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opened the Center for Pain Medicine at the Robinson Health Center at Kent. The goal of this Center is to provide a multidisciplinary approach to diagnose and treat patients that suffer from pain. The Center’s specialists and their support staff are dedicated to providing the latest innovations in comprehensive pain treatment and improving the quality of life by diminishing the devastating effects of chronic and acute pain. Southwest General Health Center recent- ly received the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals Award for the sixth consecutive year. The award is based on highly effective performance across the entire organiza- tion. Additionally, Southwest General now offers a Pulmonary Hypertension Center on the hospital’s Main Campus in Middleburg Heights. The Center focuses on diagnosing patients with this rare condition (character- ized by abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs), which makes the right side of the heart work harder than nor- mal to circulate blood to the lungs. The goal of the Center is to diagnose the condition as early as possible and provide timely treatment for patients to control symptoms and signifi- cantly improve quality of life and survival. Summa Akron City Hospital and Lifebanc were nationally recognized in November by the United States Department of Health and Human Services for their successes in saving lives by increasing organ donation rates at their facilities. Summa Akron City Hospital was the only hospital in northeast Ohio to receive a silver medal for a donation rate of 75 percent or more of eligible donors over an 18-month period, from October 1, 2008 through March 31, 2010. The award was pre- sented during the Sixth National Learning Congress for Donation and Transplantation held in Grapevine, Texas. Summa Barberton Hospital has been awarded a three-year accreditation in breast MRI from the American College of Radiol- ogy (ACR). The hospital’s breast imaging center includes digital mammography, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy, all of which are also accredit- ed by the (ACR). Summa Barberton Hospital reportedly was the seventh hospital in Ohio to earn three-year accreditation through the National Accreditation Program of Breast Centers (NAPBC). Summa Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital has been awarded a three-year accredita- tion in breast ultrasound from the American College of Radiology (ACR). As part of its breast care services, the hospital also offers digital mammography with computer-aided detection and diagnosis technology. Other imaging services at Summa Wadsworth- Rittman Hospital include 1.5 Tesla MRI, 64-slice CT Scan, bone densitometry, nuclear medicine and ultrasound. Extended afternoon and evening hours on weekdays are available. Union Hospital is ranked among the top five percent of all hospitals in the nation for patient safety. HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization, compared more than 5,000 hospitals and named Union Hospital as a recipient of the Patient Safety Excellence Award. The HealthGrades study found that patients in a top ranked hospital were 46% less likely to experience one or more of the 13 patient safety events studied compared to a poorly ranked hospital. Recently, Union Hospi- tal was also recognized by HealthGrades with See Page 66 64 | Cleveland-Akron-Canton MD NEWS MDNEWS.COM JULY-AUGUST 2011