LSU Features Levine and Cerise At Health Care Effectiveness Meeting
LSU Hospitals | 04.11.08
Baton Rouge (April 11, 2008) – Alan Levine, secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, will present “Looking Forward with the New Administration: Heading Toward Patient-Centered Care” as the keynote address for the LSU Health Care Services Division Spring 2008 Health Care Effectiveness Meeting. Dr. Fred Cerise, LSU System vice president for health affairs and medical education, will present “Charting Our Future: A Vision for the LSU Health System.” [pdf]

LSU Opens Community Health Clinics in Neighborhoods Throughout New Orleans
LSU Hospitals | 03.26.08
Baton Rouge (March 28, 2008) – The Interim LSU Public Hospital is opening community health clinics throughout New Orleans, offering comprehensive primary health care and access to specialty care, preventing minor illness from becoming major. The press conference and ribbon cutting for the clinics will be at the LSU - HCSD Community Clinic - Frederick Douglass Senior High, 3815 Burgundy St., at 10:30 AM, Monday, March 31, 2008.[pdf]

LSU Health System Surgical Facility Opens, Offering Outpatient Services and Expanding Access to Health Care
LSU Hospitals | 03.26.08
Baton Rouge (March 26, 2007) – The LSU Health System Surgical Facility, 9032 Perkins Road, in Baton Rouge, is opening for the provision of ambulatory surgeries and procedures in the areas of adult and pediatric otorhinolaryngology, gynecology, orthopedics, endoscopy, diagnostic radiology and general surgery.[pdf]

Interim LSU Public Hospital Expands Emergency Department by 20 Beds for Acute Behavioral Health Care
LSU Hospitals | 03.12.08
Baton Rouge (March 12, 2008) -- The Interim LSU Public Hospital has expanded its Emergency Department by 20 beds to improve the care of patients experiencing acute behavioral health emergencies. The Mental Health Emergency Room Extension (MHERE) will provide an environment for evaluation, stabilization and short-term management of these patients in a setting appropriate to their needs. [pdf]

Risk for Dying in Auto Crashes Increases During Adolescence
LSU Hospitals | 03.04.08
Baton Rouge (March 4, 2008) -- Of the nearly 10,000 deaths of motor-vehicle passengers 8 to 17 years old studied by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, more than half (54.4 percent) were riding with a driver under age 20; nearly two-thirds were unrestrained; and more than three-quarters of the crashes occurred on roads with posted speed limits above 45 miles per hour. To illustrate the dangers of teen driving, Interim LSU Public Hospital and other agencies will produce a mock crash site at Metairie Park Country Day School, 300 Park Road, Metairie, Louisiana, on Thursday, March 6, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. [pdf]

Bogalusa Medical Center Receives Award For Heart Care at LSU Forum
LSU Hospitals | 02.19.08
Baton Rouge (February 19, 2008) – The LSU Health Care Services Division (HCSD) awarded Bogalusa Medical Center (BMC) the second place award for most improved in its care of congestive heart failure patients at the 11th annual LSU HCSD Health Care Effectiveness Forum, entitled “Eliminating Disparities and Improving Access to Relationship-Centered Care,” in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [PDF]

Interim LSU Public Hospital Receives Multiple Awards at LSU Forum
LSU Hospitals | 02.19.08
Baton Rouge (February 18, 2008) – The LSU Health Care Services Division (HCSD) awarded staff of Interim LSU Public Hospital multiple awards at the 11th annual LSU HCSD Health Care Effectiveness Forum, entitled “Eliminating Disparities and Improving Access to Relationship-Centered Care,” in Baton Rouge, La. [PDF]

Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Wins Multiple Awards at LSU Forum
LSU Hospitals | 02.19.08
Baton Rouge (February 19, 2008) – The LSU Health Care Services Division (HCSD) awarded staff of Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center (LKRMC) multiple awards for quality health care at the 11th annual LSU HCSD Health Care Effectiveness Forum, entitled “Eliminating Disparities and Improving Access to Relationship-Centered Care,” in Baton Rouge, La. [PDF]

Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Wins Multiple Awards at LSU Forum
LSU Hospitals | 02.19.08
Baton Rouge (February 19, 2008) – The LSU Health Care Services Division (HCSD) awarded Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center (LJCMC) multiple awards for quality health care at the eleventh annual LSU HCSD Health Care Effectiveness Forum, entitled “Eliminating Disparities and Improving Access to Relationship-Centered Care,” in Baton Rouge. The seven hospitals of LSU HCSD were eligible for the awards. [PDF]

Earl K. Long Medical Center Wins Multiple Awards at LSU Forum
LSU Hospitals | 02.19.08
Baton Rouge (February 18, 2008) – The LSU Health Care Services Division (HCSD) awarded staff of Earl K. Long Medical Center (EKLMC) multiple awards for quality health care at the 11th annual LSU HCSD Health Care Effectiveness Forum, entitled “Eliminating Disparities and Improving Access to Relationship-Centered Care,” in Baton Rouge, La. [PDF]

LSU Opens Community Outpatient Clinic for Adults and Children
LSU Hospitals | 01.30.08
Baton Rouge (January 30, 2008) – Interim LSU Public Hospital has opened the LSU HCSD Community Clinic—Frederick A. Douglass Senior High, at 3815 Burgundy, in New Orleans. It will serve anyone of any age in the community and the students of Frederick A. Douglass Senior High School and Dr. Charles Richard Drew Elementary School. [PDF]

Broussard Receives Nightingale Award for Nurse Administrator of the Year
LSU Hospitals | 01.29.08
LAFAYETTE (January 29, 2008) – Mary Broussard, RN, MSN, director of nursing for University Medical Center (UMC), received the Nightingale Award for Nurse Administrator of the Year from the Louisiana State Nurses Foundation and the Louisiana State Nurses Association. The award is to recognize an outstanding registered nurse who administers the business and patient-care activities of a hospital and manages its personnel, demonstrating excellent managerial skills, leadership, mentorship, high standards of continuing education, and participation in professional associations. [PDF]

LSU Reopens Health Clinic at Dr. Leo S. Butler Community Center
LSU Hospitals | 01.23.08
Baton Rouge (January 23, 2008) – The LSU Health Care Services Division is reopening the LSU Earl K. Long South Baton Rouge Clinic at 950 E. Washington Street in the Dr. Leo S. Butler Community Center. [PDF]

LSU Forum Examines Health-Care Disparities And Access to Care
LSU Hospitals | 01.14.08
Baton Rouge (January 14, 2008) -- The 11th annual LSU Health Care Services Division (HCSD) Health Care Effectiveness Forum, entitled “Eliminating Disparities and Improving Access to Relationship-Centered Care,” will be January 15, 2008, at the Holiday Inn Select, 4728 Constitution Avenue, Baton Rouge, La., from 9 AM to 5 PM. [PDF]

FREE CHILD SAFETY SEAT INSPECTION
LSU Hospitals | 11.16.07
WHAT: Don’t gamble with your child’s life. 96% of child safety seats are installed incorrectly. Now, you can find out if you have the right fit. Motor vehicle collisions are the leading cause of death for children. Child restraints prevent ejection from the vehicle which results in head and spinal cord injuries. Misuse can be categorized as gross, serious, or minor. Even minor misuse can result in life long injuries. [PDF]

LSU Appoints Green Hospital Administrator For Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
LSU Hospitals | 11.13.07
Baton Rouge (November 13, 2007) – The LSU Health Care Services Division has appointed Rhonda Green, RN, MBA/MHCM, hospital administrator for Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center (LJCMC) in Houma, Louisiana, effective December 1, 2007. [PDF]

LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER SEEKS MUSIC SUBMISSIONS
LSU Hospitals | 10.18.07
Baton Rouge (October 18, 2007) - Like death and taxes, being put on hold is an unavoidable part of life. Now, at least, you can enjoy the latter when you call the Lallie Kemp Medical Center (LKMC), in Independence, Louisiana. After Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Kathy Willis, who is LKMC medical director and a musician, wanted to offer assistance to struggling displaced Louisiana musicians, some of whom resettled on the north shore, so she created Music On Hold (MOH). [PDF]

LSU INTERIM HOSPITAL OPENS OUTPATIENT CLINIC AT O. PERRY WALKER HIGH SCHOOL
LSU Hospitals | 10.17.07
Baton Rouge (October 17, 2007) - The LSU Interim Hospital will hold a ribbon-cutting and press conference for the opening of the outpatient school-based health center at O. Perry Walker College and Career Preparatory High School Wednesday, October 17, 2007, at 10:00 AM, at 2832 General Meyer Avenue in New Orleans.[PDF]

BOGALUSA MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVES $11 MILLION FOR EXPANSION OF FAMILY MEDICINE CLINIC AND NEW OB/GYN UNIT
LSU Hospitals | 10.10.07
Baton Rouge - Bogalusa Medical Center (BMC) is receiving $11 million from the State Bond Commission for expansion and renovation of its Family Medicine Clinic and for construction of a new OB/GYN unit. The plans for the expansion and new OB/GYN unit meet the requirements of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). As a result, the ACGME gave full accreditation to the LSU Rural Family Medicine Residency Program.[PDF]

UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVES $2 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION
LSU Hospitals | 10.09.07
Baton Rouge - University Medical Center (UMC) is receiving $2,045,000 for expansion and renovation of its emergency department. The State Bond Commission approved on September 20, 2007, the UMC Emergency Department Expansion Project, with $340,000 available immediately and $1,705,000 available for future expenses.[PDF]

LSU RECEIVES NEARLY $400,000 FOR VULNERABLE AND HARD-TO-REACH HIV POPULATIONS
LSU Hospitals | 10.01.07
Baton Rouge - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded the LSU Health Care Services Division (LSU HCSD) a Special Project of National Significance (SPNS) grant of nearly $400,000 a year to develop an electronic network for medical access for vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations of persons living with HIV (PLWH). The four-year demonstration project will implement and evaluate a model using health information technology (HIT) to share patient information across health-care providers so that providers can offer appropriate HIV care. [PDF]

LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center Offers New Geriatric Services
LSU Hospitals | 09.28.07
Independence - The LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center now offers geriatric services staffed by Dr. Asif Sheikh, a board-certified geriatrician. “Geriatrics is focused on the special needs of patients 65 years old and older,” Dr. Sheikh said. “These patients are often on several medications that put them at risk of potentially dangerous drug interactions. Also, dementia and Alzheimer’s can begin to surface in this age group. Geriatricians are trained to recognize and to treat these diagnoses.” [PDF]

LSU INTERIM HOSPITAL OPENS INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CARE UNIT ON DEPAUL CAMPUS
LSU Hospitals | 09.21.07
Baton Rouge - The LSU Interim Hospital will hold the ribbon-cutting and press conference for the opening of a temporary 33-bed inpatient psychiatric care unit in the Seaton Building on the campus of the former DePaul Hospital, 1035 Calhoun St., in New Orleans, at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, September 25, 2007.[PDF]

LSU HCSD MEETING EXAMINES THE MEDICAL HOME
LSU Hospitals | 09.17.07
Baton Rouge - The fall 2007 LSU Health Care Services Division (LSU HCSD) Health Care Effectiveness Meeting "Medical Home: Policy, Deployment, and Patient Centered Innovations" will feature "A Case Study-Patient-Centered Care for Underserved Populations: Oklahoma Health Care Challenges and Approaches," which Michael Lapolla, MHA, and John M. Gaudet, MPH, will present. It will also feature Dr. Fred Cerise, the newly appointed LSU System Vice President for Health Affairs and Medical Education, who will discuss "Medical Homes in Louisiana: Concepts, Initiatives, and the Future of Louisiana Health Care." Dr. Cerise, formerly Louisiana's Secretary of Health and Hospitals, led the drive to redesign Louisiana health care.[PDF]

