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Is it Time to Make a Hospice Referral? .. | REFERRALS: .. | hospicewr.org NORTHERN OHIO'S HOSPICE OF CHOICE E L I G I B I L I T Y Q U I C K R E F E R E N C E G U I D E Your partner in care, Hospice of the Western Reserve, has created the Eligibility Quick Reference Guide. Inside, you'll find important eligibility guidelines, practitioner reference materials and functional assessment tools. To request your free copy, please call .. or visit hospicewr.org/decisions. Mercy Medical Center received a grant award in the amount of $413,392 from the Crime Victims Section of the Office of Ohio Attorney General. These funds allowed for the training of ad - ditional physicians, nurses and social workers, as well as the purchase of two state-of-the-ar t forensic cameras for Mercy's HAVEN (Healing After Violent Encounters Network) Program. Mercy's HAVEN Program provides immediate specialized nursing care, evidence collection, suppor t and options to victims of as - sault, age 14 and older. Victims under the age of 14 are referred to The Children's Network of Stark County Child Advocacy Center or Akron Children's Hospital. The MetroHealth System is now seeing patients in five former HealthSpan buildings. Facilities in Parma, Cleveland Heights, Bedford and Rocky River welcomed their first patients in April, and a new medical office will open at the Galleria YMCA down - town in August. The MetroHealth System also opened two Emergency Departments in former HealthSpan facilities in February in Cleveland Heights and Parma, expanding MetroHealth's presence throughout Northeast Ohio and offering more options for former HealthSpan patients. The Summa Orthopedic Institute has expanded its services at Summa Health Center at Wadsworth-Rittman. Located at 195 Wadsworth Road, the Summa Health Center at Wadsworth-Rittman offers out - patient orthopedic surgery, including foot and ankle surgery. Also, in early 2016 Summa Physicians Inc.–Orthopedics and Sports Medicine will have an office in the Rundle Center at Summa Health Center at Wadsworth-Rittman. Summa also continues to offer sports medicine care at Summa Services at Wadsworth Community Center. Union Hospital in Dover has successfully completed its new accredi - tation process from DNV GL–Healthcare. The accreditation period is three years. By earning accreditation the hospital has demonstrated it meets or exceeds patient safety standards set forth by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. DNV GL's accreditation program is the only one to integrate the ISO 9001 Quality Management System with the Medicare Conditions of Participation. University Hospitals (UH) has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute, the global leader in defining and advancing the stan - dards of ethical business practices, as a 2016 World's Most Ethical Company. This is the four th time in five years the UH health M D N E W S .C O M /// M D N E W S C L E V E L A N D /A K R O N / C A N T O N n M AY/J U N E 2 016 3 7