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is also designated as a Primary Stroke Center, certified by The Joint Commission. Mercy Medical Center recently received the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. The award recognizes Mercy for implementing specific quality improvement measures for stroke patient treatment, including rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period and aggressive use of medications and risk-reduction therapies. The MetroHealth System will open medical offices for pri - mary care physicians, pediatricians, infusion services and MetroExpressCare at 1299 Industrial Parkway in Brunswick. Approximately 1,000 MetroHealth and Cuyahoga County em- ployees, along with MetroHealth Select health plan members, live in Medina County or the southern part of Cuyahoga County. A 12,000 square foot space for the medical offices is currently being renovated for completion in January. St. Vincent Charity Medical Center recently opened The Bump Clinic for athletes in need of evaluation for concussions, sprains, strains and fractures. Open on Saturday mornings the Clinic is located at St. Vincent Charity Diagnostic Imaging Center in Independence. Walk-in service is available, and patients can also get x-rays and referrals for further diagnostic testing. The Bump Clinic is staffed by a fellowship-trained and board-certified phy - sician in sports medicine. Southwest General has signed an agreement to join the Northern Ohio Trauma System (NOTS,) a collaboration among MetroHealth, Cleveland Clinic and regional public safety forces. Under NOTS, the most serious trauma patients are treated in the Level I trauma center at MetroHealth and the Level II trauma centers at Cleveland Clinic's Fairview and Hillcrest Hospitals. The addition of Southwest General to NOTS brings another level of trauma care to patients through its Level III trauma center. Summa Health System has been named one of the 99 best work - places in Northeast Ohio for the 11th consecutive year. Supported by Employers Resource Council (ERC), NorthCoast 99 is an annual recognition program that honors 99 employers in Northeast Ohio for their ability to maintain great workplaces that support the attraction, retention and motivation of top performers. Summa Health System has more than 10,000 employees and is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in Ohio. Union Hospital's campaign fund for a new Emergency Center received a $1 million donation from Lauren International in New Philadelphia. Officials of the Dover hospital announced that the new facility will be named the "Union Hospital Lauren Emergency Center." Construction of the new $17.7-million ED will begin soon. The 38,000-square-foot center is expected to be fully operational in early 2016 and will be a key component of the hospital's effort to meet the community's growing healthcare needs. University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center has entered into a partnership with ImPACT Applications, Inc., developer of the ImPACT Test and ImPACT Concussion Management Model, to improve concussion prevention, identification and treatment for athletes and individuals in the Cleveland area. UH plans on conduct - ing 10,000 baseline tests on high school student athletes. As the of- ficial healthcare provider of the Cleveland Browns, UH will provide baseline and post-injury testing for a large number of professional athletes, as well as school teams and local sports organizations. UH Ahuja Medical Center has provided the city of Lyndhurst with a LUCAS chest compression system as a part of the hospital's ongoing Lifesaving Emergency Initiative. Since 2013, UH Ahuja has equipped nine communities with the LUCAS system. The hospital recently achieved its goal of raising $210,000 to donate them to a total of 15 surrounding communities. The state-of- the-art CPR system is used by EMS teams to more effectively stabilize heart attack victims in the field. UH Parma Medical Center's six founding communities will each receive $50,000 in grants from University Hospitals to fund wellness initiatives. Parma Hospital Health Care Foundation will be given the funds to distribute to Parma, Parma Heights, North Royalton, Seven Hills, Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights. As part of the integration of UH Parma Medical Center into the UH health system in January 2014, UH committed to funding unique programs aimed at improving and enhancing the health of local residents. Western Reserve Hospital recently received the Ohio Hospital Association's 2014 Hospital Safety Award, which recognizes hospitals for successful safety programs and superior employee safety records. This year, a total of 95 hospitals from all over Ohio were divided into groups based on how many people they employed. The hospital with the lowest injury rate in each group was honored with a Hospital Safety Award. Western Reserve Hospital had the lowest injury rate in the 751-1000 employee range. Special thanks to the hospital Public Relations administrators who submitted information for this column. To include your hospital's news, add us to your press release list or email news items to jraabe@mdnews.com. The editorial deadline for the January– February issue is November 26. ■ 2 0 1 4 N OV E M B E R / D E C E M B E R ■ M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS Cleveland/Akron/Canton | 3 7

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