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6,000) healthcare organizations in the United States. In Ohio, there are only 27 Magnet hospitals. The designation, a culmination of a three-year process, provides patients with a benchmark to measure quality of nursing care. Lake Health has been awarded the Gold Ohio Healthy Worksite Award by the Ohio Department of Health and the Health Ohio Business Council. The award recognizes Ohio employers who demonstrate a commitment to employee wellness through com- prehensive worksite health promotion and wellness programs. Lake Health was recognized for its fitness programs for team members and its comprehensive wellness program. Forty-six Ohio employers were recognized. Mercy Medical Center and The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) recently hosted an informa- tion session at Mercy focused on legislation that would improve the quality of life for patients with cancer and other chronic illnesses. Representatives from Mercy Cancer Center, Mercy Palliative Care Services, and the ACS CAN shared information about palliative care and the policy changes that would help expand its access and ben - efits for seriously ill patients. The MetroHealth System has been designated as an Ebola Treatment Center by the CDC. MetroHealth is the only designated Ebola Treatment Center in Ohio, joining 48 others in the nation. The designation recognizes that MetroHealth is prepared to provide comprehensive care to patients with an Ebola diagnosis. It was chosen because of its facility configuration and readiness, staff training and overall medical expertise when caring for an infectious disease patient. Summa Health System's accountable care organization, NewHealth Collaborative, and Humana Inc. have entered into an accountable care agreement. The new agreement includes value-based incentives tied to performance improvement that is expected to enable better patient care coordination and more cost-effective quality care. The arrangement will offer more personalized care and a broad range of population management tools such as predictive analytics and chronic care, disease management and wellness programs. Union Hospital's employee wellness program has earned the Ohio Department of Health's (ODH) Gold Award in the 2014 Healthy Ohio Worksite Awards program. The awards program recognizes Ohio employers who demonstrate a commitment to employee wellness through comprehensive worksite health promotion and wellness programs. Only 48 small, medium, and large sized companies in Ohio earned Gold, Silver, or Bronze Awards from the ODH. University Hospitals Case Medical Center is now offering a new, non-invasive test for coronary artery disease designed to help physicians develop the right treatment plan for each patient. Developed by HeartFlow Inc., the HeartFlow FFRCT is the first and only non-invasive imaging technology specifically designed to offer insight on both the extent of the blockage, as well as whether it is impacting blood flow to the heart. Most other diagnostic tests cannot help the clinician determine the extent to which a specific blockage is impeding blood flow to the heart. University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center recently opened a 10-bed observation unit adjacent to its Emergency Department. Here, hospital staff closely monitor patients which require obser - vation, expedite testing and treatment, and make a determina- tion in three to 23 hours on whether to admit the patient to the hospital or discharge him/her to home. Among the conditions that often require observation are abdominal pain, asthma and other respiratory conditions, chest pain, dehydration, neurological symptoms, kidney stones, fainting, and minor infections. University Hospitals MacDonald Women's Hospital has earned the prestigious Baby-Friendly designation by Baby-Friendly USA, Inc. This distinction recognizes excellence in evidence-based maternity care, with the goal of optimal infant feeding outcomes and mother/baby bonding. Baby-Friendly USA Inc. is an affiliate of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, a global program sponsored by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Currently there are 228 active Baby-Friendly hospitals and birth centers in the United States and 8 in Ohio. UH Parma Medical Center will begin training future primary care physicians starting July 1. The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) is establishing a medical residency program there. The three-year training program is expected to take up to 10 internal medicine and 10 family practice residents in its first session. Based in Erie, Pennsylvania, LECOM is reportedly the na - tion's largest medical college and the only academic health center in the osteopathic profession. Western Reserve Hospital has achieved accreditation as a Chest Pain Center from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care. The accredited Chest Pain Center's protocol-driven and systematic approach to patient management allows physicians to reduce time to treatment during the critical early stages of a heart at - tack, when treatments are most effective, and to better monitor patients when it is not clear whether or not they are having a coronary event. Such observation helps ensure that patients are neither sent home too early nor needlessly admitted. 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 e-mail news items to jraabe@mdnews.com. 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