NEW ORLEANS - Ochsner Medical Center- Kenner is proud to announce that it is one of 13 hospitals in Louisiana to receive the 2007 Louisiana Health Care Review Quality Bronze Level Award for improvements in patient care. Specifically, Ochsner Medical Center- Kenner is recognized for achieving quality improvement in its Surgical Care Services.
"We are extremely proud of our staff because of their enthusiasm to improve our surgical services," said Paolo Zambito, RN, CEO of Ochsner Medical Center- Kenner. "We hope this award, on top of the many expansions we have made over the last year, will show our community just how serious we are about bringing excellent healthcare services to Kenner."
The Louisiana Health Care Review Board focused on Ochsner- Kenner's ability to provide immediate assessment for new patients, proper patient care techniques and appropriate discharge counseling. Ochsner-Kenner received the Bronze Level award for its success in maintaining a greater than 90 percent level of performance in surgical services.
2007 marks the third year for this award to be presented to hospitals in Louisiana. The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, April 14 at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center Hotel. Highlights of this event will include the presentation of the 2007 Health Care Quality Awards as well as information on future health care quality initiatives for Louisiana, outlined by the Jindal administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medical Services.
Ochsner Health System (www.ochsner.org) is a non-profit, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system dedicated to patient care, research and education. The system includes seven hospitals and 33 health centers located throughout Southeast Louisiana. Ochsner employs over 600 physicians in 80 medical specialties and subspecialties and 450 clinical research trials annually. Ochsner was ranked one of the "Best Places to Work" by New Orleans CityBusiness in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and received the Consumer Choice for Healthcare in New Orleans for 12 consecutive years. Ochsner was ranked as "Best" Hospital by U.S. News and World Report in July 2007. Ochsner has over 10,000 employees system-wide.
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