Akron General Medical Center in Akron, OH
Also known as Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital
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About Akron General Medical Center
Akron General Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Akron, Summit County, Ohio. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level I trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 5 out of 5. It has 541 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Akron Children's Hospital, about 0.3 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.11
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 0.57
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.31
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.84
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 1.48
42% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend66%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1063%
- Completed surveys2,590
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
41.07839, -81.53189
Nearby hospitals
- Akron Children's Hospital1 Perkins Square, Akron, OHChildren's hospital0.3 mi
- Select Specialty Hospital-Akron200 East Market Street, Akron, OHLong-term care hospital1.1 mi
- Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center444 North Main Street, Akron, OHAcute care hospital1.6 mi
- Summa Health System525 East Market Street, Akron, OH · Level I traumaAcute care hospital1.7 mi
- Summa Rehab Hospital29 North Adams Street, Akron, OHRehabilitation hospital1.7 mi
- Summa Western Reserve Hospital1900 23rd Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH · Emergency roomAcute care hospital3.9 mi
- Edwin Shaw Rehabilitation Hospital330 Broadway Street East, Cuyahoga Falls, OHHospital4.7 mi
- Summa Health System – Barberton Campus115 5th Street Northeast, Barberton, OH · Emergency roomHospital5.3 mi
- Assurance Health Hudson LLC6260 Hudson Crossing Pkwy, Hudson, OHPsychiatric hospital11 mi
- University Hospitals Portage Medical Center6847 N Chestnut, Ravenna, OH · Emergency roomAcute care hospital16 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Akron General Medical Center located?
Akron General Medical Center is at 1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH 44307 in Summit County.
Does Akron General Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Akron General Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 166 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Akron General Medical Center?
Akron General Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 5 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Akron General Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level I trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date April 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Ohio EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Akron General Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (330) 344-6000.
Would patients recommend Akron General Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (2,590 completed surveys), 66% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 63% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
Related guides
- How CMS Hospital Star Ratings WorkThe five measure groups behind the 1 to 5 star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, how it is calculated and what it leaves out.
- How to Choose a HospitalA practical checklist for planned care: insurance networks, procedure volume, quality ratings, certifications and cost estimates.
- How to Choose a Hospital to Give BirthLevels of maternal and newborn care, the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, quality data and questions to ask on a tour.
- ER Wait Times ExplainedHow triage and the Emergency Severity Index decide who is seen first, why emergency rooms get crowded and where to find timing data.