Akron General Medical Center — Akron, Ohio

At-a-Glance

Founded in 1914 as People’s Hospital, the Medical Center is the tertiary-care flagship of the Akron General Health System, honored by Modern Healthcare magazine as one of the top integrated health networks in the U.S. Serving more than one million people annually in a five-county area, Akron General is also a “North Coast 99 Employer of Choice” and has been repeatedly named the “Most Preferred Hospital” in the region by National Research Corporation. Its nine centers of excellence encompass major specialties, from cancer and heart & vascular medicine to emergency/trauma and orthopaedics.

• beds: 511
• physicians: 1,146, more than 25 specialties
• medical school affiliation: Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine

IMS hospitalist program profile

• Medical Management and Consultation for inpatients referred by private PCPs.
• No mandatory ICU coverage.
• No unassigned patients.
• 2 home calls per month.
• Eight hour work days.
• Team: 3 daytime physicians; 1 medical director, 1 part-time
• Total current daily census: 40 patients
• Average patient load per physician: 20