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Cleveland Clinic is embarking on a $2 billion philanthropic campaign, with goals to transform patient care, promote health, advance research and innovation, train caregivers, and revitalize the system's facilities with new or renovated buildings for cancer, neurology, education and regional care. The campaign, titled "The Power of Every One" to signify the importance and impact of every gift, will culminate with the institution's 100th anniversary in 2021. Lake Health recently installed the da Vinci Surgical System at West Medical Center in Willoughby. The $1.5 million technology, which integrates robotics with high-definition 3D imaging, transforms traditional and laparoscopic surgeries into ultra minimally invasive procedures enabling extremely complex operations to be per - formed through dime-sized incisions. Mercy Medical Center's Cancer Center recently installed a new Varian Medical Systems TrueBeam Linear Accelerator, a "super" accelerator designed to advance the treatment of lung, breast, prostate, head and neck and many other cancers. TrueBeam can customize the amount of radiation that is sent to different parts of tumors using a state-of-the-art imaging system to visualize and verify the exact position of the tumor and treat it precisely. MetroHealth has received recognition from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) as the first Adopter in the nation of HFMA's Patient Financial Communications Best Practices. HFMA's practices were developed by a task force that included representatives from major industry groups, such as the American Hospital Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the National Patient Advocate Foundation. St. Vincent Charity Medical Center recently assumed the lease for the Independence Surgery Center at 6701 Rockside Road in Independence, which was previously physician-owned. The new St. Vincent Charity Surgery Center at Rockside is expected to become a centerpiece for the outpatient procedures driven by the hospital's Spine and Orthopedic Institute. It will also accommodate other outpatient surgical procedures. Southwest General has received the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Foundation's NCDR ACTION Registry-Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) Platinum Performance Achievement Award for the second year in a row. This award recognizes Southwest General's commitment and success in implementing a higher stan - dard of care for heart attack patients. Summa Cancer Institute is one of eight community oncology practices in the country chosen by the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology for recognition in improving cancer care through clinical research in a community- based setting. Summa received the Clinical Trials Participation Award for providing patients with access to high-quality clinical research that furthers progress against cancer. Union Hospital in Dover recently received the Healthgrades 2014 Women's Health Excellence Award. This recognition places Union Hospital among the top 10 percent of the nation's hospitals in wom - en's health, which includes care provided to women for common conditions and procedures treated in the hospital. Union is 1 of 16 hospitals in Ohio and 176 hospitals in the nation to receive this award. University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center will receive a three-year grant totaling $4.7 million from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support a new national model aimed at improving care for patients with complex cancer. Titled "Evidence-Conformant Oncology Care," the project will test a unique model developed at UH to enhance care for adult cancer patients with late-stage disease, significant comor - bidities, or demonstrated need for high health care utilization. The Diabetes Center at UH Bedford Medical Center, a campus of UH Regional Hospitals, was recently recognized by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for Quality Self-Management Education. This recognition signifies that UH Bedford has official support and sponsorship from the ADA as a provider for compre - hensive diabetes care. UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital was named a 2014 recipient of the Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award. The award recognizes emergency departments that exemplify exceptional practice and innovative performance in the core areas of leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. UH Rainbow's Marcy R. Horvitz Pediatric Emergency Center is the only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in Northeast Ohio and one of only 17 hospital EDs in the US to receive this award this year. Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls recently received Primary Stroke Certification from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), verifying that the hospital has the capacity to stabilize and treat acute stroke patients, provide acute care and administer acute therapies safely and efficiently. HFAP program provides a three-year certification award with a mid-cycle review at 18 months. Special thanks to the hospital Public Relations administrators who submitted information for this column. 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