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Healthcare Journal of NEW ORLEANS
NIH Director Appoints
Fontham to NCI Board
Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health, has appointed Elizabeth T. H. Fon-
tham, MPH, DrPH, Founding Dean and Emeritus
Professor at the LSU Health New Orleans School of
Public Health, to the Board of Scientific Counsel-
ors for Clinical Sciences and Epidemiology of the
National Cancer Institute. Dr. Fontham will serve a
five-year term.
The Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) evalu-
ates the performance of intramural scientists and
the quality of their research programs, which rep-
resent an integral part of the overall National Insti-
tutes of Health mission.
Dr. Fontham has served on the LSU Health New
Orleans faculty since 1980. She is a member of the
Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium, serves as
Senior Consultant Epidemiologist to the Louisiana
Office of Public Health, and was recently named a
Senior Research Fellow of the International Preven-
tion Research Institute in Lyon France. Dr. Fontham’s
major area of research is cancer epidemiology, with
a particular interest in tobacco, as well as nutrition-
related cancers and gastric carcinogenesis.
CareRise Granted Patent on
Risk Management Program
The U.S. Patent Office issued a third patent to Tim
Goux, CEO of risk management company, CareR-
ise, that further protects the company’s successful
business method to reduce insurance claims and
losses at healthcare facilities (System and Method
For Improving the Operation of a Business Entity
and Monitoring and Reporting the Results Thereof,
Patent No: 8,799,024).
Currently, CareRise, which is based out of Man-
deville, is providing service to clients in 134 cities,
throughout 24 states.
LSU Wins Clinical Care
Innovation Challenge Award
Under the direction of Mary Coleman, MD, PhD,
Chair of Family Medicine, the LSU Health New
Orleans School of Medicine won one of six Asso-
ciation of American Medical Colleges 2013 Clinical
Care Innovation Challenge Awards.
The Clinical Care Innovation Challenge awards
recognize teaching hospitals and medical schools
that have implemented or are developing programs
to address clinical care innovations. These include
new delivery, payment and training models, which
integrate education and research to improve value
and quality.
The program involves interprofessional students
Health’s Louisiana Tumor Registry a $1.3 million
grant over five years to more rapidly find and report
cases of cancer in children and young adults. One
of only seven state registries to successfully com-
pete for this funding, the award will support efforts
to increase the availability of this data for surveil-
lance and research activities at the local, state, and
national level.
This continuation funding will enhance and build
the existing infrastructure of the LSU Health New
Orleans Louisiana Tumor Registry to capture this
data more quickly and promote its use for research
and cancer control programs. LSU Health New
Orleans will enhance its cancer data on children and
young adults by linkages with secondary data sets,
providing a more robust research resource.
Key partners include the LSU Health New Orleans
Pediatric Cancer Program at Children’s Hospital
where about 50% of new pediatric cancer cases
are diagnosed and/or treated, major medical cen-
ters that treat pediatric cancers, St. Jude-affiliated
clinics throughout Louisiana, and out-of-state chil-
dren’s hospitals.
In & Out Urgent Care Opens Uptown
In & Out Urgent Care announced that is has opened
a clinic in Uptown New Orleans. Located across
from the Tulane Stadium, this clinic will serve the
uptown neighborhoods of New Orleans includ-
ing the Tulane and Loyola communities. In & Out’s
brand new outpatient facility is designed to provide
convenient access to treatment for various illnesses
and injuries.
LSU Awarded Advanced
Education Nursing Grant
The LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing was
awarded a $700,000 Advanced Education Nursing
Traineeship grant to increase access to advanced
nursing education and patient care for disadvan-
taged, underserved, and under-represented groups,
as well as veterans. The Health Resources and Ser-
vices Administration of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services awarded the two-year
grant. Scharalda Jeanfreau, DNS, FNP, will serve as
the grant’s project director.
The AENTProgram at LSU Health NewOrleans will
provide traineeship funding for up to 50 eligible full-
time and part-time (within 12 months of graduation)
PCFNP students to cover a portion of the costs of
tuition, fees, books, and reasonable living expenses.
Recipients of the funding support must commit to
practice in Health Professional Shortage Areas and/
or Medically Underserved Areas/Communities for
at least one year after graduation.
and service to Humana’s nearly 10,000 Medicare
Advantage members within Willis-Knighton’s ser-
vice area in Northwest Louisiana.
LOCAL
LSU Physical Therapy Students
Presented White Coats
The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program in the LSU
Health New Orleans School of Allied Health Profes-
sions recently held its first White Coat Ceremony.
Following welcoming remarks from Dr. Jane Eason,
Physical Therapy Department Head, and a keynote
address by Dr. J. M. Cairo, Dean of the LSU Health
New Orleans School of Allied Health Professions,
the “coating” began. Physical Therapy faculty
placed the mantle of patient care on the shoulders
of 40 DPT students, the Class of 2017. The students
then recited the American Physical Therapy Asso-
ciation Code of Ethics in unison.
Fox to be Regional GSQN
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Clement Wade Fox has been appointed as Gulf
South Quality Network’s Regional Chief Medical
Officer (RCMO).
In the past Fox has served as Medical Director
of National Accounts for Blue Advantage Admin-
istrators of Arkansas, Medical Director for Health
Advantage and Clinic Arcadia SHS, Clinical Direc-
tor of Rural Health Affairs for Schumpert Health
System. Dr. Fox also carries a strong background
in working at a Private Clinical Practice, specializing
in Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine.
CIS Clinics Named Well-Spots
Cardiovascular Institute of the South’s 14 clinic
locations have been designated as level two “well-
spots” by the Department of Health and Hospitals
Well-Ahead Program. CIS is the largest single entity
to become a well-spot to date.
CIS has received the mid-level designation of
level two for programs such as a tobacco-free
campus policy, which was instituted in 2009, and
an employee wellness program, which includes
employee screenings and provides healthy edu-
cation for employees. Additionally, CIS is making
improvements to work towards reaching the level
one designation.
LSU Earns Grant to Provide
Data on Cancer in Kids
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
awarded LSU Health New Orleans School of Public