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Health & Wellness Day in New Orleans East set for March 9

March 4, 2024

Health and Wellness Day in New Orleans East and its community outreach strategies are intentional, and data driven. 

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Ochsner Health Network announces multi-million dollar impact

Dec. 20, 2023

The latest report from Ochsner Health Network boasts more than $56 million in total cost-of-care savings to our community’s most vulnerable populations, with $38 million in rewards to be shared among the network’s providers.

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St. Charles Parish Hospital to Sponsor Satellite Center Open House

Oct. 31, 2023

Guests will have the opportunity to speak with current Satellite Center team members (students) and facilitators (teachers) about their experiences. Guests are also invited to attend a smoking and vaping prevention presentation from Ochsner Health’s smoking cessation program.

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Ochsner, Tulane, RH Impact launch maternal health equity center

Aug. 18, 2023

Tulane University, Ochsner Health and the community nonprofit RH Impact have been awarded a seven-year, $16.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a research center of excellence focused on finding solutions to address Louisiana’s disproportionately high maternal mortality rate.

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Validation Institute confirms savings from Ochsner Digital Medicine

June 26, 2023

Ochsner Digital Medicine has achieved Validation for Savings by the Validation Institute, an independent non-profit organization. The Institute confirmed in a new propensity-matched study that members of Ochsner Connected Health’s chronic disease management program have lower per member per month costs than similar non-participants.

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Ochsner Eat Fit Celebrates 10 Years

March 22, 2023

Nearly 600 partners feature the Eat Fit seal on their menus. Last year alone, more than 1.4 million Eat Fit meals were served in restaurants across the state and nine schools now feature Eat Fit approved items in their school cafeterias. Peer-reviewed research has validated the success of the Eat Fit program, as well as the Alcohol Free For 40 Challenge.

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Ochsner Health Network Leads the Way in Value-Based Care

Feb. 28, 2023

OHN’s population health efforts bring together more than 5,500 physicians and healthcare providers to improve care quality and patient outcomes and improve healthcare efficiency.

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Feeling Sleepy This Thanksgiving - Don’t Blame the Turkey!

Nov. 20, 2018

The old myth says that eating too much Thanksgiving turkey will cause us to feel sleepy, but that isn’t the case.

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