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Riverside Medical Center Receives Gold Level
Updated: July 21, 2009
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Riverside Medical Center Receives Gold Level Louisiana Hospital Quality Award

Franklinton, La., Riverside Medical Center has received the Gold Level 2008 Louisiana Hospital Quality Award, presented by Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc. (LHCR), the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana. The award was announced at the first Louisiana Health Care Quality Summit hosted by LHCR in Baton Rouge in April.  With this award, Riverside Medical Center has been recognized for improving the quality of health care given to their patients, and Riverside Medical Center is one of 26 hospitals in the state to receive the 2008 Louisiana Hospital Quality Award.

The Hospital Quality Award honors Louisiana hospitals that successfully implement quality initiatives directed toward improving patient care in the hospital setting. This is the third 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 Riverside Medical Center 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. With the use of specific designed protocols and education tools for Heart Failure and, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Riverside Medical Center will continue to provide quality patient care to the people of Washington Parish.  “Louisiana Health Care Review is pleased to recognize hospitals such as Riverside Medical Center for achieving measured improvement in patient care. More importantly, we know that the 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.” “The medical staff and the entire health care team of Riverside Medical Center is dedicated to providing the very best in patient care and our efforts have been enhanced through our quality improvement partnerships with LHCR. We are extremely proud to be a recipient of this distinguished award,” said Conrad Flowers, President and CEO Riverside Medical Center.

 
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