Child Safety Seats Save Thousands of Lives Free Child Safety Seat Inspection at State Police Troop B
LSU Hospitals | 09.13.07
New Orleans - Chances are, not a single person in New Orleans would ever intentionally put a child at risk. Yet, that's exactly what happens when young passengers are not restrained. That's why the LSU Interim Hospital is joining with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), state and local leaders to commemorate Child Passenger Safety Week (Sept. 16-22). A key component will be free child safety seat inspections to ensure all children are properly protected.[PDF]

LSU SYSTEM NAMES DR. CERISE HEALTH CARE VICE PRESIDENT
LSU SYSTEM | 08.27.07
BATON ROUGE - Dr. Fred Cerise, who led the drive to redesign health care as Louisiana's Secretary of Health and Hospitals, today was named Louisiana State University System Vice President for Health Care and Medical Education. LSU System President Dr. William L. Jenkins announced Dr. Cerise's appointment to the newly created post, providing operational oversight for the LSU Health Care Service Division, which operates eight public hospitals, and LSU Health Science Centers in New Orleans and Shreveport. LSUHSC-Shreveport manages an additional three hospitals in Shreveport, Monroe, and Pineville.[PDF]

LSU LEADERS PRAISE VA HOSPITAL SITE DECISION
LSU SYSTEM | 08.21.07
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana State University officials today praised the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for announcing it wants to build its new hospital adjacent to a planned LSU teaching hospital in downtown New Orleans. "This action by the VA helps reduce the uncertainty of continued medical support for the veterans and others we serve in the New Orleans area," said Dr. Michael Butler, acting chief executive officer of the LSU Health Care Service Division.[PDF]

SAFE CENTER MOVES TO NEW HOME IN LSU INTERIM HOSPITAL
LSU Hospitals | 08.20.07
Baton Rouge - The LSU Interim Hospital will open the permanent location of its SAFE Center Monday, August 20, 2007, with a ribbon cutting at 10:00 AM. Sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) at the SAFE Center care for patients who are victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. The SANE conducts a thorough medical history and interviews the patient to ascertain details of the sexual assault.[PDF]

DESIGN TEAM SELECTED FOR LSU HOSPITAL
LSU SYSTEM | 08.13.07
NEW ORLEANS - One of the world's leading design firms is partnering with Louisiana architects known for their healthcare expertise to form the architectural team for the new Louisiana State University Hospital in New Orleans, state and university officials announced today at news conference at the LSU Health Science Center in New Orleans. A joint venture of Blitch Knevel Architects of New Orleans and NBBJ of Seattle was selected by the Division of Administration to plan the 484-bed hospital to be built on a 37-acre tract of land in downtown New Orleans. The projected $1.2 billion facility is part of a joint medical center project under development by LSU and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that is planning an adjacent 200-bed hospital.[PDF]

LSU, STATE TO ANNOUNCE HOSPITAL DESIGN TEAM
LSU Hospitals | 08.10.07
The team selected to design the new LSU Hospital in downtown New Orleans will be announced Monday at a news conference at the LSU Health Science Center. Announcement of the design team is another major step in construction of the new academic teaching facility that will replace the old Charity Hospital, which was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Land acquisition on the site picked for construction is already underway. The facility, when completed in 2012, is expected to be part of a twin hospital complex and research center operated by LSU, Tulane, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.[PDF]

LSU INTERIM HOSPITAL OPENS 20-BED ACUTE DETOX UNIT
LSU HCSD | 06.22.07
Baton Rouge – The LSU Interim Hospital is opening an acute medical inpatient detox unit with 20 beds. “The opening of the detox unit is LSU’s first step in the process of restoring behavioral health services that existed before Hurricane Katrina,” said Dr. Michael Butler, acting CEO of the LSU Health Care Services Division. “In July, LSU Interim Hospital will open the Mental Health Emergency Room Extension, with ten bays, and later this summer it will open 33 mental health beds on the DePaul campus.” [PDF]

