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Akron Children's Hospital will celebrate its 125th anniversary in October. Akron Children's was founded on October 20, 1890, as the Akron Day Nursery and later named the Mary Day Nursery. Today the hospital has two campuses (in Akron and Boardman) and offers pediatric healthcare services at more than 80 other locations, includ - ing primary care offices, schools, community hospitals, special care nurseries and pediatric specialty clinics Akron General Medical Center now offers a cutting-edge treatment — a drug coated balloon (DCB) PTA catheter — for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The DCB combines an angioplasty balloon coated with a low dose of Paclitaxel to improve blood flow in blocked vessels above the knee. It is the first and currently the only treatment of its kind approved by the FDA. Aultman Home Health Care was named a Top Agency of the 2014 HomeCare Elite by OCS HomeCare and its parent company, National Research Corporation. Now in its 9th year, the HomeCareElite identifies the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified 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 implementation, patient experience (Home Health CAHPS), quality improvement and consistency, and financial performance. Cleveland Clinic and Lubrizol LifeSciences have entered into a joint collaboration to identify and speed up the development of new products for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Through this collaboration, Lubrizol will have more opportunities to interact with medical professionals to understand how its prod - ucts impact the lives of patients, ultimately creating better overall outcomes. Cleveland Clinic will have increased access to polymer scientists, material testing and new component designs. Cleveland Clinic Children's Pain Rehabilitation Program is reportedly the first and only pediatric specialty pain rehabilita - tion program in the world to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities. The unique program — staffed by an interdisciplinary team of experts in behavioral health, medical sciences and rehabilitation — blends two weeks of intensive inpatient treatment with one week of outpatient treatment specifi - cally tailored to meet the needs of each child's circumstances. Parents and caregivers are also taught how to support their child for the best long-term results. Hillcrest Hospital has been honored as part of the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet Recognition Program, which celebrates superior quality in nursing care. With this achievement, Hillcrest Hospital joins the Magnet community — a select group of 378 (out of AT AREA HOSPITALS WHat'S neW ++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +++ + +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++ HOSPITAL ROUNDS 2 8 | Cleveland/Akron/Canton MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M ■ M A R C H /A P R I L 2 0 1 5