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Allen Parish Community Healthcare Awarded LHATF Funds for Safety Grant
Allen Parish Community Healthcare is one of 13 Louisiana healthcare facilities to receive the 2024 Funds for Safety grant sponsored by LHA Trust Funds. The annual grant program helps healthcare organizations fund their unique patient safety improvement initiatives.
Allen Parish Community Healthcare’s Funds For Safety project will develop a comprehensive digital rounding system — using technology to conduct ordered routine check-ins with patients, assess their well-being, and address any concerns every 15 minutes — tailored specifically to behavioral health settings. The goal is to leverage digital technologies to streamline processes, improve accuracy, and ensure timely interventions, revolutionizing how safety checks are conducted within behavioral health units.
LHA Trust Funds created the Funds for Safety grant program in 2012 to help fund its members’ initiatives to improve patient safety. Since its creation, the grant program has awarded over $3.6 million to fund more than 100 unique projects for facilities in Louisiana.
Learn more about the Funds for Safety grant program at https://bit.ly/funds-for-safety.
About LHA Trust Funds: For more than forty-five years, hospitals, healthcare facilities, and physician practices have relied upon the Louisiana Hospital Association (LHA) Trust Funds for medical professional liability, general liability, workers’ compensation, and cyber liability coverage. Our team of risk experts offers proactive patient safety and workplace safety programs, quality initiatives, risk management services, and regulatory guidance to assist in minimizing exposures.
For more information about LHA Trust Funds, please call (225) 272-4480 or visit https://lhatrustfunds.com/.
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Kinder Courier Wins Louisiana Press Award with APCH Ad
The Kinder Courier recently won Second Place in the Staff Generated Ad category in the Best Newspapers competition hosted by the Louisiana Press Association. The Courier ad that earned the award featured Allen Parish Community Healthcare!
We are so proud of our local newspaper and appreciate their continued support.
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New Study Find Many People with Medicaid Believe They are Uninsured
A new study by researchers at New York University and Harvard University in Boston found that many people disenrolled from Medicaid during the redeterminations process were likely unaware they had coverage to begin with.
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Rachelle Fruge Earns SHRM-CP
Rachelle Fruge, Human Resources Generalist with Allen Parish Community Healthcare, is now a Society of Human Resources (SHRM) Management Certified Professional. SHRM Certification is the gold standard in human resources credentials and is recognized across the industry as a distinction of expertise.
Fruge is a Kinder, Louisiana native and has over 20 years of experience in human resources.
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Order a Recognition Brick
The Allen Healthcare Foundation is offering you the opportunity to select an engraved recognition brick for your support of the Allen Parish Hospital Addition. The engraved bricks will become a permanent part of our community hospital and will be incorporated into the construction of the hospital addition.
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Learn More about Flu
Watch these videos from the CDC to learn more about how flu makes you sick and the common symptoms of flu.
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Senior Community Health Fair
Join us Wednesday, October 11, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Oberlin Civic Center for this FREE community event!
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Medicaid Unwind Fact Sheet
Medicaid renewals are returning. It is VITAL that Medicaid members make certain Medicaid has their current contact information.
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Heat Safety
The heat wave continues with more triple digit temperatures expected this week. With this very hot, humid, and sunny weather make sure you are taking the proper heat safety precautions and know the signs of heat injuries.
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Rural Health Clinic Awarded as National Leader in Prevention & Wellness
Allen Parish Community Healthcare Rural Health Clinic has been awarded the 2022 National Leader in Prevention and Wellness from Signify Health.
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Louisiana Medicaid Recipients Must Manually Update Information to Continue Coverage
Access to healthcare is important in rural communities. The Allen Parish Community Healthcare Hospital is reminding residents they need to do their part in making sure they hold on to healthcare coverage.