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| LOSGH Home Health Receives Quality Award Lady of the Sea Home Health Agency wins Prestigious Award! Galliano, LA – Lady of the Sea Home Health Agency has received a Bronze 2008 Louisiana Home Health Agency Quality Award presented by Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc. (LHCR), the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana. The award was announced at the second Louisiana Health Care Quality Summit hosted by LHCR in Baton Rouge in May 2009. With this award, Lady of the Sea Home Health Agency is one of only 16 Home Health Agencies in the state to receive a Bronze 2008 Louisiana Home Health Agency Quality Award. The Louisiana Home Health Quality Award is presented to home health agencies that have achieved defined levels of health care quality improvement of up to 39% in Acute Care Hospitalization (ACH), with a 30% or greater improvement in 4 clinical outcomes as defined by CMS by December 2008. Louisiana Home Health Quality Awards were given for excellent performance and improvement in Acute Care Hospitalization (ACH) and other outcomes. The topics measured for the awards have been designated as national care priorities by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Staff members from lady of the Sea Home Health Agency have been working with quality improvement specialists from LHCR to use proven, evidence-based practices to improve patient care and decrease acute care hospitalization visits. “Our Home Health staff here at Lady of the Sea is providing the very best in patient care and our efforts have been enhanced through our quality improvement partnerships with LHCR. We are extremely proud to be a recipient of this distinguished award,” said Suzanne Cheramie, Home Health Manager at Lady of the Sea. “Louisiana Health Care Review is pleased to recognize home health agencies such as Lady of the Sea Home Health Agency for achieving measured improvement in patient care. More importantly, we know that utilizing proven standards of care can save lives and we applaud the work of these home health agencies in their dedication to quality patient care for the people of their community,” said LHCR Chief Executive Officer Gary Curtis. “As the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana, we are committed to working with providers in all health care settings to improve the health and health care of Louisianans.” |
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| Recipient of Gold Level Quality Award Lady of the Sea General Hospital has received a Gold Level 2008 Louisiana Hospital Quality Award, presented by Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc. (LHCR), the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana. The award was announced at the second annual Louisiana Health Care Quality Summit hosted by LHCR in Baton Rouge in May. Lady of the Sea General Hospital was presented the award for improving the quality of health care for our patients in the clinical area(s) of heart failure, pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction. This is the fourth year these awards have been given to hospitals in Louisiana. LHCR established the award to recognize Louisiana hospitals that successfully implement quality initiatives directed toward improving patient care in the hospital setting, specifically in the areas of: Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, and Surgical Care. These topics have been designated as national health care priorities by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The quality improvement efforts at Lady of the Sea General Hospital are led by Lloyd Guidry, Jr., Pharm.D., Director of Quality Control. Our entire Medical staff and Clinical Resources Management staff has been instrumental in our successfully attaining gold level status. “Our hospital average over the last 8 quarters for heart failure and pneumonia was 95%, and during the calendar year of 2008, 5 of the 10 indicators reported reached the top 10% level for all hospitals reporting. This is something we’re all very proud of at Lady of the Sea” said Don Werner. “Our goal is to reach the top 10% in all indicators as reported by CMS.” “We use proven, evidence-based practices to assure that consistent medical care for all patients is carried out,” said Lloyd Guidry, Jr. “Our combined efforts were successful in improving the quality of care provided to our patients.” “We are proud of the quality improvement initiatives being carried out at Lady of the Sea. We are realizing direct benefits as patient health improves and lives are saved,” said Karen Collins, RN, Director of Patient Care Services. The Louisiana Hospital Quality Award is based on select criteria and measured improvements in the specified clinical areas. To be eligible for the award, hospitals must have achieved improvement of at least 25% for each applicable topic or maintain a high level of performance greater than 90% during the 2007 calendar year. There were 93 hospitals in the state that received 2008 Louisiana Hospital Quality awards. ##### |
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| Workplace Giving Heart & Stroke Champion The American Heart Association presented Lady of the Sea General Hospital with the Workplace Giving Heart & Stroke Champion Award. The AHA's Workplace Giving program allows employees to donate to non-profit organizations of their choice, and employers reap from the benefits of team donations. Our gracious employees reached a high goal according to the AHA's program award requirements. We are pleased to note that LOSGH employees have big hearts! |