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Ochsner Health and Team Gleason partner to enhance healthcare, research and resources for ALS patients

October 18, 2023

With this partnership, Ochsner and Team Gleason combine their expertise to bring patients a continuum of care experience that delivers evaluations, treatments, teaching and training, and innovative equipment and technology, supporting the shared mission of increasing independence and quality of life to those suffering from ALS and other neurological diseases.

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Ochsner Ventures Celebrates One Year of Partnering With Emerging Companies to Support Ochsner Health’s Mission

February 1, 2023

Operating out of Benson Tower in downtown New Orleans, Ochsner Ventures was created in 2022 to foster new collaborations, support Ochsner’s emerging healthcare and innovation ecosystem and develop diversified businesses to support Ochsner’s mission and positively impact the communities it serves.

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Warner Thomas Recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential People by Modern Healthcare

December 10, 2019

This prestigious recognition program acknowledges and honors individuals who are deemed by their peers and the senior editors of Modern Healthcare to be the most influential individuals in the industry, in terms of leadership and impact.

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Louisiana's Largest Healthcare Leaders Launch Nationwide Call for Startup Partners in Innovation, Investment Opportunities

November 21, 2019

The New Orleans Business Alliance and two of the region’s largest healthcare organizations—Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and Ochsner Health System—today announced they are looking for new partners to address critical behavioral health needs for their customers.

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Ochsner Health to Pilot Genetic Screening Program in Partnership with Color

October 18, 2019

Developed by Ochsner’s innovation lab, innovationOchsner (iO), the health system’s program will proactively identify patients who are at higher risk for certain hereditary cancers and heart disease with the goal of early detection and prevention of future illness.

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Ochsner Health Opens InnovationHub in Lakeside Shopping Center

May 23, 2019

The InnovationHub shares engaging health and wellness content through a variety of devices and activities, including tablets, a 3-D hologram and a 9-foot tall, curved, three-sided display from LG Electronics, believed to be the first-of-its-kind in the world.

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Ochsner Offers New Orleans Area Schools Innovative Smart Technology to Help Stop the Spread of Illness in Classrooms

January 2, 2019

Kinsa Smart Thermometers partnered with Ochsner Health System to sponsor the FLUency Program, a community health initiative that invites families and staff at select schools to receive free Kinsa Smart Thermometers as a way to prevent illness and promote a healthier school year.

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Ochsner Health Receives Prestigious 2018 HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence for Innovation Work

August 23, 2018

Ochsner Health System was recently selected as a 2018 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Davies Award recipient for its innovation work of digital medicine solutions.

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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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