Lane Nursing Home received the 2011 Louisiana Nursing Home Capstone Quality Award, presented by eQHealth Solutions, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana.
With this award, Lane is recognized as one of only 31 nursing homes in the state for achieving continued improvement of resident care through reducing restraint use and reducing pressure ulcer incidence.
The clinical topics measured for the award have been designated as national health care priorities by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Staff members from Lane Nursing Home have been working with quality improvement specialists from eQHealth Solutions to use proven, evidence-based practices to improve care for their residents.