Awards

Achievements

2017 Get with the guidelines® resuscitation - silver

The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association recognize this hospital for achieving 85% or higher compliance with all Get With The Guidelines® Resuscitation Achievement Measures for one calendar year to the quality of patient care and outcomes.

2018 Leaders in LGBT healthcare equality

The Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) is the national LGBTQ benchmarking tool that evaluates healthcare facilities' policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of their LGBTQ patients, visitors and employees. The HEI scoring criteria rates hospitals and healthcare facilities on policies and best practices in LGBTQ patient centered care in four key areas: Non-discrimination and staff training; Patient services and support; Employee benefits and policies; and Patient and community engagement. Facilities that meet the Core Four criteria earn the “2016 Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality” status.

2019 Top workplace by the Advocate/Times-Picayune

The Advocate/Times-Picayune partnered with Energage, which conducts Top Workplaces surveys for 50 major metro news organizations and surveyed more than 2.5 million employees at more than 7,000 business organizations in 2018. Workplaces were evaluated by their employees using a short, 24-question survey to assess standout companies in the New Orleans region.

Accreditations and certifications

CAP laboratory accreditation

The CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program is an internationally recognized program and the only one of its kind that utilizes teams of practicing laboratory professionals as inspectors. Designed to go well beyond regulatory compliance, the program helps laboratories achieve the highest standards of excellence to positively impact patient care. The program is based on rigorous accreditation standards that are translated into detailed and focused checklist requirements. The checklists, which provide a quality practice blueprint for laboratories to follow, are used by the inspection teams as a guide to assess the overall management and operation of the laboratory.

GIFT designated birthing facility

This hospital is a GIFT designated birthing facility. The Gift (Guided Infant Feeding Techniques) is an evidence-based program designed to increase breastfeeding rates and hospital success by improving the quality of their maternity services and enhancing patient-centered care. It is a hospital designation program that is endorsed by the Louisiana services and enhancing patient-centered care. It is also endorsed by the Louisiana Chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Louisiana Commission on Perinatal Care and the Prevention of Infant Mortality.

Mammography accreditation

The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.