Allen Parish Hospital receives Bronze Level Louisiana Hospital Quality Award
Bronze Level Award presented by Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc.
2006 -- Allen Parish Hospital has received the Bronze Level 2006 Louisiana Hospital Quality Award, presented by Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc., the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana. With this award, Allen Parish Hospital has been recognized for improving the quality of health care given to their patients in one of four designated clinical areas, and is one of only 71 hospitals in the state to achieve this level of recognition or higher. (The Platinum Award recognizes hospitals achieving improvement in all four clinical areas, the Gold Level for three areas, Silver for two, and Bronze for one.)
The Hospital Quality Award honors Louisiana hospitals that are performing quality initiatives aimed at improving patient care in the hospital setting. This is the second year these awards have been presented. 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 Allen Parish 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.
“Louisiana Health Care Review is pleased to recognize hospitals such as Allen Parish 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.”
For More Information Contact:
Allen Parish Hospital
108 Sixth Avenue
Kinder, LA 70648
Tel: 337-738-2527
FAX: 337-738-5305
Internet: webmaster@allenparishhospital.com
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