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++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +++ +HOSPITAL ROUNDS +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lutheran Hospital recently received Press Ganey's Commitment Summa Barberton Hospital and Summa Wadsworth-Rittman to Excellence Award for having the most improved scoring trend Hospital were designated as accredited Chest Pain Centers by the among its peers on the Press Ganey inpatient and HCAHPS survey. Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care in September. In addition, This award, which recognizes facilities with continuous improvement, Summa Akron City Hospital was re-accredited as a Chest Pain Center was given to one hospital within each bed-size category. Lutheran's with PCI — bringing the total number of Chest Pain Centers to three HCAHPS scores improved from the lower 20th national percentile in within the Summa Health System. 2011 to near the 90th national percentile by the end of 2012. Summa Western Reserve Hospital recently earned full accreditation Mercy Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal in acute care from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program of Approval for its total joint replacement program for hips and (HFAP), an independent, nationally recognized accreditation program. knees. The certification award recognizes Mercy Medical Center's HFAP is one of only three voluntary accreditation programs authorized dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission's by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to survey all state-of-the-art standards for healthcare quality and safety in hospitals for compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation. disease-specific care. Union Hospital in Dover recently opened its new $1 million MetroHealth's Comprehensive Breast Center recently opened at Interventional Radiology (IR) suite. This new suite and its state-of-the- the West 150th Street Health Center. Equipped with the latest 3-D art technology enable Union Hospital's physicians and surgeons to technology and staffed by a multidisciplinary team of radiologists, serve a wider range of patients locally. Procedures performed in the oncologists and surgeons, the Center's goal is to detect and diag- IR suite include kyphoplasty, angioplasty, embolization removal, and nose cancer at the earliest stage to enable more treatment options placement of dialysis catheters, nephrostomy tubes and feeding tubes. for affected patients and greater opportunities for improved longUniversity Hospitals (UH) Bedford Medical Center launched the term outcomes. Senior Assessment Program to help older adults live healthier, more St. Vincent Charity Medical Center is now offering outpatient independent lives. Offered through the Center for Healthy Aging, this physical therapy services at its Rockside Diagnostic Imaging Center program offers people over 65 and their families a resource to identify in Independence. The therapy team at Rockside offers patients indi- and manage complex health problems, as well as social, emotional and vidualized treatment plans for a wide range of diagnoses including practical living issues. strains, sprains and other orthopedic injuries and problems and neurological disorders. Services are available Monday through Friday. UH Geauga Medical Center was recently named Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for 2013 by The Joint Commission. The Southwest General (SWG) has been named a Top Performer on Key hospital is one of 1,099 in the United States to earn this distinction. Quality Measures by The Joint Commission. SWG is one of only two Specifically, it was recognized for the following measure sets: heart hospitals in Cuyahoga County, and among the top one-third in the attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. The ratings are nation, to receive this distinction. The hospital was recognized for based on data reported to The Joint Commission during the 2012 exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes calendar year. that are shown to improve care for certain conditions, such as heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (UH Rainbow) is one of only 13 children's hospitals in the country, and the only one in northern Ohio, At Summa Akron City Hospital, a two-month (Jan. 23–March 23, to receive the Top Children's Hospital distinction from The Leapfrog 2013) pilot study of patients aged 65-plus found that those who Group out of a record number of 1,324 hospitals participating in The used the specifically designated Senior ED at Summa benefited Leapfrog Group's annual survey. This national recognition honors UH over those of the same age who used Summa's regular ED during Rainbow for its exemplary performance in patient safety, quality initia- the same two-month period in 2012. Results indicated reduced tives and highly reliable care. admissions (-4.3 percent), increased observation status (+1.7 percent), reduced use of urinary catheters (-2 percent), shorter length mitted information for this column. To include your hospital's news, add (2.4 percent), no significant increase in ED revisits and increased us to your press release list or email news items to jraabe@mdnews.com. patient satisfaction scores. 36 Special thanks to the hospital Public Relations administrators who sub- of stay in the ED (-4 minutes), higher discharge to home rates The editorial deadline for the March–April issue is Feb. 3. ■ | Cleveland/Akron/Canton MD NEWS ■ MDNEWS.COM ■ JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014