Regional pediatric health system operating 50+ care locations across Ohio
Akron Children's is a 5,000+ person nonprofit pediatric health system anchored by two hospital campuses in Northeast Ohio and a network of primary and specialty care clinics. The tech stack reflects healthcare operations at scale: Epic for clinical records, PACS for imaging, Workday for HR (currently adopting), plus BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) and research infrastructure (REDCap, SQL, Python, R). Active hiring is heavily weighted toward clinical staff (454 roles), with a secondary push in ops and security, signaling ongoing clinical expansion alongside infrastructure maturity work.
Notable leadership hires: Neuropsychology Program Director, Research Director, Marketing Director
Akron Children's operates the largest pediatric healthcare network in Northern Ohio with two hospital campuses (Akron and Boardman) and over 50 outpatient and specialty care locations. The organization provides care across 30+ pediatric specialties including cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, neonatal intensive care, and diabetes management. Current operational focus spans clinical research initiatives, safe sleep and crib programs, risk management and incident response hardening, performance improvement cycles, and therapy protocol development. Pain points center on physician staffing shortages, reducing patient aggression incidents, improving birth outcomes and overall patient safety metrics, and managing complex scheduling and medication costs across a geographically distributed system.
Epic (clinical records), PACS (medical imaging), Workday (HR/payroll), Power BI and Tableau (analytics), REDCap (research), SQL Server and Linux infrastructure, Teams and Webex for communications, Kronos/UKG for workforce management.
Current projects include clinical research expansion, dbt interventions, safe sleep and crib programs, risk management and incident response maturation, performance improvement initiatives, PHP/IOP outpatient expansion, and therapy protocol development. Physician staffing and patient safety improvements are priority pain points.
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