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Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge
Hospital
Rounds
Community Hospital, Franciscan Missionaries of
Our Lady University, and health system senior ser-
vices programs such as PACE Baton Rouge, Ollie
Steele Burden Manor, and St. Clare Manor Nurs-
ing Home.
The 5K Heart Walk presented by the American
Heart Association took place at the LSU Old Front
Nine in Baton Rouge. The day promotes physical
activity and heart-healthy living. According to the
American Heart Association, more than one mil-
lion people will walk in nearly 350 events this year
to raise funds and celebrate progress in the fight
against the heart disease and stroke.
First Grade Girl Scouts Donate to
Kids at BRGRegional Burn Center
First grade Girl Scouts from St. Jude Catholic
School are putting the proceeds of their cookie
sales to good use. The seven-year-olds in Troop
10133 chose to give Cookie Share donations and
service project activity bags to kids at the Baton
Rouge General Regional Burn Center.
The girls also made activity bags for burn
patients who will attend BRG’s statewide sum-
mer “I’m Still Me” burn camp. At the camp, chil-
dren who have survived burn injuries can play with
other survivors, building self-esteem and support-
ing emotional healing.
When asked why they wanted to give
cookies and activity bags to kids at the BRG
Regional Burn Center, Camille Hamner, age
7, said that “it was nice to do something
good and to help sick kids feel better.”
OLOL’s Guedry Selected
as Recognized Young
Dietitian of the Year
Katie Guedry, RD, LDN, a clinical dietitian with
Our Lady of the Lake, has been selected as a Rec-
ognized Young Dietitian of the Year by the Louisi-
ana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (LAND).
She was honored at an awards ceremony as part
of LAND’s annual conference being held during
National Nutrition Month.
In her role as a clinical dietitian, Guedry
participates in multidisciplinary rounds on
the Medical Intensive Care Unit, attends
weekly nutrition support team rounds and
total parenteral nutrition rounds, acts as a
preceptor for dietetic interns, and assists with
the inventory of enteral and oral nutritional
supplements. Her areas of expertise include
surgery trauma, trauma critical care, nephrology,
respiratory care, and medical and surgical
intensive care. Guedry also previously served
as an outpatient dietitian in Our Lady of the
Lake’s Diabetes and Nutrition Center.
Woman’s Hospital Named
One of the Healthiest
Companies in America
For the second time, Interactive Health, a pro-
vider of workplace wellness programs, has rec-
ognized Woman’s Hospital as one of the 156
healthiest companies in America for helping its
employees make significant and sometimes life-
saving changes to improve their health. Woman’s
was also recognized as a Distinguished Work-
site by the Louisiana Business Group on Health’s
Working Well in Louisiana program earlier this
year.
More than 78 percent of Woman’s employees
enrolled in Woman’s health plan participate in
Interactive Health’s workplace wellness program.
Based on lab work results, participants received
a low-risk health score based on thorough health
evaluations to identify the following modifiable
risk factors: smoking, glucose, blood pressure, tri-
glycerides, and LDL cholesterol – all of which are
potential causes of series health conditions.
When an employee is identified as being at-
risk, Interactive Health immediately intervenes
with a personalized action plan, including coach-
ing with health professionals and personal physi-
cians. The employee is assigned an achievable
goal based on his or her individual results, and
health improvements are subsequently measured.
Of those Woman’s employees who were deter-
mined to be at-risk based on their previous health
evaluation:
93% improved blood pressure
59% improved LDL cholesterol
67% improved triglycerides
59% improved glucose level
11% improved smoking
Our Lady of the Lake
Names Chief of Staff
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
announced P. Michael Davis, MD has been elected
chief of staff for 2017.
In addition to participating on the Our Lady of
the Lake Board of Directors, Davis will also lead
the Medical Executive Committee. The Medical
Executive Committee uses input from the medical
staff to make key leadership decisions related to
medical staff policies, procedures, and rules, with
an emphasis on clinical care and quality improve-
ment initiatives.
Davis is a vascular surgeon with CVT Surgical
P. Michael Davis, MD
Katie Guedry, RD, LDN