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 Transplant Institute in New Orleans provides unparalleled care and shorter wait times for organ transplant patients from across the Gulf South. Surgeons at the Institute have performed more than 8,700 successful life-saving liver, kidney, pancreas, lung and heart transplants. Patients from 42 states and 12 countries have received care at the Institute.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Nola.comIn January 2020, Ochsner launched the Chemotherapy Care Companion, a digital, remote monitoring system. Using their smartphone, the MyOchsner app and an Ochsner-provided digital scale, blood pressure cuff and thermometer, patients fill out a digital form twice a day with information on their vital signs. They also answer a few brief questions that are tailored to their specific disease or treatment.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The AdvocateOn March 29, Tracey Moffatt, Ochsner system chief nursing officer and system vice president of quality; Sheree Stephens, regional VP of quality at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport; and Donna Martin, chief nursing officer of Ochsner Baptist, met with Louisiana’s First Lady, Donna Hutto Edwards, to discuss human trafficking issues in Louisiana. The group met to talk about how health systems and community partners can collaborate to best meet the needs of victims throughout the state.
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VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WVUETwo south Louisiana senior living providers were honored for their commitment to employees.
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VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WVUEOchsner Health and Delgado Community College have completed a $44 million building on Delgado's New Orleans campus that will house the college's Allied Health Division and Charity School of Nursing programs, a marked step in the partnership between the New Orleans institutions that aims to bolster the health care workforce and improve health outcomes.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Nola.comDr. Stanley Hoang, a neurosurgeon at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, is the first physician in the state of Louisiana to perform a robotic single position prone lumbar fusion surgery using the Medtronic Mazor robot. The surgery, which is used to treat disc problems in the lower back, is typically performed in two parts.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON KTBSA tour of the 120,000-square-foot center showcased the facility equipped with a simulation hospital and modern classrooms, that will be utilized to train the next wave of health professionals in Louisiana. The demand would provide more job opportunities while meeting critical workforce demands.
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