HJBR Sep/Oct 2023

HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE I  SEP / OCT 2023 63 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalBR.com through this partnership. Each member of our select team of cancer physicians has been certi- fied by MD Anderson to clinically practice as part of the co-branded Ochsner MD Anderson cancer program, and appointed physicians will become adjunct members of MD Anderson faculty.” Our Lady of the Lake Health Names Logan Austin as Chief Operating Officer Our Lady of the Lake Health welcomes Logan Austin as newly selected chief operating officer (COO) for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. As COO, Austin will oversee the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. Austin joins Our Lady of the Lake Health from Community Health Systems in Franklin, Ten- nessee, where he most recently served as chief administrative officer at ShorePoint Health with responsibilities for their two acute care hospitals and freestanding emergency department in the Lee County, Florida region. Community Health Systems is a Tennessee-based, for-profit corpo- ration that operates healthcare delivery systems in 47 distinct markets across 16 states. Prior to this most recent position, Austin served in executive leadership roles in Birmingham, Alabama, States- ville, North Carolina, and Mooresville, North Car- olina, where he facilitated major expansion proj- ects and service line development initiatives, which ultimately led to improved quality of care and financial performance through operational transformation. Logan Austin earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Alabama before obtaining a Master of Science in health adminis- tration and Master of Business from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ochsner Cancer Institute Earns Three-Star Rating from Society of Thoracic Surgeons The Ochsner Cancer Institute has earned a dis- tinguished three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and lung cancer resection (lung lobectomy) outcomes. The three-star rating, which denotes the high- est category of quality, places the Ochsner Can- cer Institute in the top 2.5% of thoracic surgery programs in the United States and Canada. Ochsner’s thoracic surgery program is part of a multidisciplinary specialty team that includes pul- monary medicine, thoracic pathology, radiation therapy, and medical oncology. STS General Thoracic Surgery Public Reporting offers a comparison of GTSD and national out- comes, demonstrating the high performance of GTSD participants. The latest analysis of data for lung cancer resection covers a three-year period, from January 2020 to December 2022. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons congratu- lates STS National Database participants who have received three-star ratings,” said David M. Shahian, MD, chair of the Quality Measurement Task Force. “Participation in the Database and public reporting demonstrates a commitment to quality improvement in health care delivery and provides patients and their families with meaning- ful information to help themmake informed deci- sions about health care.” The STS National Database was established in 1989 as an initiative for quality improvement and patient safety among cardiothoracic sur- geons. The Database includes four components: the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD), the Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD), the GTSD, and the Interagency Registry for Mechan- ically Assisted Circulatory Support (Intermacs). The GTSD contains more than 616,000 gen- eral thoracic surgery procedure records and has approximately 1,000 participating physicians. Almost 35% of GTSD participants are currently enrolled in public reporting. OLOL Health Partners with Recora for Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Our Lady of the Lake Health is now offering vir- tual cardiac rehabilitation services through Fran- ciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System’s partnership with Recora. The program expands access for heart disease patients, allowing them to recover from home in a virtual environment in addition to the center-based cardiac rehab facility at Our Lady of the Lake Heart & Vascular Institute. “Partnering with Recora helps us make these invaluable cardiac recovery services more acces- sible to our patients,” said John McLachlan, MD, medical director of cardiac and pulmonary rehab at Our Lady of the Lake Heart & Vascular Institute. “We’re making life-changing impacts to our com- munity by extending services to the comfort of our patients’ homes.” Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health Sys- tem announced its partnership with Recora in Feb- ruary 2023. Our Lady of the Lake is the first hos- pital in the health system to launch the cardiac rehabilitation program. Recora’s services remove issues patients often face with transportation and scheduling, along with providing on-demand support from care teams, 24/7 chat, and additional resources avail- able throughout the program. Its partnership with Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health Sys- tem adds to the growing number of hospitals and health systems in the southeast region that are partnering with Recora. “Cardiac rehab does not have to be limited to in-office care,” said Recora CEO Abhishek Chan- dra. “Recora’s Virtual Recovery Program allows patients at Our Lady of the Lake Heart & Vascular Institute to have access to resou Ochsner Health, Novant Health Announce Partnership to Expand Patient-Centered Senior Care Ochsner Health and Novant Health have signed a letter of intent to enter a collaborative partner- ship focused on expanding access to care across the southeastern United States for the 65-plus population. This unique approach to care deliv- ery aims to meet the needs of adults 65 and over and provide benefits beyond medical care, includ- ing social support and wellness resources to care for the whole person. The partners plan to build 65 Plus clinics throughout the Southeast, giving older adult patients access to extended visits with their pri- mary care physician and a multidisciplinary team to design a customized care plan to meet indi- vidual needs. Each clinic will have several service offerings to encourage patients to live active, healthier lives well into their senior years. Beyond medical needs, 65 Plus clinics will offer a commu- nity environment with regular social events, fitness centers, health coaching, and more. “At Novant Health, we are focused on develop- ing new and innovative care models that are tai- lored to our patients so they can thrive,” said Carl