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Healthcare Journal of New Orleans
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Administrative Assistant of Ancillary Services.
Hymel has been employed at River Parishes
Hospital for 17 years. She received a Bachelor of
ScienceDegree inMedical RecordAdministration
from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and
a Master of Science Degree in Healthcare Admin-
istration from the University of Illinois. She has
over 20 years of healthcare experience of which
19 years are in a management capacity. She is
a member of the American Chapter, Louisiana
Chapter, andGreater NewOrleans Chapter of the
Health Information Management Association.
Ochsner St. Anne Offering
NewMRI Technology
Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital’s new Wide
Bore MRI with Caring Suite, reportedly the first
of its kind in the region, offers a more comfort-
able, less clinical environment for patients need-
ing an MRI. The Caring Suite allows the patient
to choose one of 16 different themes to set the
room’s lighting, sound/music, and visual images.
All together this gives the illusion that the patient
is not in an MRI unit but somewhere relaxing and
inviting.
In addition to the Caring Suite technology, the
new system boasts a range of other features to
make the patient experience better:
• More spacious testing area
• Quiet technology to reduce noise
• Precise imagingcapability, resulting indefini-
tive diagnoses and reduced examtimes.
STPH Achieves NICHE Designation
St. Tammany Parish Hospital has earned the
NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Health System
Elders) designation from The Hartford Institute
for Geriatric Nursing at New York University Col-
lege of Nursing. According to Louise Dill, depart-
ment head for the STPH inpatient rehabilitation
unit, the designation recognizes STPH’s ongo-
ing commitment to providing quality geriatric
nursing care. STPH will have access to the most
current evidence-based treatment protocols,
network opportunities with other NICHE facili-
ties, and live webinars on various subjects that
affect the aging population and their caregivers.
Out of two NICHE models available, STPH
opted to implement the Geriatric Resource
Nurse Model. In addition to improving clinical
outcomes, this model includes training for exist-
ing staff, creating experts in geriatric care. Five
STPH nurses have participated and completed
the NICHE Leadership Training Program (LTP)
which was a requirement prior to the hospital
being designated as a NICHE facility. The STPH
nurses who participated in the program include
Irvin Kuhn, RN; Karen Seal, RN; Louise Dill, MSN,
CRRN; Shayna Hogan, BSN, RN, and Susan Pow-
ell, BSN, CRRN.
STPH Announces New
Physician Associations
St. Tammany Parish Hospital has announced the
addition of the following physicians to its medi-
cal staff:
• Michael Cohen, MD, Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgery, Covington
• Michelle Fish, DO, Family Practice,
Mandeville Physicians Network
• Jill Gibson, MD, OB/GYN, Covington
• Victor McCoy, MD, Radiology, Covington
• Bekir Melek, MD, Cardiology, Covington
• Rebecca Roques-Davis, MD, Hematology/
Oncology, Hammond
• Peter Van, MD, Nephrology, Covington.
Ochsner Liver Transplant
ProgramNamed #1
CareChex, a division of The Delta Group special-
izing in rating the quality of hospital and physi-
cian care, has named the Ochsner Multi-Organ
Transplant Institute number one in the country
for liver transplants in its 2013 Hospital ratings.
This prestigious distinction recognizes Ochsner
as the top hospital in the nation out of over 100
hospitals rated for liver transplants.
The CareChex Medical Quality Rating System
incorporates multiple peer-reviewed methodol-
ogieswhich specifically address key components
of the quality of inpatient care. The methods for
the clinical category of Liver Transplant encom-
pass the following quality measures:
• Patient Safety Indicators
• Mortality Rates
• Complication Rates
Peanut Butter Drive Sets New Record
This year’s annual Krewe of Lul and Krewe of Des Allemands Parades saw St. Charles Parish Hospital
celebrate the 20th Anniversary of its annual Peanut Butter Collection Drive. The Hospital’s 20th year
of collecting peanut butter saw a record amount of donated peanut butter along with an impressive
total in cash donations.
Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of the community, the hospital was able to collect 581 jars
of peanut butter along with $623.61 in cash. All donations collected through St. Charles Parish Hos-
pital’s Annual Peanut Butter Drive are donated to the St. Charles Social Concerns. St. Charles Social
Concerns provides approximately 50 food baskets monthly to St. Charles Parish residents, and pea-
nut butter is a staple item in these baskets as it is high in protein and has a long shelf life.