Pictured: Gary Curtis, MSW, President and CEO of Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc. as he presents the Platinum Award to Annette Belcher, RN, MSN-HCSM, Becky Stein, RN, BSN, and Regina Ellender, RN, BSN, representatives of West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital at the Louisiana Health Care Summit on May 18, 2009 in Baton Rouge.

 

 

 

 

West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital was one of thirty hospitals in Louisiana to receive the Platinum Level 2008 Louisiana Hospital Quality Award, presented by the Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc. (LHCR), the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana.  The award was announced at the second annual Louisiana Health Care Quality Summit, hosted by LHRC in Baton Rouge in May.  WCCH was presented the award for improving the quality of health care for our patients in the clinical areas of heart failure, pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction, and surgical care.

 

This is the fourth year that these awards have been given to hospitals in Louisiana.  LHRC established the award to recognize Louisiana hospitals that successfully implement quality initiatives directed toward improving patient care in the hospital setting, specifically in the areas of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, and Surgical Care.  These topics have been designated as national health care priorities by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.