The system provides care at three hospitals, more than 20 health centers and 40 additional sites throughout Cuyahoga County.

[8] In 1855, the institution, then called City Infirmary, moved to its current location about 2+1⁄2 miles southwest of downtown on an 80-acre lot on Scranton Road in Brooklyn Township.

The new five-story building was “designed to accommodate both the insane of the city and the sick and infirm poor, and furnish also facilities for clinical instruction to the physicians of the day.

The building offered the latest in medical science and accommodations (steam heat, feathered pillows and hair mattresses, which replaced straw bedding).

[15][16] The MetroHealth System is governed by a board of trustees composed of 10 voluntary members approved by Cuyahoga County Council.

[17] MetroHealth receives funding from Cuyahoga County taxpayers via a Health and Human Services levy.

In 2020, the system received $32.4 million in county taxpayer support, which made up 2.2% of its total operating revenue.

[18] MetroHealth is an academic medical center and has been affiliated with the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine since 1914.

[29] The health system has made revitalizing the neighborhood a priority and is using its Campus Transformation as a catalyst in that effort.

[32] Public safety – MetroHealth has announced plans to move the system's more-than-75-officer police force into new headquarters constructed in the neighborhood, on West 25th Street.

[33] Digital connectivity – The system has announced plans to join with tech partners to bring affordable internet access to up to 1,000 households near its campus.

Each of the apartment buildings will have a first floor dedicated to making life easier for residents or our neighborhood, including commercial space for a mix of amenities including restaurants, a grocery store and an Economic Opportunity Center offering job training and other services.