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Gartner, Inc. has released its 16th annual Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 ranking, which recognizes U.S. health systems that demonstrate leadership in supply chain.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON GartnerNew Orleans-based Ochsner Health says it has successfully piloted a new program designed to deliver acute and transitional care services in the home to avoid low-acuity admissions from the emergency department (ED) and to help reduce readmissions.
Ochsner Accountable Care Network, LLC (OACN) achieved its eighth consecutive year of top-ranking results in both clinical performance and healthcare savings for the Medicare population in its care. OACN is Louisiana’s largest physician-led accountable care organization serving the Medicare population. This achievement recognizes OACN’s commitment to providing exceptional care while saving millions of dollars on healthcare spending.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The Associated PressThe College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has recognized Ochsner Health for achieving Level 9 for the acute and ambulatory survey selection.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Healthcare Journal of Baton RougeHundreds of digital health startups attended this year’s HLTH conference, which was held last week in Las Vegas. These companies were seeking venture capital, new customers and some fresh insight about the healthcare industry.
But exploring the exhibit hall revealed that many of them were promising to do the same thing. For example, it was easy to stumble across several startups hawking clinical documentation tools, several showcasing telehealth platforms for behavioral health, and several promoting their chronic disease management platforms. These areas seem overcrowded, but there are some areas of the digital health startup space that may be a bit too barren.
During the conference, I spoke with some investors and digital health executives about the types of startups that they haven’t encountered yet — but would like to.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON MedCity NewsOchsner Health physicians Dr. Richard Zweifler and Dr. Joseph Tarsia are co-authors on a post hoc analysis carried out in the ARCADIA randomized clinical trial, comparing the effectiveness of apixaban versus aspirin in preventing adverse clinical outcomes in patients with a history of cancer and cryptogenic stroke. The research found no significant difference in the risk of major ischemic and hemorrhagic events between those taking apixaban and aspirin. The study was published in the JAMA Neurol journal and registered under ClinicalTrials.gov.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON FirstWord PHARMAA rate critical to attain better care for patients, I’m gonna say, is enlightened leadership—maybe dyad leadership—at a clinical organization. I am saying this because without enlightened leaders, it’d be harder to build from the blueprint that Beau Raymond, MD, talks about today on the show.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Relentless Health ValueAn innovative study by Dr. Hernan Bazan at Ochsner Health and colleagues reveals how frailty assessments can accurately predict outcomes in urgent carotid artery interventions for stroke patients.
The study, "Frailty Scores Impact the Outcomes of Urgent Carotid Interventions in Acute Stroke Patients" published in The Journal of Vascular Surgery, analyzed 307 patients over eight years and found that higher frailty scores were directly associated with increased rates of stroke, death, and myocardial infarction (MI) within 30 days of the carotid procedure.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON MSNWinning the battle against physician burnout requires more than just awareness, say leaders at Ochsner Health in New Orleans. It requires broad collaboration and a multifaceted approach.
“Workforce well-being is a team sport,” said Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, chief wellness officer and medical director of liver transplantation for Ochsner Medical Center. “The idea that … a team of seven or eight FTEs [full-time equivalent staffers] is going to move the needle by themselves on the occupational well-being of 40,000 employees is fantasy, really, and so collaboration is crucial.”
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical Association