MetroHealth Glick Center

New community-focused facility blends cutting-edge technology with modern design to improve patient care

This recently opened acute care hospital sits at the heart of an entire neighborhood transformation in Cleveland, Ohio. It delivers on MetroHealth’s promise to turn its main campus into a “hospital in a park” by providing a bucolic space for the community in an area lacking public green space.

The new hospital is currently surrounded by three acres of green space. Once MetroHealth completes its demolition of the former facilities and redevelops the grounds, that will grow to become a 12-acre park.

The 270-bed hospital tower connects to the existing critical care pavilion complex, serving as a major node in the Glick Center’s transformation program. In total, the new facility comprises 11 floors, 380 beds, and 316 patient rooms.

Our teams delivered all the medical equipment planning and technology systems design consulting for the project. The technology systems included structured cabling, security and surveillance, audiovisual, nurse call, RTLS, patient entertainment, and distributed antenna.

The center now encompasses a completely new campus technology architecture and includes the construction of the new central utility plant. The associated tunnel connector construction included approximately 57,000 square feet of space.

Advanced technology is omnipresent throughout. Every patient room is equipped to deliver intensive care if needed. There is also a sleeping area for family members with a large flatscreen monitor that displays the patient’s care plan and allows remote communication with friends and family members who cannot come in person.

By using digitally coded ID badges to protect patient privacy, visitors can only access the floor where their loved one is under treatment. Caregivers have smart badges that help them communicate with each other.

The building is LEED-certified and nationally recognized for environmental sustainability and is the first EcoDistrict-certified hospital in the USA.

MetroHealth System is a major healthcare provider for the greater Cleveland region that offers advanced procedural services while providing community-based and mission-driven healthcare.