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Akron Children's Hospital has been named one of the Top Workplaces in NE Ohio for 2015. The Top Workplaces are determined solely on employee feedback. An em- ployee survey was conducted by WorkplaceDynamics, LLC, a lead- ing research firm on organizational health and employee engagement. Of the 2,398 Akron Children's em- ployees who received the Workplace Dynamics 2015 survey, 1,885 (79 percent) completed the question- naire. The Plain Dealer published the complete list of Top Workplaces on June 21. Akron General Medical Center will begin construction this fall on its new Emergency Department (ED) directly across from its main cam- pus ED on Akron General Avenue. Originally constructed in 1984, the current ED is approximately 18,000 square feet with 37 exam rooms. The new ED will be more than double in size, with 60 exam rooms, four trau- ma/resuscitation rooms, a behavioral health unit, SANE (sexual assault nurse examination) room, isolation rooms for contagious patients, and a specialized area to triage less-acute patients to appropriate levels of care. Completion is expected in late 2017. Alliance Community Hospital's first group of student health coaches from the University of Mount Union and Northeast Ohio Medical University successfully completed the Alliance Community Care Network (ACCN) health coaching program. The ACCN is a free program that partners a health coach with an individual who has chronic health challenges and operates under a "No Discharge" philosophy by following the client through all transitions of care. The ACCN team is made up of health coaches, nurses, pharmacist, dieti- cian, social worker/counselor, pastoral support and physicians. Aultman Hospital is one of 319 hospitals nationwide to receive the American College of Cardiology's NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2015. The award recog- nizes Aultman's commitment to and success in following the treatment guidelines in the ACTION Registry– GWTG Premier for eight consecutive quarters and meeting a performance standard of 90 percent for specific performance measures. Full participa- tion in the registry engages hospitals in a robust quality improvement process to improve quality of care for heart attack patients. Cleveland Clinic is now offering fast and inexpensive access healthcare for urgent matters via computer or smartphone 24/7 from anywhere in Ohio. The telemedicine service al- lows a patient to use an app to com- municate quickly with a healthcare provider to evaluate, diagnose and treat an ailment and even prescribe medication. The $49 fee is paid by credit card at the time of service. The acute care offering is the latest in a line of Cleveland Clinic services that employ telemedicine technology to expand access to healthcare. Cleveland Clinic's Medina Hospital has opened a new Wound Healing Center. The new center offers a multidisciplinary approach to wound care with both Cleveland Clinic and community based physicians all working together and specializing in plastic surgery, podiatry, general surgery, vascular surgery and physi- cal therapy. The center also offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy on-site. The new wound center is the only facility available to patients within 20 miles of Medina Hospital. Cleveland Clinic's South Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Heights is now a new campus of The Ohio University Heritage College of WHAT'S NEW AT AREA HOSPITALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +++ + +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++ HOSPITAL ROUNDS ❯ 3 4 | Cleveland/Akron/Canton MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M ■ S E P T E M B E R /O C T O B E R 2 0 1 5