Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
The Ochsner Louisiana Innovation Fund will identify and invest in venture and seed-stage health companies that are headquartered or have a meaningful nexus in Louisiana.
Read MoreThe conference offers sessions that explain value-based care and discuss innovative programs that advance value-based care. In addition, the conference includes a review of Louisiana’s health rankings and the Healthy State strategic plan.
Read MoreThe Ion robot advancements are critical for treating lung cancer, since early detection is key to achieving the best outcome. Every six weeks of delayed treatment lowers a lung cancer patient’s five-year survival rate by 14%.
Read MoreA national competition by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health identifies and rewards innovative programs that ensure women with hypertension during pregnancy and/or postpartum receive appropriate monitoring and follow-up. Ochsner Health has been named among the final winners for its program Ochsner Connected Maternity Online Monitoring (MOM).
Read MoreXavier University of Louisiana (Xavier), a leading undergraduate institution in preparing Black students to successfully complete medical school, has announced continued progress with Ochsner Health (Ochsner), the Gulf South’s leading academic medical center in training physicians, to launch their transformational Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM).
Read MoreThe John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute brings an advancement in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders to the New Orleans and Gulf South region utilizing a new cardiac ablation procedure, the FARAPULSE Pulse Field Ablation System.
Read MoreOchsner Digital Medicine has partnered with Humana Healthy Horizons to provide digital medicine services to its members.
Read MoreIn response to the pressing need for new pain treatments during the opioid crisis, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has honored Dr. Hernan Bazan, an Ochsner Health physician and John Ochsner Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Innovation, with the 2024 NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative® Director’s Trailblazer Award.
Read MoreDr. Hill received the Brilliance Award for his presentation, "Using Automated Text to Reduce Queries and Enhance Clinical Documentation." This project showcases how Ochsner, an innovator in digital healthcare, is testing generative AI to draft message responses from healthcare workers to patients.
Read MoreStage 7 validation represents Ochsner's commitment to optimize the use of data, information and technology to advance quality of care for patients, says the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
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