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Affinity Medical Center assembled a Transition of Care Committee comprised of several extended care and skilled nurs- ing facilities in the local community. This committee was devel- oped to plan and initiate, on a quarterly basis, community out- reach events sponsored by the hospital and the nursing facilities. Akron Children's major campus expansion is on schedule for completion in May. When the new medical building opens, it will house an NICU, emergency department, outpatient surgery center, and labor and delivery unit for high-risk newborns. This $60 million initiative also includes renovation and expansion of the Ronald McDonald House of Akron. Akron General Medical Center has teamed up with Axess Pointe, a federally qualified community health center, to pro - vide women's health and internal medicine services at 676 S. Broadway Street in downtown Akron. Akron General physicians staff the health center. A pharmacy and lab are in the same building. Additional services, such as dentistry and mental, may be added in the future. The new center offers patients free, onsite parking. Alliance Hospital's Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice was named to the Top 500 of the 2014 HomeCare Elite, a recogni- tion of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. Now in its 9th year, the HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of agencies and highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. Winners are ranked by an analysis of publicly available performance measures in quality outcomes, best practice (process measure) implementation, patient experience (Home Health CAHPS), quality improvement and consistency, and financial performance. 9,994 agencies were considered. Aultman Hospital earned an "A" grade in the fall 2014 Hospital Safety Score, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, injuries and infections. The Hospital Safety Score is compiled under the guidance of the nation's leading experts on patient safety and is administered by The Leapfrog Group (Leapfrog), an indepen - dent industry watchdog. The first and only hospital safety rating to be peer-reviewed in the Journal of Patient Safety, the Score is free to the public and designed to give consumers information they can use to protect themselves and their families when facing a hospital stay. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +++ + +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++ HOSPITAL ROUNDS WHAT'S NEW AT AREA HOSPITALS 2 8 | Cleveland/Akron/Canton MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M ■ JA N UA RY/ F E B R UA RY 2 0 1 5