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards $1.2 Million Planning Grant to MCL Foundation for New Orleans Hospital
LSU HCSD | 06.14.07
Baton Rouge – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded the Medical Center of Louisiana Foundation (MCLF) a $1,242,384 grant to help plan construction of the new LSU hospital in New Orleans. “The grant will allow us to engage facility-planning experts to incorporate the most effective evidence-based, hospital-design principles into the construction,” said Dr. Michael K. Butler, acting CEO of the LSU Health Care Services Division. “This will permit our medical professionals to provide the best health care available to the people we serve.” [PDF]

HIV Outpatient Clinic Observes 20^th Anniversary
LSUHCSD | 06.06.07
New Orleans (June 6, 2007) - The LSU Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans HIV Outpatient Clinic (HOP) is observing its twentieth anniversary and providing critical health care in Post-Katrina New Orleans.[PDF]

LSU Hospitals Receive Louisiana Hospital Quality Awards For Sustained Performance and Improvement in Providing Quality Care to Patients
LSUHCSD | 04.25.07
Baton Rouge - Five LSU Health Care Services Division (LSU HCSD) hospitals received the 2006 Louisiana Hospital Quality Award from the Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc. (LHCR), for their commitment to sustained performance and/or improvement in providing quality care to patients.[PDF]

LSU Supports Business Plan
Hospital Complex Will Be Major Economic Stimulus
LSUHCSD | 04.23.07
Baton Rouge - The Louisiana Office of Facility Planning and Control recently presented a business plan to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for the hospital that will be part of the LSU / VA medical complex in New Orleans. The plan will permit LSU to attract the right patient mix, provide medical and allied health training, and continue its historical mission of health care for those in need.[PDF]

Women's Clinic of the LSU Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans host baby shower for expectant patients
LSUHCSD | 04.18.07
What: The Women's Clinic of the LSU Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans will host a baby shower for their expectant patients offering education and information about clinic and University Hospital services. The clinic is raffling a baby car seat. Each attendee will receive a gift bag with items for the baby.
When: Thursday, April, 19, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Where: 2100 Perdido Street, OB Clinic, 3rd floor.
Who: Nursing Supervisor Gail Gibson, RN, will be available for interview.
For more information, contact Marcia Kavanaugh, MCLNO Public Relations Officer, 504.234.2322. [PDF]

LSU Health Care Services Division holds its quarterly site visit at University Medical Center
LSUHCSD | 04.16.07
Baton Rouge - The LSU Health Care Services Division (LSU HCSD) will hold its quarterly site visit at University Medical Center (UMC), 2390 West Congress, Tuesday, April 17, 2007. Media access will be provided from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM. The site visit offers hospital administrators, clinicians, and staff a progress report on hospital performance and disease management.[PDF]

Legislature Approves Hurricane Relief Funds for LSU Hospital Construction in New Orleans
LSUHCSD | 03.22.07
Baton Rouge - The Louisiana legislature has approved the Louisiana Recovery Authority Action Plan that allocates $74 million dollars immediately for land acquisition and design for the new LSU/VA medical complex in downtown New Orleans.[PDF]

LSU Comments on Draft PAR Report
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Serves as Keynote Speaker
LSUHCSD | 03.07.07
PAR's draft report recommends closing or divesting seven hospitals and removing them and their clinics from the statewide safety net of care for the uninsured that has been entrusted to LSU. LSU takes its legislated responsibilities for the state public hospital system very seriously, as we do our role in health care education. In crafting any new approach to the state's health safety net and education functions, there should be assurances that the new system will function as well or better than the existing hospitals and clinics in delivering care and providing training for Louisiana's future health care providers.[PDF]

