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Kentucky Performance Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Amazing patient care Creating the future

On February 6, we opened our newly renovated Lourdes RLTM is actively reviewing each department’s
angiography suite at Lourdes Hospital. The renovation growth plan for the year. We are adjusting key
included a new Artis Z C-arm, expansion of the procedure performance measures and pinpointing drivers of success.
room, expansion of the patient holding area and the Each director is leading an initiatives discussion with the
addition of a supply room. We are proud to be the first colleagues most involved in making their growth plan a
choice for our vascular and dialysis patients in the region, reality this year. Our goal is to achieve revenue targets by
performing approximately 2,700 procedures per year. optimizing collaboration across all departments. The most
Our menu of services includes cutting edge, life and limb influential initiatives will be reviewed and fine-tuned at
saving procedures, such as the treatment of pulmonary Create the Future meetings, and a comprehensive
embolus with thrombolysis and revascularization of dashboard will be used for executive growth discussions.
extremities. We are the leading vascular team in the area
served through the leadership of Dr. Timothy Ranval, Fostering healthy communities
Dr. Scott Sanders and our newest addition, To continue to provide a safe environment for every
Dr. David Musser.
student, athlete and visitor who walks through the doors,
Operational excellence Lourdes Foundation and Mercy Health Foundation have
donated an automated external defibrillator (AED) to
Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) is a cutting-edge St. Mary Elementary School. An AED is a lightweight,
radiation therapy brachytherapy that allows for radiation portable device that delivers electric shock through the
treatment to occur during surgery to remove certain chest to the heart. The shock can stop an irregular heart
cancer tumors. IORT is most widely used for breast rhythm and allow a normal rhythm to resume following
cancer, with radiation treatment delivered as a single, sudden cardiac arrest. AEDs are designed to walk any
targeted radiation dose at the time of breast conserving rescuer through defibrillation and CPR using voice
surgery (lumpectomy). Multiple clinical studies have found prompts. “Health and safety are top priorities every
that for selected patients with early stage breast cancer, day for every student at St. Mary Elementary,” said Lisa
IORT is as, or more, effective than traditional beam Clark, St. Mary Elementary principal. “The generous
radiotherapy when both are combined with lumpectomy. donation of a new AED by Lourdes and Mercy Health
Simply, for qualifying patients, IORT allows for what is Foundation helps to strengthen our commitment to being
known as “one and done” care — radiation therapy fully prepared in the event of an emergency.”
provided a single time during the actual lumpectomy
surgery as opposed to a lumpectomy patient’s healing
after surgery and, then returning for 6–7 weeks of daily
external beam radiation treatments.

As the only provider of this state-of-the-art, cutting edge
service in a very large regional area effective late March,
Lourdes will further differentiate itself as the best in
breast cancer care.

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