Christus Schumpert Highland

Details

Name :

Christus Schumpert Highland

Address  :

1453 East Bert Kouns

Town  :

Shreveport

State  :

Louisiana

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

71105

Phone  :

318 681 4500

Web URL  :


Description

Joining the CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System in October 1999 CHRISTUS Schumpert Highland has developed an outstanding reputation as a health care leader in the ArkLaTex area A 160bed acute care hospital CHRISTUS Schumpert Highland includes birthing suites medical and surgical care a rehabilitation unit skilled nursing comprehensive coronary care orthopedics and emergency services

Since our founding in 1917 as the Highland Sanitarium weve helped patients and their families through good times and bad Weve been here through the flu epidemic of 1918 the Great Depression of 1929 and even the polio epidemic of 1951 Weve been here for the happy times too Weve seen the births of thousands of babies and a number of quotfirstsquot in medical and surgical care such as the first electrocardiogram in Louisiana the first recovery room in Shreveport the first emission computerized tomography system and the first Cobalt 60 therapy machine in Northwest Louisiana

Throughout our history CHRISTUS Schumpert Highland Hospital has built a tradition of health care excellence
Hospital checklists cut readmissions Medicare costs

In another win for inhospital checklists new research finds that a simple onepage checklist can keep heart patients out of the hospital as well as save Medicare billions of dollars according to a presentation Saturday at the American College of Cardiologys ACC annual scientific session After using the 27question checklist before discharge 30day ... Read More

Highlevel trauma care may limit disability

The findings researchers say add to evidence that patients fare better when theyre treated under an organized trauma system where hospitals emergency services and state governments have coordinated plans for getting the right patients to the appropriate treatment Socalled Level I trauma centers provide the most comprehensive care for traumatic ... Read More