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.
Falls lead to 32,000 deaths annually among older U.S. adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that one American senior falls every second.
While hospitals have long employed a number of measures designed to prevent falls among inpatients, Louisiana-based Ochsner Health is working to reduce this deadly toll through remote-patient monitoring programs that track falls among older adults wherever they are.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical AssociationNigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, chief wellness officer of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, understands the value of developing wellness programs to promote a healthy and productive workforce.
Without a healthy and productive workforce, hospitals and health systems risk jeopardizing their care quality and financial picture, Dr. Girgrah told Becker's.
Burnout is often part of healthcare discussions around employees and their well-being. A 2021 cross-sectional survey published June 7 in JAMA found that improving care delivery, patient safety and nurse staffing are key issues nurses and physicians say management can take to improve burnout. Dr. Girgrah said wellness programs also play a part and help gauge employee engagement and how those clinicians are feeling.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Becker's Hospital ReviewMERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Ochsner Rush Health donated more than 200 STEM kits to Southeast Elementary and Northeast Elementary.
Each school received more than 100 of the ambulance building kits. The kits were put together by Ochsner Rush employees from throughout the region.
This is the first year for all LCSD elementary students to take computer science where they will use these kits.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WTOKOMC includes Ochsner Medical Center – West Bank and Ochsner Baptist. In addition to its state ranking, the publication also named it the No. 1 hospital in the New Orleans metro area. Its Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialty ranked No. 42 in the nation, while its gastroenterology and GI surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, and pulmonology and lung surgery services all ranked in the top 10 percent in the nation. OMC was also recognized for its elite quality in procedures and conditions in areas including aortic valve surgery, colon cancer surgery, diabetes, kidney failure, hip and knee replacements, leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, lung cancer surgery, stroke and more.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Nola.comThe National Institutes of Health awarded Tulane University, Ochsner Health and nonprofit RH Impact a seven-year grant for the establishment of a research center focused on Louisiana’s disproportionately high maternal mortality rate.
The NIH gave $16.5 million to fund their initiative, IMPROVE, which stands for “Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone.” The money will also be used to erect one of the 10 national Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WGNOTwo Meridian primary care clinics, Clarkdale Clinic and Southeast Clinic, have joined Ochsner Rush Health. The clinics will continue services at their existing locations. Ochsner Rush Health is part of Ochsner Health, the largest health system in the Gulf South, and has been serving the Meridian community for over 100 years.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Meridian StarGirgrah and other healthcare leaders discussed the importance of strengthening the well-being of the workforce during a panel discussion at the American Hospital Association Leadership Summit. They emphasized the importance of wellness as a key quality indicator for hospitals and noted that high turnover can hurt the quality of care and the bottom line.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Chief Healthcare ExecutiveDr. 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.
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