Les Hôpitaux - LSU Hospitals

Les Hôpitaux
june 2007
de la Louisiane
the official newsletter of the lsu health care services division
Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center
Dedicates Foundation Circle
A Monthly
Column by
Donald Smithburg,
CEO of LSU
Health Care
Services Division
The ribbon-cutting ceremony
for the Lallie Kemp Foundation
Circle at Lallie Kemp Regional
Medical Center (LKRMC) is
emblematic of the spirit of a true
community hospital. LKRMC is
there for everyone, all the time,
regardless of a person’s ability
to pay. Day in and day out, its
employees serve those who
seek care.
They rise to the occasion
in the ordinary tasks that
are necessary for a hospital
to function and in the
extraordinary, caring for the
seriously injured and ill, being
the beacon of hope in times of
emergency, such as the days
after Katrina, when they served
thousands, without hesitation,
when no other resources
were available and their own
resources were severely
strained.
This remarkable display of
dedication is in return matched
by the dedication of the
community to LKRMC. It has
received such support because
it is part of the essential fabric
see SMITHBURG on page 2
LKRMC had an excellent turnout for its Foundation Circle dedication and has long had
the support of its distinguished ribbon cutters, who are Representative Robbie Carter
(first row, left to right) and foundation board members Margie Morrison, Joan Arnone,
Ann Smith, Eloise Anderson, and Buster Guzzardo and former foundation board member
Cade Williams.
Francis Bickham, chairman of the LKRMC foundation board (second row, left to right),
G.F. Tycer, foundation board member, Senator Ben Nevers, Representative Tom McVea,
Independence Mayor Phillip Domiano, Mark Kolwe, Superintendent of the Tangipahoa
Parish School System, and Dr. J. L. Garrett, foundation board member.
Garden and Fountain Honor Board Members
Independence – Hospital Week
was unique this year at Lallie Kemp
Regional Medical Center (LKRMC).
Besides a week of activities honoring
employees for their devotion to
LKRMC, the medical center held
in concert with the Lallie Kemp
Foundation the dedication and ribbon
cutting of the Lallie Kemp Foundation
Circle.
“It was probably the best day of
my fifteen years at Lallie Kemp,”
LeVern Meades, LKRMC hospital
administrator, said.
Besides active fundraising that
supports a number of staff activities
throughout the year, such as the
employee recognition ceremony, the
foundation provides the majority
of funding for critical staff training,
such as advanced cardiac life
support and pediatric advanced life
support.
“The training helps to have a
better prepared staff to handle
see AWARDS on page 2
table of contents
ceo’s column
pg.1
lallie kemp dedication
womrmc hospital week
lawmakers back lsu/va plan
pg.1
pg.2
pg.3
lsu supports katrina memorial
pg.4
hop clinic marks 20 years
new logo/graphics standards
pg.5
pg.6
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page AWARDS, continued from page 1
medical emergencies,” he said. As
a result, foundation support directly
contributes to the quality of LKRMC
health care.
The success of LKRMC is due
in large part to the success of the
foundation’s fundraising efforts, but
LKRMC success is due to more
than dollars. “It’s not what you
give; it’s that you give, be it money,
time, labor, talent,” Meades said
and acknowledges the across-theboard support LKRMC has in the
community.
“So many in the community are
tied to the medical center. I take a
lot of pride in Lallie Kemp,” he said
and noted that his family members
have received care at LKRMC.
SMITHBURG, continued from pg. 1
“There’s a lot of emotion tied into
there, too.”
This across-the-board support
played a key part in the development
of the foundation circle, which
evolved into a garden and fountain
in recognition of past and present
foundation board members.
At the dedication of the foundation
circle, Meades made particular note
of the contribution of Dr. Vincent
Russo, who first suggested a
foundation garden for LKRMC, and
who for years has been an essential
part of the LKRMC surgical and
medical team.
Meades also thanked for their
contributions to the foundation circle
Joan Arnone, Sandy Reed, Eloise
of the region. It is the good
neighbor we all strive to be.
