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April 23, 2007
Pointe
Coupee General Hospital Receives Bronze Level
Louisiana Hospital Quality Award
Pointe
Coupee General Hospital has received the
Bronze Level 2006 Louisiana
Hospital Quality Award, presented by Louisiana Health Care
Review, Inc., which is the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization
for Louisiana. As the recipient of this
award, Pointe Coupee General Hospital has been recognized for
improving the quality of health care given to their patients in one
or more designated clinical areas, primarily Congestive Heart
Failure and Pneumonia, and is one of only 5 Critical Access
Hospitals in the state that has received this award. Louisiana
currently has 27 Critical Access Hospitals.
The Hospital
Quality Award
honors Louisiana hospitals that are performing quality initiatives
aimed at improving patient care in the hospital setting. The award
recognizes those facilities that are actively engaged in improving
care in one or more of the following areas:
- Acute
Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)
- Heart
Failure
-
Pneumonia
-
Surgical Care
The
clinical topics measured for the awards have been designated as
national health care priorities by the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.  Staff members from Pointe
Coupee General Hospital have been working with quality improvement
specialists from Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc. (LHCR) to use
proven, evidence-based practices to improve care for their patients.
Elaine Hurme, Director of Nursing, Maggie Jarreau, Quality
Improvement and the nursing staff have worked in collaboration with
Chief of Staff Dr. Rachal and the
Medical Staff in initiating protocols and quality interventions
ensuring good outcomes for Pointe Coupee General Hospital patients.
“Louisiana
Health Care Review is pleased to recognize hospitals such as Pointe
Coupee General Hospital for achieving measured improvement in
patient care. More importantly, we know that utilizing proven
standards of care can save lives and we applaud the work of these
hospital teams in their dedication to quality patient care for the
people of their community,” said LHCR Chief Executive Officer Gary
Curtis. “As the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for
Louisiana we are committed to working with providers in all health
care settings to improve the health and health care of Louisianans.”
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