News Releases
Ochsner Announces New Pediatric Super-Clinic
January 5, 2021Ochsner will combine pediatric specialty services, with additional pediatric subspecialties on the horizon, to place them all under one roof.
Read MoreOchsner Health Facilities Recognized with an ‘A’ by Leapfrog in Fall Patient Safety Grades
December 14, 2020Eleven Ochsner Health facilities, including four partner facilities, earned an ‘A’ Fall 2020 Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a designation that recognizes efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the United States.
Read MoreOchsner Medical Center West Bank Expands Infusion Center
December 10, 2020This expanded offering is an enhancement to OMC – West Bank’s continuing commitment to offer high quality care for the community – treating cancer patients requiring chemotherapy treatments as well as patients in need other infusions including immunotherapy, blood products, iron infusions, therapeutic phlebotomy and IV hydrations.
Read MoreUniversity of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School Honors 2020 Graduates at Socially Distant Culmination Ceremony
December 8, 2020The 103 graduating students successfully completed medical education through a unique four-year training, academic and clinical experience across two continents.
Read MoreOchsner Health Donates 20,000 Windowed Masks to Schools & School Systems Across Louisiana
December 7, 2020The donated windowed masks are being distributed by the schools and school systems to teachers and staff who rely on students seeing their lips to connect to the subject being taught, such as phonics for young children. These specialty areas include pre-kindergarten to second grade teachers, special education teachers and staff, school therapists and foreign language teachers.
Read MoreOchsner Hospital for Children To Enroll Adolescents in Pfizer Phase 2/3 Investigational Vaccine Study Against COVID-19
December 4, 2020Ochsner is one of only 24 clinical investigational sites around the country and the only location from Lafayette, LA to Florida to offer the study. The goal is to enroll up to 100 participants and the Ochsner research team is currently in the selection process.
Read MoreOchsner Health and Clearview Announce Super Clinic and Micro-Hospital Development at Clearview City Center
December 3, 2020Known as a “super clinic” because of the breadth of healthcare services offered under one roof, the facility will feature primary and specialty care clinics, outpatient surgery, physical therapy, a drive-thru pharmacy, endoscopy suites, Medi-Spa and more. Expected to open in late 2022, the super clinic will create approximately 300 new healthcare jobs, as well as construction jobs, as the center is being built.
Read MoreOchsner Health Joins Thousands of Top U.S. Hospitals to Encourage Everyone to #MaskUp
November 19, 2020If the nation stays on its current course, hospital leaders are increasingly concerned that more healthcare facilities will be overwhelmed as shortages of healthy caregivers make it difficult to handle a rapidly increasing number of patients.
Read MoreOchsner and State Leaders Announce 10-Year Vision for a Healthy State
November 13, 2020Investments will support projects that eliminate barriers to healthcare; bring resources into underserved, urban and rural communities; collaborate with partners to research and better understand health disparities; utilize technology and innovation to improve outcomes and invest in Louisiana’s next generation of healthcare providers and frontline staff.
Read MoreOchsner Cancer Institute Announces Cancer and COVID-19 Mortality Study Findings
November 5, 2020The study evaluated 312 Ochsner Health cancer patients who tested positive for COVID-19 between March 1 and April 30, 2020 and compared that group’s mortality rates with 4,833 Ochsner Health COVID-19-positive patients without cancer during that same time period.
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