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What’s New at Area Hospitals
Affinity Medical Center in Massillon, as
of June 30th, is no longer offering inpatient obstetrics (OB) including labor and delivery, postpartum and nursery services. The decision to discontinue these services was based on low volume in the hospital’s OB unit and changes in the county’s demo- graphics. At the same time, the hospital is seeing increased demand in cardiology, orthopedics, therapy services and pain man- agement. The labor and delivery space is being considered for future healthcare ser- vices that will align the hospital’s operations with community need and the demands of the marketplace. Akron Children’s Hospital Akron Chil-
dren’s Hospital has been ranked in four pediatric specialties in U.S. News Media Group’s Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, now available online at www.usnews.com/ childrenshospitals. Akron Children’s ranked 31st in the country in pediatric orthopedics, 40th in pediatric pulmonology, 42nd in pediatric nephrology and 48th in neonatol- ogy. The new rankings recognize the top 50 children’s hospitals in 10 specialties: cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, dia- betes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology, and urology. Akron General Health System’s
Stereotactic Unit within its Reflections Breast Health Center has been granted full accreditation by the American College of Radiology’s Committee on Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Accreditation. The new, three- year accreditation means a higher standard of care is provided to the Akron General patient by a team of radiologists, surgeons and technologists, each of whom is respon- sible for meeting specific criteria in deliver- ing superior quality care. The accreditation process took several months to complete. Aultman has provided in-home hospice
services since 1986. This summer, in August, the hospital plans to open Stark County’s first and only inpatient hospice facility on
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