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.
Dr. Eboni Price- Haywood and Deborah Grimes are shaping healthcare through equity, diversity, and inclusion. To improve health outcomes and end longstanding racial disparities, it’s apparent that we must increase diversity in medicine. A groundbreaking new study in JAMA Network Open provides evidence, as researchers show Black people live longer when they have greater access to Black doctors in their communities.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON SavoyOchsner Health, a not-for-profit health system based in the New Orleans metropolitan area of Southeast Louisiana, United States, has recently appointed Shashi Vangala as Chief Data Analytics Officer. Vangala is a transformational healthcare BI/Analytics executive with a wealth of experience working in the payers, providers, and pharmaceuticals/life sciences industries.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Chief Data Officer MagazineWhile students are beginning to prepare their academic schedules, they may want to start preparing their sleep schedules for the upcoming school year.
Doctor Sheila Asghar, of Ochsner LSU Health, tells KSLA that a lack of sleep impacts children of all ages in various ways.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON KSLAThe medical center, which includes the Ochsner Lafayette General Surgical Hospital, Ochsner Lafayette General Orthopedic Hospital and the Ochsner Cancer Center of Acadiana, also was noted to have eight "high-performing" procedures and conditions, including acute kidney failure, colon cancer surgery, diabetes, heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement, stroke and leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The AdvertiserOchsner Medical Center, based in New Orleans, was ranked as the Best Hospital in Louisiana in 2023-24 by U.S. News & World Report for the 12th year in a row.
The ranking was determined by analyzing factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience across over 4,500 hospitals. Only 12 percent of the evaluated hospitals received a Best Hospital ranking.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Becker'sCurrent capabilities of remote monitoring, using wearable technology for chronic disease management and future opportunities for practices with Richard Milani, MD, chief clinical transformation officer at Ochsner Health. AMA Chief Experience Officer Todd Unger hosts.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical AssociationThe Committee of 100 for Economic Development has selected Pete November, chief executive officer of Ochsner Health, for membership in 2023. The Committee of 100 is a Louisiana business roundtable promoting public policy that makes Louisiana more competitive in retaining existing business and industry and attracting more innovative businesses to Louisiana.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Biz New OrleansHospital leaders said the new tools are not intended to replace any physicians, nurses or other health care providers. If anything, the technologies are being implemented to help clinicians shift their focus from trudging through tedious tasks to listening to their patients.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Nola.comOchsner Rush Medical Center is officially the best of the and now it has the hardware to prove it, receiving the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines- Stroke Gold quality achievement award with a target in type 2 diabetes honor roll.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WTOKOchsner LSU Health Shreveport – Academic Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Heart Failure Silver Plus quality achievement award with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll for its commitment to improving outcomes for patients with heart failure, meaning reduced readmissions and more healthy days at home.
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