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the video game into individual therapy sessions. “Patients who do use the Wii for therapy
get a focused treatment session and at the same time enjoy friendly, competitive games
like bowling, boxing, baseball, and perhaps even tennis,” said Russell. “We are able to
use it individually or with groups of patients. It's a great mix of work and fun and often
allows the patient to be so caught up in the moment they 'forget' about their complica-
tions.”
Tenreiro Named Chief Operating Officer
Edgardo Tenreiro has joined Baton Rouge General/General Health System as
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he worked with
the NCH Healthcare System in Naples, Florida serving in a variety of execu-
tive and management positions including vice president of operations and
vice president of cardiology and oncology service lines. While with NCH
he also gained experience in other areas of hospital management includ-
ing marketing, patient satisfaction, and business services. Tenreiro
attended the University of Notre Dame, earning a Bachelor's degree in
Economics, as well as a Master's degree in Business Administration.
Promise Healthcare, Inc.
Establishes Promise Behavioral Health Division
Promise Healthcare, Inc., a leader in the long-term acute care (LTAC)
hospital industry, is enhancing its current behavioral health services and
expanding availability of those services to additional markets with its estab-
lishment of the Promise Behavioral Health (PBH) Division. PBH will help to
ensure the delivery of high quality, cost-effective, acute inpatient and intensive
outpatient behavioral health services to adults 18 years and older. Its mission is to
enhance the mental health condition status of the communities it serves by providing
leadership and management with a focus on comprehensive, appropriate, and quality
driven inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services. It is in recognition of and
response to growing demand that Promise Healthcare, Inc. has significantly increased
and expanded its commitment to this type of specialized healthcare.
PBH will be led by behavioral health industry veterans Denise Dugas, as director of
behavioral health, and Salina Creswell, RHIA, as assistant director of behavioral health.
Their initial focus will be to assess and analyze the services, quality and delivery of care,
marketing strategies, census, revenue, reimbursement, and operating expenses of the
behavioral health locations at Promise Hospitals in Shreveport and Gonzales, Louisiana,
and San Diego, California. They then will seek future inpatient and intensive outpatient
program (IOP) opportunities within other Promise markets. This will include a dedicated
IOP section at its newest LTAC hospital under construction in Vidalia, Louisiana.
Baton Rouge Physician Named to
Ochsner Health System Board of Directors
Ochsner Health System has announced that Ralph Dauterive, MD, has been appointed
to the system's board of directors, which oversees Ochsner's seven hospitals and 33
health centers throughout Southeast Louisiana. Dauterive, who has been with Ochsner
since 1987, currently serves as the Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
at Ochsner Health Center and the Vice President of Medical Affairs for Ochsner Medical
Center - Baton Rouge. Dr. Dauterive earned his medical degree from LSU in New Orleans
and completed his internship and residency at Ochsner. He is board certified in obstetrics
Edgardo Tenreiro
1988:
American Psychological
Society created.
1989:
Clozapine approved for
treatment of schizophrenia.