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AT AREA HOSPITALS WHAT'S NEW Akron Children's Hospital was once again named as one of the Top Workplaces in Nor theast Ohio in 2016. The Top Workplaces lists are based solely on the results of an employee feedback sur vey administered by WorkplaceDynamics, LLC, a research firm specializing in organizational health and workplace improve - ment. Several aspects of workplace culture were measured, including alignment, execution and connection. Of the 2,458 Akron Children's employees who received the Workplace Dynamics 2016 sur vey, 1,866 (76 percent) completed the questionnaire. Aultman Hospital's Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) teams were recently selected to par ticipate in The Society of Critical Care Medicine's ICU Liberation ABCDEF Bundle Improvement Collaborative. Aultman joins a select group of 77 hospital ICUs in the U.S. taking par t in the collaborative. The ABCDEF bundle of care is a comprehensive approach to caring for patients in the intensive care unit, with the goal of reducing delirium, cognitive dysfunction and physical weakness that can result from even a shor t stay in the ICU. Doctors at Cleveland Clinic, UCL A, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and other institutions have achieved a milestone in development of a treatment for people with recur - rent glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer, by successfully demonstrating a modified virus that can extend the lives of patients. A multi-center clinical trial indicated that, of the 43 par ticipants who were given the investigational treatment Toca 511 and Toca FC, overall sur vival increased to 13.6 months compared to 7.1 months for an external control. For some patients, sur vival was extended to more than two years with few side effects. The results of the study were published on June 1 in Science Translational Medicine. Cleveland Clinic Akron General is one of only 11 hospitals na - tionwide to receive the Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award this year. The award recognizes a select group of emer- gency depar tments (ED) that exemplif y exceptional practice and innovative per formance in the core areas of leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. All EDs are eligible to apply for the Lantern Award, but those selected must meet the highest standards of excellence of patient care. Lake Health relocated its Center for Comprehensive Rehabilitation and the Center for Geriatric Psychiatr y to a new seven-acre Continuing Care Campus just south of TriPoint Medical Center in Concord in the newly built complex Concord Village. Both units offer private patient rooms with private restrooms. The geri-psych center also features activity rooms, quiet rooms, group spaces and a state-of-the-ar t multisensor y room equipped with special lighting, music and projectors to create a peaceful and calming environment. Both facilities are Medicare approved and accept most insurance plans. Mercy Medical Center recently received the Mission: Lifeline® GOLD PLUS Receiving Quality Achievement Award for imple - menting specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Hear t Association for the treatment of patients who suf- fer severe hear t attacks. The GOLD PLUS designation recognizes that Mercy has not only reached an achievement score of 75 per- cent or greater on all Mission: Lifeline quality measures, but also has demonstrated at least a 75 percent achievement on First Door to Device time under 120 minutes for STEMI patients transferred from other facilities. The MetroHealth System is launching a Language Access and Communication Ser vices Center at its main campus. The center, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, will provide interpretation ser vices for patients with limited English proficiency, hearing or sight impairments, and patients requiring literacy suppor t. It will ser ve as a full-access concierge, assisting people with navigating the many ser vices MetroHealth offers. All staff will be bilingual in English and Spanish, and will have access to telephonic interpreters fluent in more than 200 languages. The ser vices are offered at no additional cost to pa - tients or family members. St. Vincent Charity Medical Center recently hosted 47 bar- iatric surger y patients at this year's 16th annual My New Life 2 4 2 4H O S P I TA L R O U N D S