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Celebration. The patients who attended the event under went weight loss surger y at St. Vincent's Center for Bariatric Surger y between Januar y 1, 2014 and April 1, 2015 and collectively lost 5,507 pounds. Their success stories included repor ts of improved health, reduced or eliminated need for medications, and a return to living active lives. Summa Health Center at Wadswor th-Rittman and The LCADA (Leadership, Compassion, Awareness, Dedication, Advocacy) Way, a private nonprofit organization specializing in recover y programs since 1981, have entered into an agreement to combat the opiate addiction epidemic in Wadswor th and surrounding areas in Medina and Summit counties. LCADA has leased space within Summa Health Center at Wadswor th-Rittman to provide comprehensive addiction and mental health treatment ser vices, including a two- month intensive outpatient treatment program and a five-day-a- week day treatment program. Union Hospital, for the four th time in the past five years, has been honored for improving the health of patients and achieving opera - tional efficiency. The Midas+ Platinum Quality Award recognizes hospitals that excel at using data in a meaningful way to improve clinical and financial outcomes. Union Hospital was among the top per forming 5 percent of all hospitals repor ting more than a dozen quality measures including patient outcomes, length of stay, mor tality, re-admissions rates, surgical site infection prevention, treatment of pneumonia, hear t attack and hear t failure. University Hospitals plans to build a new outpatient health care center for OB/GYN and pediatrics in MidTown Cleveland. The future UH Rainbow Center for Women & Children will house innova - tive programs for pediatric primar y care, women's health care, and social ser vices as well as education programs to suppor t patients, their families and the community. The $24 million, 40,000-square-foot, three-stor y facility will be located at the corner of Euclid Avenue and E. 59th Street, two miles west of UH's main campus, conveniently accessible via public transit and with ample space for free parking. University Hospitals Parma Medical Center recently received two awards from Practice Greenhealth, an organization dedicat - ed to transforming health care worldwide and reducing its envi- ronmental footprint. UH Parma received the Par tner Recognition Award at Practice Greenhealth's CleanMed Conference & Exhibition in Dallas, Texas. This award is given to healthcare fa - cilities that have made progress on environmental improvements and have at least a 10 percent recycling rate for their total waste stream. UH Parma also received the Making Medicine Mercur y- Free Award. Western Reser ve Hospital has launched a multi-touch display registration system for outpatients at the hospital's main campus and at its Stow Urgent Care facilities. Placed throughout reg - istration areas, tablet-like multi-touch displays, called Queue, securely and efficiently collect patient information. After signing in using Queue, patients can monitor their wait time via digital displays in waiting areas. In connection with the Queue sign-in system, the hospital will also roll out a fingerprint identifica - tion system, called SafeChx, to secure patient information and provide additional layers of identity protection. Special thanks to the hospital Public Relations administra- tors who submitted information for this column . To include your hospital's news, add us to your press release list or email news items to cac@mdnews.com . The editorial deadline for the September- October issue is August 3 . ■ Without true superiority studies, the cost-effectiveness of these implants has come into question. The future of digital deformity cor- rection may center around the use of K-Wire fixation utilizing a "buried" or "all-inside" technique. Figure 1 demonstrates the "buried" K-Wire technique for digital deformity cor- rection. Most patients' perception of digital arthrodesis favors techniques with internal fixation. If K-Wires can be safely and e¥ectively used in such a manner, the cost-e¥ectiveness and future of this procedure will be clear. Dr. Duane Ehredt is board qualified in Foot and Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, and an Associate of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. He is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Foot and Ankle Surgery at Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine, in Independence, Ohio. ■ Reference 1. Canales, M.B., Razzante, M., Ehredt Jr., D.J., Clougherty, C.O. (2014). A Simple Method of Intramedullary Fixation for Proximal Interphalangeal Arthrodesis. J Foot Ankle Surg. 53: 817-824. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2014.03.017. Continued from Page 13 Figure 1 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 J U LY/A U G U S T 2 016 2 5