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lallie kemp regional medical center
52579 Hwy 51 south, independence, la 70443

ph: (985) 878-9421

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Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center
Fiscal Year 2007

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• 450 employees
• Total collections $41.3 million (state general fund $5 million, commercial/private pay $1.8 million, miscellaneous self generated $0.9 million, Medicare $4.9 million, Medicaid $7.5 million, Medicaid Uncompensated Care $21.2 million)

Estimated economic impact

• $79.8 million in overall business activity (Factor of 2.12 based on a July 2007 report "Hospitals and the Louisiana Economy," prepared for the Louisiana Hospital Association by Dr. James A. Richardson, Alumni Professor of Economics at Louisiana State University)

Patient Population

• Approximately 38,396 (between 7/1/05 - 6/30/07)

Capacity • 19 adult/pediatric staffed beds • 0 psychiatric staffed beds • 25 licensed beds • 0 nursery bassinets	Inpatient Admissions • 996 adult/pediatric admissions • 0 psychiatric admissions • 0 neonatal ICU admissions • 0 nursery admissions	Inpatient Days • 3,887 adult pediatric inpatient days • 0 psychaiatric inpatient days • 0 neonatal ICU inpatient days • 0 nursery inpatient days Outpatients • 84,831 clinic visits • 25,054 emergency visits Live Births • 0 births
Residency Programs: 8 Medical Residents and Fellows
• St. Matthews University School of Medicine • LSU Family Medicine • LSU Ophthalmology • Our Lady Of the Lake Physician Assistant Program
Nursing and Allied Health Training: 136 students • Louisiana Technical Colleges • National EMS Academy — EMTs • Hammond Campus — LPNs, Nursing Assistants, EMTs, Patient Care Technicians • Bryman College — Billing & Coding • Greensburg Campus — LPN's • Northshore EMS Academy — EMTs • Sullivan Campus — Bio Med • Med Vance Institute — Allied Health • River Parishes Campus — LPN • Compass Career College — Phlebotomy • Southeastern Louisiana University — RNs, Nurse Practitioners • Remington College — Allied Health • Southwest Mississippi Community College — RNs • Delta College — Allied Health • LSU School of Nursing — Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Practice, CRNA Students • University of South Alabama — Nurse Practitioners • Medical University of the Americas — Medical Student • Southern University — Nurse Practitioners • University of Southern Mississippi — Nurse Practitioners Partnerships • (DHH) ADAP Ryan White Agreement • Mississippi University for Women • Acadian Ambulance • Mississippi University for Women • American Cancer Society (Look Good.Feel Better) • New Horizons — Youth Services Bureau • Baton Rouge Regional Eye Bank • OTM — Office of Telecommunications Mgmt • Blind Services Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facilities • Patient Transfer Agreement — St. Tammany Hospital • Cantilever Shoes Stores, Inc. • Patient Transfer Agreement — Veterans Affairs • Critical Access Hospital Agreement St. Helena Hospital • Patient Transfer Agreement — Hood Memorial Hospital • Deaf Action Center • Patient Transfer Agreement — LA Heart Hospital • Brenda Campbell, Deaf Interpreting • Patient Transfer Agreement — North Oaks Medical Center • Delta Transportation Services, Inc. • Pitney Bowes • Dental Services • Quality Indicator Report Service Agreement • Exam Room Network (ERN) • Region 9 Healthy Community Access Partnership • Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center • Rural Communities Accessing TeleHealth & Primary Care • HCIA Office of Public Health & Health Data Transmission Agreement for a Healthy Feliciana • Hood Memorial Hospital • Ruth Cook's School of Computer Ops, Inc. • Independence High — Nurse Aid • Southeast Regional Medical Center • Jackson Regional Laundry East LA State Hospital • Southern Eye Bank • LA Regional IX Hospital Transfer Agreement • State University of New York Dietician Internship • Louisiana Primary Care Association • SunQuest Information Systems • LSUHSC — New Orleans Breast & Cervical Health Program • Tangipahoa Parish Office of Family Support • LSU Human Research Agreement • Tangipahoa Parish Volunteer Council on Aging • LSUHSC — Shreveport School of Allied Health Professionals • University of S. Alabama Nurse Practitioner Program • Maryland Hospital Association Business Associate • Louisiana Medicaid Program Application Center

diabetes foot clinic
Myra Varnado, BS, RN, CDE, CWOCN, is a specialist in nursing wound, ostomy, and continence patients, and a certified diabetic educator at the Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center.

She is one of the primary authors of the WOCN Guideline for the Management of Wounds in Patients with Lower-Extremity Neuropathic Disease, the third in a four-part series of evidence-based guidelines on treating a variety of types of wound disorders.

Lower-Extremity Neuropathic Disease (LEND) is most commonly present in management of diabetic foot and limb complications (i.e., diabetic neuropathy), with the ultimate treatment goal being amputation prevention.

Diabetic neuropathy with ulcers accounts for 50 to 70 percent of all non-traumatic amputations in the U.S. (2001) according to the CDC, but at least half of these amputations are preventable with early intervention.

LKRMC has one of the best documented limb salvage rates in the nation which is all the more significant when considering its limited resources and high-risk patients.