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Seven Ochsner Facilities Earn LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader Designation

April 3, 2018

Seven Ochsner facilities have earned the “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm of the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization released its 11th edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).

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John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute Performs Rare Double LVAD Surgery

March 28, 2018

Dr. Aditya Bansal was the surgeon for this life-saving procedure, directing a talented team of nurses and medical professionals throughout the nine-hour complex surgery.

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Ochsner Baptist Opens Louisiana’s First Human Milk Bank

March 21, 2018

Ochsner Baptist – A Campus of Ochsner Medical Center – is pleased to celebrate the accreditation and opening of the Mothers’ Milk Bank of Louisiana at Ochsner Baptist.

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Alertgy wins NOLA Health Innovators Challenge Diabetes Pitch Competition

March 20, 2018

Alertgy will now work within the New Orleans medical community to further develop its solution – a wearable, noninvasive, real-time blood glucose monitoring and alert system that works with a smartphone application.

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Ochsner Health and NASA Celebrate Opening of Ochsner Health Center – Michoud

March 20, 2018

Ochsner Health System and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are pleased to announce the opening of Ochsner Health Center – Michoud.

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Ochsner Celebrates Excellence in the 2018 Residency Match

March 16, 2018

The University of Queensland (UQ) – Ochsner Clinical School 2017 graduating class celebrated Match Day results with an impressive 95 percent Match Rate through the National Residency Match Program.

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Ochsner Health Celebrates Opening of New West Campus Location

March 15, 2018

Today, Ochsner Health System (Ochsner) celebrated the opening of the new West Campus, a major milestone in the $360 million expansion to its Jefferson Highway campus.

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Ochsner Now Offering Pediatric Neurology & Plastic Surgery at McComb Children's Clinic

March 12, 2018

Ochsner Hospital for Children is proud to offer exceptional specialty care to residents of McComb, Mississippi and the surrounding areas.

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Ochsner Hospital for Children Wins Quality Award from Children’s Hospital Association

March 12, 2018

The only hospital in Louisiana to be recognized by (CHA), Ochsner Hospital for Children was honored at the 2018 Quality & Safety in Children’s Health Conference in the category of Patient Safety and Reduction of Harm as the top example based on 110 submissions from 60 children’s hospitals across the country.

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Ochsner Named Among Top 100 Hospitals® by IBM Watson Health™

March 6, 2018

Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Baptist Medical Center, Ochsner Medical Center – West Bank Campus and Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge have been named to IBM Watson Health’s 100 Top Hospitals®, an annual study identifying top-performing hospitals in the U.S. based on overall organizational performance.

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