The Foundation Circle honors
those who have contributed to
LKRMC, and LKRMC is honored
to serve its community.
Sincerely,
Donald R. Smithburg, CEO
LSU Health Care Services Division
Anderson, Buster Guzzardo, G.F.
Tycer, Tina Bickham, Francis
Bickham, Sherre Pack-Hookfin,
Dr. Kathy Willis, Julie Desselles,
foundation board members,
and the LKRMC maintenance
department and hospital
administration.
WOMRMC Celebrates Hospital Week
Lake Charles -- Donning goofy
shoes and goofy hats, western garb
and fifties wear, employees of the
Walter O. Moss Regional Medical
Center took center stage at the
annual WOMRMC Hospital Week,
May 7 to 11. To show appreciation
to their staff, hospital administrators
planned a week-long celebration of
meals, events, and contests.
At the dessert contest and goofyshoe day, employees submitted
their best desserts and had photos
taken as they wore their goofiest
shoes. At the annual service
directors’ breakfast, hospital service
directors prepared and served
a complimentary breakfast to
employees, who also dressed in
‘50s garb. The morale committee
served 400 hamburgers and brown
bags to employees who could also
wear jeans for the picnic meal on the
Bertha Reed (left to right), Linda Nickerson, Rose Burgess, and Margaret Fontenot model
their crazy hats.
lawn. At the horseshoe tournament,
with a full capacity of 64 participants,
employees could dress in western
style, and during the annual hospital
week reception and ice cream
social, employees received service
pins and banana splits and wore
their crazy hats.
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Legislative Budget Committee Supports
Funding for LSU / VA Medical Complex
Baton Rouge -- The Joint
Legislative Committee on the
Budget unanimously agreed to
support the provision of $266
million in seed money for the
construction of the LSU VA
medical complex in New Orleans.
The full legislature must now
approve the plan. Once that
happens, the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
must agree to fund the request.
“This effort is vital to our
redesigned health-care
environment,” Governor Kathleen
Blanco said in a prepared
statement encouraging lawmakers
to back the plan, which calls for
a self-supporting teaching and
research hospital.
The partnership with the VA will
offer taxpayer savings of $400
million over 25 years as the two
institutions share some facilities
and services, such as a power
plant and parking and food and
laboratory services.
“The opportunity to join with
the VA, arguably one of the best
Legislators are currently reviewing the
business plan and funding for the LSU VA
medical complex.
health-care systems in the world, is
one we must seize without delay,”
said Don Smithburg, CEO of the
LSU Health Care Services Division.
“This venture is a win-win situation
for all involved.”
In addition to federal and state
capital investment, the construction
itself will generate the equivalent
of almost 20,000 jobs, and, once
completed, the LSU VA complex
will produce 10,000 high-paying
jobs.
The project is also vital to
graduate medical education for the
LSU and Tulane health sciences
centers. LSU trains seventy
percent of Louisiana physicians.
Also, in 2005, 2,300 allied health
students from 18 educational
institutions trained at the Medical
Center of Louisiana.
“The new LSU VA medical
complex will be expressly built
for health sciences education,”
Smithburg said. “We will continue
to be the training ground for,
and partners with, the many
educational institutions that have
relied on MCLNO for generations.”
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page LSU Supports Katrina Memorial at Charity
Hospital Cemetery
The Hurricane Katrina Memorial is a
project of the New Orleans Katrina
Memorial Corporation, a non-profit,
501(c)(3) corporation established to
create a permanent memorial honoring
those who lost their lives in the
devastating hurricane and to lay to rest
the unclaimed and unidentified victims
of Hurricane Katrina.
katrina memorial
offers donor
opportunities
New Orleans - The LSU Board
of Supervisors and LSU HCSD
support plans for the construction of
the New Orleans Katrina Memorial
on the grounds of the Charity
Hospital Cemetery at the end of
Canal Street at City Park Avenue, in
Mid-City New Orleans.