LSU HCSD Breaks Ground on University Hospital North B.R. Clinic
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Serves as Keynote Speaker
LSUHCSD | 03.07.07
The LSU Health Care Services Division will hold its groundbreaking ceremony for its University Hospital North Baton Rouge Clinic Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at 2 PM, at 5445 Airline Highway in Baton Rouge. Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco will deliver the keynote address at the ceremony to mark construction of a comprehensive health care clinic for north Baton Rouge. Encompassing 42,000 square feet and two floors, the new University Hospital North Baton Rouge Clinic will offer North Baton Rouge comprehensive preventive health care and early intervention in this new primary care facility, which will emphasize internal medicine and women’s health. [PDF]

MCLNO Trauma Center Dedication and Ribbon Cutting
LSU HCSD | 02.26.07
Trauma Center Is a Major Component to Restoration of New Orleans Area Health Care
What: The nationally recognized LSU Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans Trauma Center will be officially dedicated. Tours of the facility and interviews with the staff will immediately follow.
When: Monday, February 26, 2007, at 11 AM.
Where: 2021 Perdido St., New Orleans, at the rear of LSU Interim Hospital. For more information, contact Marvin McGraw, Director of Communications and Media Relations, LSU Health Care Services Division, at 225.922.1424 or mmcgra@lsuhsc.edu (PDF)

MCLNO Trauma Center Returns to LSU Interim Hospital
LSU HCSD | 02.22.07
All Trauma Cases To Be Seen at LSU Interim Hospital Beginning 7:00 AM, Feb. 22 Baton Rouge (February 21, 2007) -- For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the LSU Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans Trauma Center will again be located in Orleans Parish. Effective Thursday, February 22, 2007, the Trauma Center will move from its temporary location at the Ochsner Elmwood facility in Jefferson Parish to LSU Interim Hospital, 2021 Perdido St., in New Orleans. (PDF)

LSU Interim Hospital Opens OB & Neonatal Service
It Fills a Pressing Need in Metro New Orleans
LSU HCSD | 02.13.07
LSU Interim Hospital , 2021 Perdido St, New Orleans, LA,  is opening its Obstetrics and Neonatal Service today.  It will initially open as a level 2 service, which can care for well babies and for babies who have some medical problems or who are too small to be admitted to the well baby nursery.  The service also has level 1 and level 2 nurseries. (PDF)

Baby Fest Expo Features Safety Tips, Child Passenger Safety Week
LSU HCSD | 02.05.07
What: Please join safety technicians from the LSU Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans, the NHTSA, and the Louisiana State Police, as they kick off Child Passenger Safety Week (February 11-17) with a Baby Fest Expo to educate parents and to ensure that all child safety seats are properly installed.
When: Saturday, February 10, 2007 from 11am-3pm
Where: Babies R Us 6851 Veterans Memorial Blvd. Metairie, LA For more information or to RSVP please contact Bridget Gardner RN, at 504.736.5152 (PDF)

10^th annual forum on health care effectiveness
LSU HCSD | 01.09.07
Decade of Improvement & Excellence
What: Please join Dr. Michael K. Butler, Chief Medical Officer for the LSU Health Care Services Division, for a discussion of core values, patient outcomes and systems of care.
The panel will include: Sr. Mary Jean Ryan, CEO of the SSM Healthcare System in St. Louis, MO.; Dr. Malcolm Cox, Chief Academic Affiliations Officer for the Veterans Health Administration, Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Dr. Brent James, Executive Director of the Institute for Health Care Delivery Research at Intermountain Health Care in Salt Lake City, UT.; Dr. Donald Goldmann, Senior Vice President at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School; Dr. David Wennberg, Director of the Division of Health Services Research at Maine Medical Center.
When: Tuesday January 16, 9:00am
Where: Holiday Inn Conference Center
4728 Constitution Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Marvin McGraw, Director of Communications and Media Relations, LSU HCSD at (225) 922-1424.(PDF)