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62 JAN / FEB 2024  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE   Hospital Rounds decrease injury potential, reduce rehabilitation time, and develop athletes that are educated and motivated to maximize their health and performance. “This partnership brings together the top sports performance and sports medicine institutions in the region to provide world-class care to our community’s athletes,” said Our Lady of the Lake Health President Chuck Spicer. “Over our 100-year history, Our Lady of the Lake has been a catalyst for collaborating and bringing together the very best care for our community.” Through this joint venture, participants in Trac- tion programs will have closer access to the Our Lady of the Lake Health Sports Medicine team with onsite physician presence and a seamless referral process to Our Lady of the Lake special- ists and testing. They will also have access to cut- ting-edge research through Our Lady of the Lake’s Championship Health Partnership with Louisiana State University. “This relationship with Our Lady of the Lake will take Traction to the next level and allow us to serve more children and families in the com- munity,” said Mack Chuilli, Traction Sports Perfor- mance CEO and performance director. “Together, these two community institutions will transform sports performance and medicine, helping to make champions in both athletics and health.” The new partnership is the result of Our Lady of the Lake purchasing a 40% minority stake in Traction Sports Performance and Traction Sports Management. Traction Sports Performance oper- ates all Traction facilities and programming at their 45-acre Burbank Drive complex, excluding Trac- tion Sports Therapy. Traction Sports Management is responsible for the management and operation of all other venues and programming in the state of Louisiana, in addition to youth sports events hosted throughout the Gulf South, which attract thousands of athletes each year. Ochsner Health Earns Recognition fromLeapfrog Group Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge and sev- eral Ochsner Health hospitals and partners across the Gulf South have earned an “A” Leapfrog Hos- pital Safety Grade for Fall 2023.The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care, assigns a grade to general hospitals across the country based on more than 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them. “Ochsner Health’s ‘A’ grades are a direct result of our teams continually putting patients first throughout every aspect of care. Their hard work and dedication to provide high quality care for our community is unmatched,” said Robert Hart, MD, chief physician executive, Ochsner Health. “I am proud of the environment we have created for our patients.” Newsweek : Woman’s Hospital is One of America’s Best In-State Hospitals Woman’s has been named one of America’s Best In-State Hospitals 2024 by Newsweek . Woman’s is the only specialty hospital in Louisiana to receive this recognition. “It’s an honor to be recognized by Newsweek as one of the best hospitals in Louisiana. Earning this award reinforces our team’s commitment to providing exceptional care to our patients, their families and to the communities that we serve,” said Rene Ragas, president and CEO of Wom- an’s Hospital. Presented annually, Newsweek’s America’s Best- In-State Hospitals 2024 ranking was created to identify the top hospitals at the state level. Hos- pitals from all U.S. states were eligible for the rank- ing and included in the nationwide survey. Woman’s Hospital Celebrates 55 Years of Care On Nov. 18, 1968, Woman’s Hospital opened as one of the first specialty hospitals in the nation dedicated to treating the unique healthcare needs of women. Now the largest birthing facility in Lou- isiana, Woman’s is looking back on 55 years by sharing notable facts and healthcare milestones. • Since 1968, Woman’s has delivered nearly 400,000 babies, with over 7,000 delivered to date this year. • Although Woman’s is recognized primarily as a birthing facility, its roots are in cervical cancer research. In the late 1950s when Pap smears were not commonly used, a cervical cancer detection laboratory was established by one of the Woman’s founders. The Cary Dougherty Cancer Detection Laboratory is one of the reasons Woman’s Hospital exists today. It has processed over 3.3 million Pap smears since inception and more than 32,000 to date in 2023. • When Woman’s first opened, it performed about two mammograms per day as they were only offered to women who had a lump or other symptoms of breast cancer. In 1985, the hospital emerged as an advo- cate for early detection and breast cancer awareness when it established its dedicated Breast Center. Today, Woman’s combines advanced technology with specialized care to detect, diagnose, and treat breast cancer. It has performed 1,160,000 mammograms since 1968, including nearly 40,000 this cal- endar year. • Birth services have changed dramatically since Woman’s first opened. In the 1960s, women were heavily medicated throughout labor and delivery, babies were placed in a nursery immediately after birth, and loved ones were not allowed in birthing rooms. Through the years, Woman’s approach has evolved to emphasize a family-centered experience, keeping mothers and babies together to promote immediate bonding and allowing loved ones to support mothers throughout the labor and delivery process. • Care for critically ill babies has also trans- formed over the past 55 years. Originally, Woman’s had three incubators and a small team to treat babies in need of critical care. Today, Woman’s NICU is the largest in the state with 84 beds, offering the most advanced technology available and special- ized care teams providing 24/7 care for sick and premature infants. Baton Rouge General Earns National Rectal Cancer Accreditation Baton Rouge General has earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Pro- gram for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), a quality pro- gram administered by the American College of Surgeons, for providing the highest level of care in treating rectal cancer.