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Northern Dutchess Hospital commemo- rated the completion of its Medical Arts Pavilion steel framework with a Topping Out ceremony. Hospital staff, board members and Kirchhoff Medical Properties representatives watched as the final steel beam, adorned with an American flag, was hoisted and secured into place. The next construction phase will in - clude work on the building exterior, concrete floors, plumbing, electrical and HVAC sys- tems. The $47 million building expansion will house modern private patient rooms, state- of-the-art operating suites and physicians' offices, and will allow Northern Dutchess Hospital to provide high-quality, local care for many years to come. For project updates, visit ndhmovinghealthcareforward.com. Orange Regional Medical Center has been recognized as a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care orga - nizations in the United States. As noted in The Joint Commission's 2014 annual report "America's Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety," Orange Regional attained and sus - tained excellence in accountability measure performance for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care and is one of 1,224 hospitals in the United States to achieve the 2013 Top Performer distinction. The Top Performer program recognizes hospitals for improving performance on evidence-based interventions that increase the chances of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgi - cal care, children's asthma, stroke, venous thromboembolism and perinatal care, as well as for inpatient psychiatric services and immunizations. For more information on quality services at Orange Regional, visit ormc.org/quality. Members of the Port Jervis Police Department recently met with members of Orange Regional Medical Center's Spagnoli Family Cancer Center to donate the proceeds from its No Shave November fundraising initiative. The Police Department raised more than $1,700 and all proceeds will benefit Spagnoli Family Cancer Center. For more information, visit facebook.com/PortJervisPD or ormc.org/cancer or follow on Twitter @PortJervisPD. Regional Outpatient Counseling Services relocated from 110 Crystal Run Road to 420 East Main Street in Middletown, New York and celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 17. The facility's new phone number is 845-333-7800. Services are avail - able Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Dyson Center for Cancer Care at Vassar Brothers Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in radiation oncology as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The Dyson Center for Cancer Care has been ac - credited by ACR since 2000 and was the first center in the region to receive the recognition. The ACR is the nation's oldest and most widely accepted radiation oncology accrediting body, with more than 600 accredited sites and 27 years of accreditation experience. The ACR seal of accreditation is awarded only to facilities meeting spe - cific practice guide- lines and technical standards developed by ACR after a peer- review evaluation by board-certified radia - tion oncologists and medical physicists who are experts in the field. NEWS Construction progress on Northern Dutchess Hospital's $47 million expansion Port Jervis Police Department makes donation to Orange Regional Medical Center's Spagnoli Family Cancer Center. M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS Mid Hudson | 1 7