The memorial will be a place to
honor all the victims of Hurricane
Katrina and a mausoleum for the
unidentified and unclaimed victims
of the storm.
“As we recover from the
devastation and prepare for our
future in health care, The LSU
Board remembers those who have
gone before us with this memorial,”
said Donald Smithburg, CEO
of LSU HCSD. “The cemetery
has always been a place of
remembrance. The memorial to
those who perished in the storm will
continue this sacred tradition.”
The proposed design incorporates
shapes of a hurricane and labyrinth.
Mausoleums and trees will line the
outer labyrinthine walkways; donor
recognition plaques the inner. A
statue of two bronze angels bearing
a flaming fleur de lis will be in the
center.
The NOKMC began a nationwide
campaign at the end of April to raise
$500,000 in grants and gifts for the
first phase of the $1.2 million project.
Donate by snail mail or at
neworleanskatrinamemorial.org.
For more information, call 504.658.9660.
The New Orleans Katrina
Memorial Corporation is currently
soliciting tax-deductible donations
toward the construction costs
and the perpetual care of the
memorial.
Platinum Level $100,000 Plus
Donors will be prominently
identified on a cast bronze plaque
at the entrance to the memorial,
on the base of the central angel
statue, or at a mutually agreed
upon site within the memorial.
Gold Level $50,000 - $99,999
Contributors will receive highprofile recognition on bronze
plaques positioned beside the
mausoleums.
Silver Level $10,000 - $49,999
Contributors will be acknowledged
on benches positioned throughout
the memorial.
Bronze Level $1,000 - $9,999
Donors will be identified on
bronze granite pillows or granite
pavers along the walkway.
Friends Level $50 - $999
Donors will be recognized on
the memorial website and in the
dedication program.
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Hiv OUTPATIENT Clinic Marks 20 Years
“The importance of the clinic is
highlighted by the fact that it was
one of the first two clinics opened
in New Orleans after the storm,”
Dr. Kaiser said.
Katrina scattered HOP staff
nationwide, but a critical mass
remained in Louisiana, and,
within two weeks of the storm,
staff were seeing patients at Earl
K. Long Medical Center, said
Dr. Lynn Besch, HIV division
director and associate professor
of clinical medicine in infectious
diseases.
“EKL graciously gave us
Drs. Cathi Fontenot, Michael Kaiser, and Michael Butler were among the speakers at the support,” she said. “In three
HOP ceremony.
months we saw 280 patients.”
Staff weekly drove to Leonard
New Orleans -- The LSU Medical together a comprehensive system
Center of Louisiana at New
of care for people living with HIV,” J. Chabert Medical Center in
Orleans HIV Outpatient Clinic
said Dr. Michael Kaiser, associate Houma, where the LJCMC
pharmacy filled prescriptions.
(HOP) observed its twentieth
chief medical officer for the LSU
When Rita hit, the LSU
year of serving HIV/AIDS patients Health Care Services Division and
HCSD
safety net again fell into
in the New Orleans metropolitan
one of the clinic’s founders. “In
place. HOP staff saw patients
area on Friday, May 18, 2007,
2007 it is still the place where the
with an anniversary program.
vast majority of people in the New at University Medical Center in
Lafayette, she said.
In the mid-1980s, as HIV
Orleans area get their care.”
Despite the disruption of
rapidly spread in New Orleans,
Innovative HOP patient services
the Charity Hospital Department
have received national recognition, services due to the hurricanes,
HOP is committed to the
of Medicine Infectious Disease
and HOP staff devotes itself to
provision of a health care system
Clinic treated HIV patients. In
teaching others HIV care and
that improves client outcomes,
1986, Dr. Ted Wisniewski and
advocacy on the local, state, and
protects client confidentiality,
others petitioned the Robert
national levels for services for the
maximizes client and community
Wood Johnson Foundation for
HIV-infected and affected.
funding for an HIV clinic.
Post-Katrina, the clinic continues input, and respects the cultural
diversity of clients and staff.
