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Ochsner Health announces $10M Ochsner Louisiana Innovation Fund

July 24, 2024

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.

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Ochsner, AJMC partner for July 25 conference on value-based care

July 10, 2024

The 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.

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Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge performs robotic-assisted lung biopsy

July 1, 2024

The 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%.

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Ochsner Health wins innovator award funds for Connected MOM

June 24, 2024

A 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).

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Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine Announces Founding Dean and Location in Downtown New Orleans at Benson Tower

April 29, 2024

Xavier 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).

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Ochsner Health Utilizes Groundbreaking Ablation System for Atrial Fibrillation

April 9, 2024

The 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. 

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Ochsner Digital Medicine Partners with Humana Healthy Horizons

February 27, 2024

Ochsner Digital Medicine has partnered with Humana Healthy Horizons to provide digital medicine services to its members.

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Ochsner Health physician granted NIH Trailblazer Award

February 14, 2024

In 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.

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Ochsner Health Honored With Vizient Southern States Brilliance Award

December 22, 2023

Dr. 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.

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Ochsner Health achieves HIMSS Validation for advanced digital adoption

November 21, 2023

Stage 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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