Program areas at Southwest General
The Health Center was founded in 1920 and is a 368 bed acute care facility. In 2023 the Health Center had 16,049 discharges and 451,160 outpatient visits. Southwest offers state-of-the-art technology, board-certified physicians and a full range of services, including comprehensive medical, surgical and emergency care. Strategic areas of focus include cardiovascular care, neurosciences, orthopedics, oncology, womens health and emergency services. Patients and families benefit from extensive programs of social services and support groups that provide mental, emotional and spiritual support. Southwest is a certified Level III Trauma Center, and is certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. In 2023 Southwest once again was recognized by CMS with a Five Star Overall Quality Rating based on the quality outcomes of care provided to our patients. Six communities support Southwest by means of a self-imposed property tax. 341 volunteers contributed 48,742 hours of service.
The Brunswick and Strongsville Medical Centers and Brunswick ER offer outstanding care from skilled, experienced physicians as well as a variety of convenient outpatient services and emergency care offering treatment from board-certified emergency medicine physicians and specially trained staff. Outpatient services include bone densitometry, CT scan, echocardiography, EKG, laboratory testing, digital mamography, physical therapy, ultrasound, vascular testing, and X-ray. In 2023 Brunswick outpatient service visits in the diagnostic areas were 32,258 with an additional 9,511 treated and released emergency visits in the Brunswick ER. In 2023 Strongsville outpatient service visits in the diagnostic areas were 49,399.
Ambulatory Surgery Centers consist of The Surgery Center with 5,885 surgery cases and Big Creek Surgery Center with 2,346 surgery cases in 2023.