HJBR Mar-Apr 2019

44 MAR / APR 2019  I  Healthcare Journal of baton rouge   Healthcare Briefs Grove) opened its medical office building to patients in January. The new complex is located on the I-10E ser- vice road between the Mall of Louisiana and Sie- gen exits.  High Grove replaces Ochsner’s former Bluebon- net clinic located at 9001 Summa Avenue. The new building has 269 exam/procedure rooms, 42 percent more than the facility it is replacing. This creates the capacity to see more than 2,000 patients per day.   High Grove will offer Ochsner’s digital medi- cine programs. In 2018, more than 600 patients in the Baton Rouge area enrolled in digital medi- cine. This gives patients the ability to better man- age their health from the comfort of their home. The surgical hospital at the $116 million facility is still under construction and is expected to open the summer of 2019. n CAHS Executive Director Jan Kasofsky, PhD, described accreditation as the "lifeblood of our operations." She said accreditation confirms and further validates CAHS' excellence in meeting the highest standards in the delivery of services to the region. CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process and continu- ous improvement services that center on enhanc- ing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF International, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organiza- tions measure and improve the quality of their programs and services. The CARF reaccreditation effort was led by CAHS Executive Director Jan Kasofsky, Program Manager Karen Pino, LCSW-BACS, LAC; Program Manager John Nosacka, LCSW-BACS, MSHCM; Executive Staff Officer Karen Bray; Human Resources Director Shaketha Carter; Director of Business Operations Karla Lee-Muzik; Director of Division for Citizens with Developmental Dis- abilities Corlis Gremillion, BSN, JD; Mental Health Clinical Services Director Stephen Aguillard, LCSW-BACS; Medical Director Aniedi Udofa, MD. DABPN; Information Technology Director Bruce Salisbury; Prevention Division Director Vivian Get- tys, RN, MPH; Addiction Recovery Clinical Ser- vices Director Jan Laughinghouse, PhD, LCSW; and, Chief Financial Officer Ramona Harris, MBA. Ochsner Opens NewMedical Complex at High Grove Ochsner Medical Complex – High Grove (High Ochsner High Grove