April 2015 Recognitions

Southern Eye Bank presented LGMC its 2014 “Hospital of the Year” award for being a local leader in cornea donation. This is the fifth time LGMC has received the SEB award.

Lafayette General Medical Center (LGMC) garnered the Louisiana Quality Foundation’s (LQF) highest award, the Louisiana Performance Excellence Award (LPEA). LQF’s awards program recognizes performance excellence leadership in both profit and non-profit Louisiana organizations in the areas of manufacturing, service, health care, education and the public sector. LPEA recipients have successfully achieved benchmark criteria in alignment with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Baldrige, initiated in 1987, is an internationally recognized standard for performance excellence in business, education and health care. The Baldrige Program helps organizations achieve best-in-class levels of performance by identifying role model organizations and sharing best practices. LGMC’s application, which detailed processes that have helped the organization reach and sustain nationally recognized levels in patient care and patient satisfaction, was reviewed at the state level by LQF. A panel of examiners then conducted a site visit. LQF has three different award winners based on submission of 1) organizational profile, 2) Baldrige criteria and 3) results. Performance Challenge Award winners have demonstrated excellence in the organizational profile, while Commitment to Performance Award winners show proficiency in both the organizational profile and Baldrige criteria. LPEA winners excel in all three areas.

Both University Hospital & Clinics (UHC) and Lafayette General Medical Center (LGMC) earned Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) under a national program aimed at helping patients and families make informed decisions about the quality of the respiratory care services available in hospitals. About 700 hospitals, or approximately 15%, of all hospitals in the United States applied for and received this award. UHC and LGMC are the only two hospitals in Acadiana who earned QRCR status.

Well-Ahead Louisiana officially designated Lafayette General Medical Center (LGMC) with Level 2 WellSpot status on April 20. Well-Ahead Louisiana is an initiative started by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) aimed at improving the health and wellness of Louisiana citizens. LGMC previously had Level 3 designation, but this year satisfied more criteria to improve its status. LGMC received the Level 2 designation after meeting Well-Ahead initiative requirements, such as having healthy dining options available and a tobacco-free campus. LGMC is a 5-2-1-0 Partner, an evidence-based nutrition program that promotes 5 or more fruits and vegetables per day; 2 or fewer hours of recreational screen time per day; 1 or more hour of physical activity per day; and 0 soda or sweetened beverages per day.

Lafayette General Medical Center (LGMC) is a recipient of the 2015 Women’s Choice Award^® as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Orthopedics, providing exceptional patient care and treatment. By carrying the Women’s Choice Award seal, LGMC joins an elite network of hospitals committed to a global mission to empower women, serving as an example to all hospitals while setting new standards of healthcare excellence for women, their families and their community. Hospitals qualify as an America’s Best Hospital for Orthopedics based on an in-depth proprietary scoring process, utilizing data reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. As one of America’s Best Hospitals for Orthopedics, LGMC was selected due to its excellent rating in areas such as post-treatment complications, patient recommendation ratings, availability of microscopic surgery and adequate post-surgical care.