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Akron Children's Hospital (ACH) is the first in the nation to receive WELL Pilot Certification by the International WELL Building Institute. ACH received this certification for its bone marrow transplant recovery unit in the Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders. WELL is a performance- based certification system that marries best practices in design and construction with evi - dence-based medical and scientific research, harnessing the built environment as a vehicle to support human health and wellbeing. Akron General Medical Center's McDowell Cancer Institute recently received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. The award was granted to a select group of 75 accredited cancer programs throughout the U.S. Akron General was one of only seven in Ohio, and the only Summit County hospital, to receive this award. The purpose of the award is to rec - ognize those cancer programs that achieve excellence in quality cancer care and encour- age them to serve as quality-care resources to other cancer programs. Aultman Hospital has been granted Magnet recognition for the third time by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program (MRP) for nursing excel - lence, an achievement shared by only 7 per- cent of hospitals in the nation. Aultman first achieved Magnet status in 2006. This newest redesignation follows a four-day site visit in February, during which appraisers from the MRP office met with over 1,000 employees, community members and physicians. The ANCC is the largest and most prominent nurs - ing credentialing organization in the U.S. Cleveland Clinic and Theranos Inc. have entered into a long-term strategic alliance. Theranos offers a full spectrum of labora- tory tests on blood samples as small as a few drops. This eliminates the need for larger needles and numerous vials of blood required for many diagnostic lab tests and will serve patients such as those receiving oncologic, pediatric and other inpatient treatment re - quiring frequent blood draws. Theranos tests are also priced at 50 percent of Medicare reimbursement rates or less to reduce the overall cost of care. Lake Health has been awarded the Gold Healthy Ohio Healthy Worksite Award from the Ohio Department of Health and the Healthy Ohio Business Council. This award recognizes Ohio employers who demonstrate a commitment to employee wellness through comprehensive worksite health promo - tion and wellness programs. Forty-six Ohio employers were recognized. Lake Health was recognized for its wellness fitness programs ++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +++ + +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++ HOSPITAL ROUNDS ❯ WHAT'S NEW AT AREA HOSPITALS 3 6 | Cleveland/Akron/Canton MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M ■ M AY/J U N E 2 0 1 5