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Nursing Study Improves Workforce Outlook
A perfect storm of increased patient need and decreased supply in the nursing workforce has loomed over the healthcare delivery system like a dark, ominous cloud. A new study, however, considerably clears away the gloom of the past decade and offers a ray of optimism, as significantly more young people are choosing nursing as a career.
CINDY SANDERS - Posted: Friday, February 3, 2012 10:18 am |
Louisiana Centers May Gain Federal Funds
Louisiana’s uninsured residents could benefit from a little-publicized piece of the 2012 budget bill that sets aside $2.8 billion – $200 million more than last year – for federally qualified health centers...
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Monday, January 30, 2012 11:57 am |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Dr. William B. Bisland, Jr.
The Great Outdoorsman
Growing up in Sportsman’s Paradise really rubbed off on Houma native William B. Bisland, Jr. The young surgeon spends his free time hunting, fishing, traveling...
LISA HANCHEY - Posted: Monday, January 30, 2012 11:50 am |
VScan – Echo in Your Pocket
Smaller than a smartphone. More powerful than a stethoscope. It’s Vscan™, a pocket-sized tool with the ability to visualize inside the body in real time...
LISA HANCHEY - Posted: Monday, January 30, 2012 11:37 am |
February 2012
Terrie Thomas, MD, Elected 2012 Chief of Staff of Woman’s Hospital
BATON ROUGE, La. – Terrie R. Thomas, MD, has been elected to a one year term as the Chief of the Medical Staff of Woman’s Hospital. As Chief of Staff, Dr. Thomas will...
Posted: Monday, January 30, 2012 11:26 am |
Medical Homes, Ideal Lives
Imagine a world where a primary care physician’s typical day involves seeing 10 patients, the chronically ill that really need his expertise,...
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Monday, January 30, 2012 11:24 am |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Michael Cain
Rockin’ Doc
Beneath the sterile white coat of Dr. Michael Cain lies the heart of a hard-core rocker. The seemingly mild-mannered hematologist-oncologist is an avid fan of former Van Halen singer/guitarist Sammy Hagar.
LISA HANCHEY - Posted: Friday, December 16, 2011 1:00 pm |
Information Exchange Kicks Off
The Louisiana Health Information Exchange, which allows hospitals and providers, to electronically access patients’ health records, launched in October, just two months after selecting a technology provider.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:07 pm |
Revealing Rationale Why EMR Adoption Lags
Why would highly trained, intelligent physicians resist the adoption of electronic medical records, a technology touted to provide a number of benefits including improved patient health?
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:07 pm |
Ditching the “D” Word
Nutritionists stress healthy eating for weight loss rather than dieting
It fits all the criteria for a “four-letter” word. The very name conjures up unpleasant feelings, and it’s not something you typically talk about in polite society.
CINDY SANDERS - Posted: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:07 pm |
Deirdre Mylod, PhD |
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Good Medicine is Good Business
Latest Pulse Report underscores link between quality patient care and profitability
Amid continuing uncertainty and concern surrounding healthcare reform, potential cuts to federal funding and the search for sustainable reimbursement methodologies, Press Ganey’s 2011 Pulse Report uncovered a little good news … providing quality patient care increases profitability.
CINDY SANDERS - Posted: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:07 pm |
First Clinically Integrated Network Draws Interest
More than 300 physicians practicing at East Jefferson General Hospital have signed onto Gulf South Quality Network, the state’s first clinically integrated physician network and one of the latest efforts to improve healthcare quality.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:14 pm |
PROVENGE® Offers New Hope for Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients
Brand new to Louisiana is PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T), a treatment for advanced prostate cancer patients. This groundbreaking treatment is the first in a new therapeutic class know as autologous cellular immunotherapies.
LISA HANCHEY - Posted: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:14 pm |
Hospitals Bolster Economy, Fear Cuts
Louisiana’s hospitals generate more than $27.1 billion in economic activity, employ more than 99,350 people and continue to face the threat of federal and state healthcare budget cuts, according to a Louisiana Hospital Association study.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:14 pm |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Dr. James Ruiz
Ruiz in the Ruins
When Dr. James Ruiz gets away from his busy job at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, he really gets away. In fact, he goes way back to prehistoric times in areas so remote that there is no TV, no cell phones...
LISA HANCHEY - Posted: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:14 pm |
Record Drug Shortages Challenge Feds and Providers
FDA working to tackle the program
With three months left to go in 2011, the federal Food and Drug Administration reported that it had already seen a record number of drug shortages, mostly sterile injectables.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD - Posted: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:14 pm |
A Geriatric Anesthesia Subspecialty?
Experts weigh in on challenges of anesthetizing the elderly
“People are never more alike than they are at birth, nor more different or unique than when they enter the geriatric era.”
SHARON H. FITZGERALD - Posted: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:14 pm |
Expanding Louisiana’s LINCCA Program: The Physician UPL
In its continuing efforts to support hospital participation in the Medicaid program, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) has begun making supplemental payments to hospitals who have qualifying practitioners through its Physician Supplemental Payment Program.