As a result, in 1987, HOP
to provide care to HIV/AIDS
Guest speakers at the program
opened its doors to assist the
patients, now more than 6,000 in
were Drs. Michael Butler, Michael
growing number of patients
Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany,
Kaiser, Dwayne Thomas, Cathi
diagnosed HIV positive. More
St. Bernard, Plaquemines, St.
Fontenot, and Rob Marier, who
than 100 people received care
Charles, St. John, and St. James
was MCLNO medical director
that first year. In 2005, more
parishes. The HOP Clinic is
than 3,300 patients received
restoring its “one-stop shop” option when the clinic opened, and
care. Since the early 1980’s,
for HIV care. In addition to primary Harlee Kutzen, R.N., who was
more than 13,000 HIV/AIDS
care, HOP offers access to dental, the clinic’s first director. Besides
a reception, the event included a
patients have been reported in
psychiatry, gastroenterology,
health fair and exhibits.
the New Orleans area.
pulmonology, dermatology,
“In 1987 the clinic was a
cardiology, nephrology, pain
national model for bringing
management, and OB/GYN.
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page Beginning immediately, all new
stationery and other new items,
such as identification badges and
signs of any size, for interior or
exterior display, should have the
new logo and the new graphics
standards.
PowerPoint presentations, poster
presentations, and presentations of
any kind should have the new logo
and graphics standards in place prior
to their next appearance before an
audience.
No entity should be using
stationery, signs, presentations,
or items of any kind with the LSU
Health Sciences Center name or
logo as HCSD has been an entity of
the LSU System Office since July 5,
2005.
The LSU HCSD Graphics Standards
Manual offers guidelines for the
use of the new logo and graphics
standards, but an unexpected
instance may arise. In this event,
LSU HCSD headquarters will
determine the appropriate use of the
logo or application of the standards.
If you have any questions, don’t
hesitate to ask. Call the LSU HCSD
Office of Communications and Media
Relations, 225.922.0797.
www.lsuhospitals.org
Get the latest information about HCSD Hospitals
The Website features:
• A comprehensive listing of facilities, departments, services and
information sources for LSU HCSD Hospitals and Clinics.
•An expanded News and Announcements section, current press
releases and Annual Reports.
• Job listings.
•Emergency Information and Contacts.
•Health Care Effectiveness and Disease Management Program
Information.
june 2007
Baton Rouge - The LSU HCSD
begins the use of its new logo and
graphics standards this month.
The new logo for the LSU Health
Care Services Division reflects
the innovative direction that LSU
hospitals are taking in the twentyfirst century. It is an easily
recognizable visual brand that clearly
and consistently communicates
our identity to the patients, their
families, and the many communities
that LSU health-care professionals
serve. The logo and associated
graphics standards also offer each
hospital the opportunity for its own
immediate identification.
All entities within the Health Care
Services Division will immediately
begin the use of the new logo and
graphics standards. However,
common sense will also prevail.
For instance, LSU HCSD will allow
reasonable time for hospitals to
install new signs and to exhaust
existing stationery. In fact,
hospitals, departments, sections,
and all others should continue to
use stationery in stock until June
30, 2007. After June 30, 2007, all
should use stationery with the new
logo and new graphics standards.
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Les Hopitaux is a monthly newsletter of LSU Health
Care Services Division, which operates eight of the
state of Louisiana’s public hospitals:
Bogalusa Medical Center
Bogalusa, La.
Earl K. Long Medical Center
Baton Rouge, La.
Huey P. Long Medical Center
Pineville, La.
Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center
Independence, La.
L.J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, La.
Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans
New Orleans, La.
University Medical Center
Lafayette, La.
W.O. Moss Regional Medical Center
Lake Charles, La.
LSU Health Care Services Division
8550 United Plaza Blvd, Ste. 400
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
ph. 225.922.0488
fax. 225.922.2259
Donald R. Smithburg
Executive Vice President/CEO
Editor.........................Marvin McGraw
Editor.........................Michael Higgins
Staff/Design...............Shawn M. Taylor
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