HJBR Jan/Feb 2023

64 JAN / FEB 2023  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE   Hospital Rounds degree in nursing from Southeastern Lou- isiana University in Hammond and a mas- ter’s degree in nursing from the University of Texas Health & Science Center at Houston. Impact Network Physician Group Joins Ochsner Baton Rouge Ochsner Baton Rouge announced a partner- ship with Impact Network, a critical care, intensiv- ist, and hospital medicine physician group. The agreement provides additional physician and advanced practice provider support exclusively at Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge and Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove. Impact Network is a group of 20 providers, including 12 board-certified physicians and eight additional advanced practitioners. They special- ize in treating hospitalized patients in both medi- cal and intensive care settings, as well as caring for patients recovering from surgery. As part of Impact Network, Mohammed Pirza- dah, MD, will serve as the Ochsner Baton Rouge medical director of hospital medicine and critical care. He is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care. Our Lady of the Lake Team Members Honored Thirty-three team members of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and its subsidiary campuses in the Baton Rouge market, as well as FranU, were honored at a reception held at the Renaissance Hotel in November. Each received the Franciscan Service Award in the year preced- ing the reception. Lillian Tate, a nursing director at the regional medical center and a team member for more than 25 years, was also recognized with the Mother Gertrude Leadership Award. The Mother Gertrude Leadership Award is pre- sented annually to a team member who models visionary leadership, just and right relationships, and advocates for change and sustainability of the ministry while mentoring the next generation of leaders. The Franciscan Service Award (FSA) is the high- est form of recognition sponsored by the Francis- can Missionaries of Our Lady, the sisters that spon- sor the institutions of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, including Our Lady of the Lake, its affiliated organizations, and FranU. Team members recognized as recipients of the Franciscan Service Award are: Aaliyah Adams-Worley, Assumption Community Hospital; Gisele Babin, Our Lady of the Lake Physi- cian Group; Nikki Barrio, Assumption Community Hospital; Brooke Broussard, FranU; Lenore Charl- ton, Our Lady of the Lake; Amanda Clark, Our Lady of the Lake. Loretta Craighton-Davis, Our Lady of the Lake; Jami Daigle, Assumption Com- munity Hospital; Nina Dillon, Health Care Cen- ters in Schools; Stephanie Dukes, Our Lady of the Lake; Denise Gillespie, FranU; Roslyn Gutierrez, Health Leaders Network; Pamela Harris, Health Care Centers in Schools; Matthew Irby, Our Lady of the Lake Ascension. Andrea Irvin, Our Lady of the Lake; Lori Jackson, St. Clare Manor; Tabitha Johnson, School-Based Health Centers; Sheniese Jones, Our Lady of the Lake; Brenda Kelley, Our Lady of the Lake; Leisa Kelly, Our Lady of the Lake; Donna Lee, Our Lady of the Lake; Jessica Millet, Our Lady of the Lake Livingston; Terry Moore, Our Lady of the Lake; Rhonda Rivere, Our Lady of the Lake Assumption; Simpson Scott, Tau Center; Jackie Southall, Our Lady of the Lake; Susan Tar- leton, Health Care Centers in Schools; Katherine Templeton, Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group; Markeeta Tennie, Tau Center; Shawanda Thomas, Our Lady of the Lake; Sarah Trahan, Our Lady of the Lake; Lolita Welch, Ollie Steele Burden Manor; and Kristen Wells, FranU. Ochsner Medical Center – BR Earns ‘A’ Safety Grade fromLeapfrog Group Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for Fall 2022. This national distinc- tion recognizes facilities for their achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital. Woman’s Hospital Wins 2022 Safety Star Award Louisiana Hospital Association Trust Funds (LHA Trust Funds) designated Woman’s Hospital as one of its 2022 Safety Star Award winners. The Safety Star Award is presented to healthcare facilities that develop and implement new, innovative ideas to improve patient safety. Safety Star Award winners receive recognition from LHA Trust Funds and a $10,000 award for the facility. Winners also receive paid registra- tion and expenses for the facility CEO to attend the LHA Winter Symposium and one designated staff member to attend the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management Conference. To decrease chances of workplace violence, Woman’s conducted a comprehensive safety assessment to identify all potential vulnerabilities on its campus. As a result, Woman’s restructured its security program, created an internal security force and implemented a “Fast-Pass” tracking system that requires all visitors to register with a photo ID. Woman’s transitioned to an in-house security system, stationing armed Security Response Offi- cers (SROs) and other unarmed guards through- out the facility. SROs are highly skilled security professionals who typically have backgrounds in law enforcement and/or military and are trained in a number of different security threat scenar- ios including response to an active shooter/gun threat. Additional security investments include: • Patient/clinical care rapid lockdown system. • Two new mobile security vehicles. • “Woman’s First Alert” Emergency Notifica- tion System. • Enhanced departmental training exercises. • LED lights in campus parking lots. Baton Rouge General Residents Accepted into Fellowship Positions Five graduates of Baton Rouge General’s Inter- nal Medicine Residency Program (IMRP) were accepted into fellowship positions at hospital sys- tems and academic institutions across the coun- try. They include: • Sai Samyuktha Bandaru, MD — Hema- tology/Oncology at Ascension Provi- dence Hospital/Michigan State University, Southfield. • Rachel Ducote, MD — Hospital Medicine Clinical Point of Care Ultrasound at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. • Gift Echefu, MD— cardiovascular disease at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. • Yara Mouawad, MD — Nephrology at Uni- versity of Texas-Houston. • Neelay Patel, MD — Hematology/Oncol- ogy at LSU Health Sciences in Shreveport. n