University Medical Center has received the 2009 Outstanding Patient Experience Award from HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent health care ratings organization, for ranking in the top 15 percent nationally for exemplary service to patients. UMC far exceeded the top 15 percent; its percentile ranking was 3.71, placing it among the top 4 percent in the nation. The ratings are based on patient satisfaction results from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey that hospital patients provided as part of a new federal initiative to increase public reporting of hospital performance. The survey includes 27 questions related to physician and nurse communication, responsiveness, hospital cleanliness and noise levels, medication information, and post-discharge care instructions. It is the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care.
Amedisys Home Health of Lafayette has been accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care Inc. for home health and hospice services. ACHC, a private, not-for-profit corporation certified to ISO 9001:2000 standards, was developed by home care and community-based providers to help companies improve business operations and quality of patient care. Accreditation is a voluntary activity whereby health care organizations submit to peer review of their internal policies, processes and patient care delivery against national standards.
Ed Broussard has been named director of pharmacy at Our Lady of Lourdes. Broussard is a registered pharmacist with more than 31 years of leadership experience. In addition to managing the pharmacy departments at several local hospitals, Broussard also owned and operated Ed’s Pharmacy Inc. Broussard earned a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from UL Monroe and an MBA from UL Lafayette.
The Autism Society of Acadiana will hold its 3rd annual Autism Walk for Hope and Family Fun Day on March 28 at Parc International in downtown Lafayette from 8 a.m. to noon. The Walk for Hope is a day of wholesome family fun to raise autism awareness in Acadiana. There will be food, beverages, music, fun jumps, a rock wall, face painting, door prizes, children’s games and activities free to all registered participants. For more information, contact Theron Pitre, this year’s walk chairman, at
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or 369-2885. To register, visit www.acadianaautism.org.
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital on Kaliste Saloom Road was honored as Hospital of the Year for the third straight year by the Louisiana Nurses Foundation at its annual Nightingale Gala in Baton Rouge. The Nightingale Awards are presented annually in a number of categories that recognize outstanding nurses, administrators and hospitals. Lafayette Surgical won in its category of 100 beds or less. The Nightingale Awards honor a hospital employer of registered nurses that demonstrates recognition of professional nursing and innovation in leadership.
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
Philip deMahy Sr., a once respected New Iberia ad exec, was sentenced May 2 to spend the next two years (he faced up to 100 years) in a state penitentiary after state and federal investigators found dozens of images depicting children engaged in lewd sexual acts on his personal computer.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
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