambulatory surgery centers in surrounding communities, a multispecialty hospital and family health center in Weston, Florida, an outpatient clinic in Toronto, Ontario.^[47]

The Cleveland Clinic operates eleven northeast Ohio hospitals and has affiliates in Florida, Nevada, Canada and Abu Dhabi:

• Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio
• Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital is located within the main campus; there is a nearby rehabilitation center in Cleveland's Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood.
• Euclid Hospital, Euclid, Ohio
• Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
• Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights, Ohio
• Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood, Ohio
• Lutheran Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
• Marymount Hospital, Garfield Heights, Ohio
• Medina Hospital, Medina, Ohio
• South Pointe Hospital, Warrensville Heights, Ohio
• Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida
• Cleveland Clinic Florida - West Palm Beach, Florida
• Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates^[48]

In August, 2015, the Akron General Health System in Akron, Ohio joined the Cleveland Clinic system. Akron General includes Akron General Hospital, Visiting Nurse Service and Affiliates, Hospice of VNS, Lodi Community Hospital, Edwin Shaw Rehabilitation Institute, and three health and wellness centers.^[49]

Finances

According to data analyzed by American Hospital Directory, annual gross total patient revenues of $9.14 billion were the second largest in the US in 2011.^[50]

See also

• List of hospitals in the United States
• Medical centers in the United States

Notes

References

External links

• Cleveland Clinic