MetroHealth, Cuyahoga County's safety-net health system with five hospitals, four emergency departments, and more than a dozen health centers, handles discharge planning through its Social Work department, centered at its main campus, home to the county's Level I Adult Trauma Center. Families should expect Social Work staff to coordinate post-discharge needs including home care referrals, rehab placement, or facility transitions.
Inside the discharge window
As Cuyahoga County's safety-net hospital system, MetroHealth serves an especially broad cross-section of families, and its discharge planning runs through a dedicated Social Work department rather than a separately branded case management unit.
The main campus, which also houses the county's Level I Adult Trauma Center, handles some of the most complex and highest-acuity discharge situations in the region, often on a compressed timeline after a serious injury or acute medical event.
Families connected with MetroHealth's Social Work team should ask directly and early about anticipated discharge destination options, home with services, short-term rehab, or a longer-term placement, since MetroHealth's system spans multiple campuses and emergency departments across the county, and the point of contact may shift depending on which facility a patient is in.
