Home Buyers to Consider Healthcare When Buying in St. Tammany Parish
When choosing where to build a new home, build a custom home, or buy a new home, home buyers will want to carefully consider the region and area that they are moving into. Many considerations come into play which include population, crime, age range, the commute, suburban sprawl, traffic, schools, and medical facilities. When deciding in which neighborhood you would like to live, you definitely want to think about the quality of medical care that you and your family will have access to should a health emergency affect your lives. Bedico Creek Preserve is located in the heart of West St. Tammany Parish which is the home to 2 major hospitals, several specialized hospitals including 2 heart hospitals, and multiple specialty clinics from which to choose your healthcare.
One of the major hospitals is Lakeview Regional Medical Center which is located approximately 10 miles from Bedico Creek in Mandeville. This hospital was recognized as a ‘Top Performer’ on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States.
The excellence achieved by this hospital included sustaining escellence in accountability measure performance for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, stroke, and perinatal care. Lakeview Regional Medical Center was one of 1,043 hospitals to receive this award nationwide with a total of 3,300 eligible hospitals considered. This is not the first time that Lakeview has been recognized for this award. For the past five years straight, the hospital has been one of only 43 eligible hospitals to maintain this high level of service and excellence.
Three criteria are considered in awarding this prestigious honor:
Achieving cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures;
Achieving performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure where there were at least 30 denominator cases; and
Having at least one core measure set that had a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and (within that measure set) all applicable individual accountability measures had a performance rate of 95 percent or above.
“We are proud to be acknowledged among an elite group of like-minded facilities,” Bret Kolman, Lakeview Regional Chief Executive Officer, said. “This recognition highlights the dedication of our physicians and staff to provide the safest and most effective health care standards to each of our patients.”
