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the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the patient, proper use of medications and ag - gressive risk-reduction therapies. Robinson Health System and University Hospitals (UH) have reached an agreement for Robinson to join the UH Health System. Subject to final approval from state govern - ment regulators, the transaction is expected to close in June. During the integration, UH will work closely with Robinson's board of directors, physicians, leadership and employ - ees to bring investments and cost efficiencies that will benefit the communities served, including upgrades to facilities, equipment, services and technologies. Summa Health System is developing a Telemedicine Program through a partnership with InTouch Health, a global provider of tele - medicine technologies. InTouch Health will be installing two robots — one for Summa Akron City Hospital and one for Summa Barberton Hospital — that will allow neurologists to per - form live real-time audiovisual consultations with emergency medicine teams to speed the delivery of clot-busting drugs, such as tPA, that are proven to halt and reverse stroke damage. Telemedicine has proven to increase tPA utilization in eligible patients to more than 97 percent, and in 2013 the American Heart Association issued a recommenda - tion of using telemedicine within stroke care protocols. Union Hospital in Dover recently opened an Anticoagulation Clinic. Located just inside the Boulevard South entrance to the hospital, the new clinic is operated by pharmacists and staff from the hospital's pharmacy depart - ment working in collaboration with doctors' offices to optimize care for the patients who are prescribed Coumadin. According to medical research, pharmacist-managed an - ticoagulation management services reduced the rates of emergency department visits and hospitalizations related to anticoagula - tion therapy. University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center now offers a new, non-invasive test called Fibroscan that speeds up diagno - sis and aids treatment of a variety of liver diseases including hepatitis C and fatty liver disease. Fibroscan is an ultrasound-based technology developed by French company Echosens which measures the amount of scarring (fibrosis) in the liver. The test is an effective marker of the quality of the hepatic parenchyma. And the severity of fibrosis is the single most important determinant of whether a person is likely to suffer from com - plications of liver disease, such as cirrhosis. UH Ahuja Medical Center's Leadership Council raised $210,000 to provide one LUCAS chest compression device for each of 15 communities in the medical center's service area. This battery operated device provides constant electronic compression at a consistent rate, which frees up EMTs and firefighters for other critical tasks that are part of a rescue. So far, 12 communities have received a LUCAS device and five more will receive them in the coming months. The Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Center at UH Bedford Medical Center, a cam - pus of UH Regional Hospitals, was recently recognized with the Center of Excellence Award by Healogics, Inc., the nation's largest provider of advanced wound care services. This is the third consecutive year this wound care facility has been honored by Healogics for its exceptional patient outcomes. The award is given to wound care centers that have achieved a patient satisfaction rate of over 92 percent and a healing rate of greater than or equal to 91 percent in less than 30 median days over a period of 12 months. UH Parma Medical Center has launched an innovative online service called InQuicker for emergency room (ER) care. Individuals with non-life-threatening medical condi - tions who want access to the ER can now check-in online for their projected treatment time, arrive in the ER at the designated time and be promptly seen by a healthcare professional. In the event of a projected treatment time delay, InQuicker users are sent real-time notifications via phone call and email so they can continue waiting at home. UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital now offers pediatric services and 24/7 emergency care at St. John Medical Center in Westlake. In the new pediatric inpatient unit, 24/7 care is provided to babies and children by Rainbow pediatricians, pediatric nurses, child life specialists and other pediatric-trained experts. Additionally, two state-of-the-art procedure rooms adjacent to the Rainbow inpatient unit are in the final phase of construction. Beginning July 1, UH Rainbow at St. John will offer endoscopy, bronchoscopy, radiology and pediatric dentistry procedures. Western Reserve Hospital has received full accreditation status from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care, earned by integrating with local EMS services to provide fast, outstanding coronary care services and much more. 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 attack 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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