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unique 45-minute performances in the hospital's public and patient care areas. The first performance featured a trio of flute, cello and viola play - ing in the hospital's lobby. Afterward, the musicians played individually in the ICU, surgery center waiting area and patient care unit. MetroHealth is reportedly among the first hospitals in Northeast Ohio to implant the Boston Scientific S-ICD System, the world's first and only commercially available subcutaneous implantable defibril - lator (S-ICD) for the treatment of patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The S-ICD System is designed to provide the same pro - tection from SCA as traditional transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). However, the entirety of the S-ICD System sits just below the skin without the need for leads to be placed into the heart itself. St. John Medical Center's Vascular Testing Lab recently achieved a three-year accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission for Vascular Testing. Accreditation by IAC Vascular Testing ensures high-quality patient care and encourages and recognizes the provision of quality diagnostic evaluations. Through the accreditation process, facilities assess every aspect of daily operation and its impact on the quality of health care provided to patients. Summa Health System's wholly owned hospitals, which include Summa Akron City and St. Thomas hospitals, Summa Barberton Hospital and Summa Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital, have earned NICHE designation. NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) is a national nurse-driven program designed to help hospitals improve care of older adults. The NICHE designation signifies a hospital's orga - nizational commitment and continued progress in improving quality and enhancing the patient and family experience. Union Hospital has received Certification as a Primary Stroke Center from its accrediting body, DNV. With the beginning of the TeleStroke Network program in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic one year ago, the staff of the Emergency Department, Stepdown Unit, Radiology, Laboratory and many other departments have demon - strated the value of the stroke protocols that provide the opportunity for aggressive treatment of strokes, saving lives and reducing and even reversing the disabling effects of stroke. University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center is reportedly among the first in the country to offer the THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH Catheter, the first catheter approved by the FDA in the United States to feature direct contact force technology for the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation, or Afib. This novel innovation enables doctors to accurately control the amount of contact force applied to the heart wall during radiofrequency catheter ablation procedures. UH Ahuja Medical Center now offers a new, state-of-the-art proce - dure for diagnosing lung nodules which employs an electromagnet- ic navigation bronchoscopy system called i-Logic. The system gives pulmonologists at UH Ahuja Medical Center the ability to more accurately and safely diagnose nodules and provide leading-edge therapies to patients with lung cancer. While fluoroscopy provides a two-dimensional image of the lungs, the i-Logic system creates a three-dimensional image of the lungs and can localize small nod - ules with GPS-like navigational accuracy. University Hospitals (UH) Bedford Medical Center, a campus of UH Regional Hospitals, opened a new, dedicated Outpatient Rehabilitation Center in Warrensville Heights. Located off Interstate 271 at 4480 Richmond Road, the new facility features a 5,000-square-foot space for patient care and a $45,000 invest - ment in therapy equipment. The center is now the primary site for UH Bedford Medical Center Outpatient Rehabilitation Services. UH Bedford and Richmond Medical centers, campuses of UH Regional Hospitals, have upgraded their Emergency Departments to better address the unique needs of adults aged 65 and older. Each hospital's Senior ER is staffed by doctors, nurses and social workers trained and certified in the care of older adults. The teams provide fast, expert care including assessing seniors for multiple medications, nutritional needs, and pre-existing conditions (like dementia, delirium and depression), to determine the most effec - tive care path. UH Parma Medical Center's Skilled Nursing Facility ranked in the top 1 percent statewide in the 2013 Nursing Home Resident Satisfaction Survey, with an overall satisfaction score of 97 percent. Scores are based on interviews conducted by surveyors from the Ohio Department of Aging, who visited and gathered data from more than 950 skilled nursing facilities. The Angie Fowler Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Institute (Angie's Institute) at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital opened its new outpatient center for pediatric and AYA cancers and blood disorders in April. Located on Rainbow's eighth floor, the newly renovated space is reportedly one of the first in the country to offer separate, age-appropriate areas, technologies and amenities for babies/children and adolescents/young adults. It is specifically designed to improve outcomes for the AYA patient population, from infants to 30-year-olds. Special thanks to the hospital Public Relations administrators who submitted information for this column. To include your hospi - tal's news, add us to your press release list or email news items to jraabe@mdnews.com. The editorial deadline for the July-August issue is May 30. ■ 2 0 1 4 M AY/J U N E ■ M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS Cleveland/Akron/Canton | 3 7

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