TRACI S. THOMPSON - Posted: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:14 pm |
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: Louisiana Health Care Commission
The Louisiana Health Care Commission met on Friday October 28th in New Orleans. Chairwoman Donna Fraiche convened the meeting. She introduced a new member of the Commission, Roderick Campbell, who is the new representative of the Louisiana Primary Care Association.
CINDY BISHOP - Posted: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:14 pm |
First Practices Achieve Meaningful Use
A handful of Louisiana’s primary care practices and at least one hospital have already met Medicare’s requirements for meaningful use of electronic health records.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:27 am |
Malpractice Cap Faces Challenge
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has again ruled that the state’s medical malpractice act is unconstitutional because it fails to provide an adequate remedy to victims.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:27 am |
The Central Line
Identify your patients, define your practice.
Posted: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:27 am |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Marilyn Pelais
A taste for the exotic
Dr. Marilyn Pelais is a dedicated general surgeon who has saved countless lives.
LISA HANCHEY - Posted: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:27 am |
Found Money
ONsite Mammography providing extra income stream to OB/GYN practices
When a patient arrived at a well-established Florida OB/GYN practice for her annual exam, which also included a scheduled screening mammogram, she had no idea what was to come.
LYNNE JETER - Posted: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:27 am |
A Conversation with AGS CEO Jennie Hansen
Former AARP president discusses challenges, achievements and developments that impact healthcare for senior population
The current workforce trends in senior healthcare are cause for great concern.
LYNNE JETER - Posted: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:27 am |
ULL Nursing School Celebrates 60th Anniversary
University of Louisiana-Lafayette’s (ULL) award-winning College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions is celebrating its 60th year in true Acadiana style – with a huge party.
LISA HANCHEY - Posted: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:12 am |
Preparing for the Worst
DisastersNet Helps Keep Hospitals at the Ready
Floods, fire, tornadoes, manmade destruction … no one wants to think about the worst, but everyone has to be prepared.
CINDY SANDERS - Posted: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:12 am |
Communication Key to Patient Education
Patient accountability is considered one of the keys to healthcare reform, but turning people into knowledgeable consumers who can care for themselves has been a difficult task for providers.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:12 am |
Doctors’ Fees May be Target of Cuts
A new study published in the September issue of Health Affairs shows that U.S. physicians are paid far more per service, in some cases twice as much, than their counterparts in other countries.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:12 am |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Rod Clark
Born to be wild
He’s a respected nephrologist and community activist. But, after hours, Dr. Roderick Clark dons a do-rag for his true passion – riding Harleys.
LISA HANCHEY - Posted: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:12 am |
Can Hospitals Prevent Seniors from Falling?
Literature review says no
When Terry Clyburn, MD, set out last year to review the literature on elderly falls in acute-care settings, he expected to find overwhelming evidence that seniors fall in hospitals
SHARON H. FITZGERALD - Posted: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:12 am |
Baton Rouge General Makes Most Wired List
One might think that Baton Rouge General Medical Center’s selection to the American Hospital Association’s “Most Wired” list resulted largely from huge investments in information technology.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 2:18 pm |
Pamlab Pushes Out Imposter Medical Foods
After years of litigation involving three different federal lawsuits, Pamlab LLC, a prescription medical foods maker based in Covington, reached a settlement to remove “imposter products” from the market.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 2:18 pm |
Beyond the Basics - Understanding the Hospital UPL Program
My previous article summarized the basics of Medicaid upper payment limits (UPL) and Louisiana’s developing Low-Income and Needy Care Collaboration Agreement (LINCCA) program.
TRACI S. THOMPSON - Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 2:18 pm |
Drs. Bennett and Patrick Sewell
Brothers Deepen Family’s Strong Medical Presence in Louisiana
SHREVEPORT, LA—The Sewell brothers grew up on an old plantation in Boyce, a central Louisiana town near Alexandria, spending summers working on the family farm.
LYNNE JETER - Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 2:18 pm |
AMA Creates Conundrum for Conservative Physicians
Two years ago, when the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates endorsed the Affordable Care Act in late 2009, the margin of victory was 52 percent to 48 percent.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Monday, August 1, 2011 12:17 pm |
A Look at Physician Compensation
MGMA Annual Survey, Supplemental Reports, Highlight Regional, Specialty Trends
Physicians practicing medicine in the South earn more money than their counterparts in other regions of the country, according to Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) 2011 Physician Compensation and Production Survey.
LYNNE JETER - Posted: Monday, August 1, 2011 12:17 pm |
Effort to Add CCN Oversight Fails
A desire for more transparency led some of Louisiana’s major healthcare provider groups to support a bill that would have given legislators the power to end a new managed care program for the poor.
TED GRIGGS - Posted: Monday, August 1, 2011 12:17 pm |
Practices Under Pressure to Prepare for HIPAA 5010
The pressure escalates for many physician practices as the January 2012 HIPAA version 5010 electronic transition standards deadline approaches ...
SHARON WALDEN, CPC - Posted: Monday, August 1, 2011 12:17 pm |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Aaron Karlin
Triple Play
From the time that he got hooked on PBS’ NOVA as an eight-year-old, Aaron M. Karlin knew that he wanted to become a doctor.
LISA HANCHEY - Posted: Monday, August 1, 2011 12:17 pm |
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