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staffed by a nurse practitioner who can assess a person's basic medical needs, administer vaccinations and prescribe medications. Evening and weekend hours will be offered, and walk-in appointments accepted. Most major insurance plans will also be accepted. Robinson Health System began full integration into the University Hospitals (UH) Health System on June 1. During the integration, UH is working closely with Robinson's board of directors, physicians, leadership, employees and volunteers to bring investments and cost efficiencies that will benefit the communities served, including upgrades to facilities, equipment, services and technologies. UH will provide leading-edge technology, innovative practices, strong clinical research and other new initiatives expected to complement and grow Robinson's clinical programs. Southwest General has again earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's prestigious Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. Additionally, the hospital was recognized on the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll-Elite. This Award recognizes the hospital's sustained commitment and success in ensur - ing that stroke patients receive the most effective treat- ment according to nationally recognized, research based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. Summa Health System has received a $90,000 grant from the Northeast Ohio Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for its Summa Screens Program. Summa Screens is an initiative designed to eliminate financial barriers and increase access to breast-health services — specifically, mammography, breast ultrasound and breast-health navigation — for low- income, uninsured, underinsured and underserved women, with an emphasis on outreach to the African-American community. Over a four-and-one-half-year period con- cluding last year, Summa Screens provided 2,613 breast imaging services (mammograms and ultrasounds); served 1,555 unique patients; and diagnosed 42 breast cancers and one lymphoma. Construction of Union Hospital's Lauren Emergency Center is well underway. The $17.7 million cost to build and equip the facility will result in a new Emergency Center that's twice as large and will accommodate twice the number of patients the current ER was designed for when it opened 20 years ago. Financial support for the Emergency Center project continues to grow. Monte Ball, Fund Development Director, says the capital campaign has reached $2.6 mil - lion with an ultimate goal of $5 million. University Hospitals (UH) has announced plans to create a coordinated regional trauma network of UH hospitals. UH is working with input from local municipalities across Northeast Ohio to obtain Level 1 trauma center verifica- tion from the American College of Surgeons for UH Case Medical Center. The plan is to coordinate this trauma cen- ter with an extended regional trauma system that includes four existing Level 3 trauma centers at UH Geauga Medical Center, St. John Medical Center in Westlake, Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights, Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna and UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital on UH's main campus. University Hospitals (UH) Bedford Medical Center, a cam- pus of UH Regional Hospitals, has enhanced its diagnostic imaging department and now offers cardiac CT coronary angiography. This minimally invasive imaging test evalu- ates whether plaque buildup has narrowed a patient's coronary arteries. The test is performed using UH Bedford Medical Center's state-of-the-art 128-slice Philips Ingenuity CT. Results are interpreted within 24 hours by a team of radiologists at UH Case Medical Center. University Hospitals Parma Medical Center's EMS Training & Disaster Preparedness Institute is training police of- ficers from Parma and Parma Heights to administer Nasal Narcan, a powerful pharmaceutical drug that reverses the effects of heroin and other opioids in minutes. Each officer and sergeant who patrols in these cities will be armed with Narcan, following passage of Ohio House Bill 170 last year that permits police officers and lay people to administer 3 6 | Cleveland/Akron/Canton MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M ■ J U LY/AU G U S T 2 0 1 5