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Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge
Hospital
Rounds
Touch A Truck will take place at BREC’s Fair-
grounds on April 29.
Baton Rouge General Wins Louisi-
ana Nightingale Awards
Baton Rouge General won four coveted Night-
ingale Awards from the Louisiana State Nurses
Association (LSNA at the annual awards banquet.
The hospital took home awards in the follow-
ing categories:
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse of the Year
– Danielle Bennett, NP-C; Nurse Practitioner/
Outpatient Coordinator, BRG Outpatient Burn
Clinic
• Registered Nurse Mentor of the Year – Denise
Bradford, MSN, RN; Director of Nursing
• Clinical Nurse Educator of the Year – Linda
Markey, PhD, MSN, RN; Manager, Clinical Edu-
cation/Resource Pool
• Hospital of the Year – 161 beds or greater (tied
with Our Lady of the Lake)
Woman’s Hospital Hosts 60th
Annual FoundationMeeting
Woman’s Hospital Foundation held its 60th
annual meeting earlier this year. Foundation
membership includes 120 physician and commu-
nity leaders who are dedicated to preserving and
advancing the hospital’s mission to improve the
health of women and infants.
The audited financial statements, an update on
medical staff activities, and organizational accom-
plishments for fiscal year 2016 were presented.
Newly elected Foundation members and directors
of the Board were announced. The new Founda-
tion members include Charles Aycock, MD, Nancy
Crawford, Tom Hawkins, Jr., and Robert Witcher,
MD.
Ochsner – Baton Rouge One of
10 U.S. Hospitals to Receive 2017
Top Hospitals Everest Award
Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge is one
of only 10 hospitals in the United States represent-
ing a total of six states, and the only hospital from
Texas through the Florida panhandle, to receive
both the 2017 Top Hospitals Everest Award® and
the 100 Top Hospitals Award® by Truven Health
Analytics. The nearest hospital to receive both is
in Florida.
According to Truven Health, hospitals with these
two distinctions, “simultaneously set the national
benchmark for both balanced excellence in a sin-
gle year as well as for the greatest improvement
over five consecutive years.” More than 2,700 hos-
pitals across the nation were independently evalu-
ated for this study.
The Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals evaluates
clinical and operational performance in 11 areas,
addressing: inpatient mortality; 30-day mortal-
ity rate; complications; core measures; 30-day
risk-adjusted readmission rate; severity-adjusted
average length of stay; mean emergency room
throughput; inpatient expense per discharge;
Medicare spend per beneficiary; adjusted oper-
ating profit margin; and Hospital Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
(HCAHPS) score (patient rating of overall hospi-
tal performance). The study has been conducted
annually since 1993.
Woman’s Listed In ‘150 Great
Places toWork in Healthcare”
Woman’s Hospital has once again been named
one of the “150 Great Places to Work in Health-
care” by Becker’s Healthcare. This annual rank-
ing is a compilation of hospitals, health systems
and other healthcare organizations that are com-
mitted to fulfilling missions, creating outstanding
cultures and offering competitive benefits to their
employees. Woman’s also earned this recognition
in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
To compile the 2017 list, the Becker’s Healthcare
editorial team evaluated organizations based on
Pictured at the Woman’s Hospital Annual Foundation meeting, left to right, are Edward
Schwartzenburg, MD, Chair of the Board; Sarah Davis, MD, Chief of the Medical Staff for
2016; and Teri Fontenot, President and CEO.
Woman’s Hospital introduces the Hologic
Affirm™ breast biopsy system. The first in the
state, and one of the first in the nation, the
new system offers patients a more comfortable
experience when undergoing a breast biopsy.