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employee benefits, culture, workplace excellence
and previous recognitions. The editorial team also
considered commitment to diversity and inclusion,
professional development opportunities and envi-
ronments that promote employee satisfaction and
work-life balance.
Woman’s employees receive a variety of com-
petitive benefits, including discounts on services,
free biometric screenings, an employee well-
ness program and more. Many amenities are also
located on site, including a health clinic, a credit
union, and a one-mile walking trail.
Manners of the Heart Names BR
General Champion of Respect
Baton Rouge General (BRG) was honored at the
Heart in Hand Awards Gala as the recipient of the
first ever Champion of Respect Award. The gala
was hosted by Manners of the Heart at Live Oak
Arabians in Baton Rouge.
Presented by Mayor Sharon Weston-Broome,
the Champion of Respect award presentation fol-
lowed awards for educator and school of the year.
It’s part of this year’s #BRRespect campaign that
asks community members to pledge to treat each
other with respect and do small good deeds each
week. BRG President and CEO Edgardo Tenreiro
accepted the award on behalf of BRG’s 3500 team
members.
LHCGroup and Lourdes
expand partnership to
include hospice care
LHC Group and Our Lady of Lourdes are
expanding their partnership to provide hospice
service to patients and families in Lafayette and
the surrounding Acadiana region. The provider
will operate under the name of Lourdes Hospice.
The full-service hospice agency will continue high-
quality end-of-life care to patients in the privacy
and comfort of home.
Lourdes Hospice is the second joint ven-
ture partnership between Our Lady of Lourdes
Regional Medical Center and LHC Group. The first
joint venture, Lourdes Home Health, was launched
in February 2007 and has touched thousands of
lives in the Acadiana area. Over the past year, the
two organizations have worked to further blend
their resources and experience in anticipation of
this hospice announcement.
Woman’s Hospital Now Offering
More Comfortable, Faster Breast
Biopsies
Woman’s Hospital is the first hospital in Loui-
siana and one of the first in the country to use
the Hologic Affirm™ breast biopsy system, which
offers more comfort for patients. With this system,
a biopsy can be performed much quicker than a
traditional biopsy. It is less invasive than surgery
and works by extracting small core samples of
breast tissue. Furthermore, patients are able to
lie down in a comfortable position while the pro-
cedure is being performed. It also provides easier
access to help surgeons reach challenging lesions.
Promise Hospital of Baton
Rouge Expands
Promise Hospital of Baton Rouge, a Long-Term
Acute Care (LTAC) hospital owned by Prom-
ise Healthcare, announced an agreement with
Baton Rouge General (BRG) that will allow Prom-
ise to provide acute inpatient rehabilitation care
and skilled nursing services at the hospital’s Mid
City campus.
The agreement began April 1, and moves the
management of BRG’s skilled nursing and inpa-
tient rehab units under Promise’s umbrella. The
units will be managed by Promise’s experienced
team – creating a more integrated experience
for patients. Promise Hospital will continue to
house its LTAC hospital on the Mid City campus
and several senior leaders will move their offices
to Mid City.
Woman’sHospital ReceivesHighest
Nursing Credential for Third Time
Woman’s Hospital has again attained Magnet®
recognition, the highest honor an organization can
receive for professional nursing practice, from the
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program® distin-
guishes healthcare organizations that meet rig-
orous standards for nursing excellence. This cre-
dential is shared with only 451 out of nearly 6,300
U.S. healthcare organizations. In 2006, Woman’s
was the first hospital in Baton Rouge to be rec-
ognized as a Magnet® facility.
To achieve initial Magnet® recognition, organi-
zations must pass a rigorous and lengthy process
that demands widespread participation from lead-
ership and staff. An organization reapplying for
Magnet® recognition must provide documented
evidence to demonstrate how staff members sus-
tained and improved Magnet® concepts, per-
formance and quality over the four-year period
since the organization received its most recent
recognition.
National Resident Match
Day Reveals NewDoctors
Coming to Baton Rouge
Sixty-three. That is the number of new resi-
dents who will be coming to Baton Rouge next
year to complete specialty training at Our Lady of
the Lake Regional Medical Center as part of the
next stage of their medical education. The resi-
dents were revealed at the hospital’s Match Day
celebration, in which Our Lady of the Lake joined
other academic medical centers around the coun-
try in learning which residents were matched to
different graduate medical education programs
nationwide.
Our Lady of the Lake is the largest academic
medical center in the region. Each year, more than
260 residents and 300 medical students train on
the hospital’s campus. The 62 residents matched
today filled all available residency slots at Our Lady
of the Lake. They will be coming to Baton Rouge
from as far away as San Francisco, Michigan and
Nebraska, as well as close-to-home institutions
including LSU-New Orleans, LSU-Shreveport, and