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The hospital provides inpatient care to patients 18 and older. The organizations said they plan to add geriatric services by March and an outpatient program by the end of the year.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Becker's Hospital ReviewOchsner performed more than 300,000 virtual visits in 2020; 90,000 provider-to-provider encounters across our health facilities and partnerships.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Healthcare IT NewsMedical workers at Ochsner Baton Rouge got their second coronavirus vaccine Tuesday. It’s been three weeks since they got the first one. Ochsner was one of the first stops in the nation for the new vaccine.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WAFBOchsner Baton Rouge is building out a new $6.8 million pediatric clinic that will occupy nearly a full floor of the Ochsner Medical Complex The Grove over the next six months.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The AdvocateCuteness overload! These beautiful babies were born on Christmas Day.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON BR ProudThe program is offered at 27 Ochsner Health locations, including two locations in Baton Rouge. It provides medical and social support resources to smokers looking to kick the habit for good.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The AdvocateOchsner Health is Louisiana’s largest system and is growing its statewide footprint. This month, Ochsner announced plans to spend $100 million opening 15 community health centers in underserved areas, including six in New Orleans and two each in Baton Rouge and Lafayette.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The AdvocateThe health system was right on the cusp of making the service direct-to-patient and bringing it into the ambulatory space, and the Covid-19 crisis became precisely the push they needed. In 2019, the system completed 3,000 ambulatory telehealth visits. That figure has jumped to over 300,000 in 2020 so far.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON MedCityNewsThis 10-year commitment includes an initial investment of $100 million from Ochsner during the next five years. Investments will support projects that eliminate barriers to healthcare; bring resources into underserved, urban and rural communities; collaborate with partners to research and better understand health disparities; utilize technology and innovation to improve outcomes and invest in Louisiana’s next generation of healthcare providers and frontline staff.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Biz New OrleansThe study evaluated 312 Ochsner Health cancer patients who tested positive for COVID-19 between March 1 and April 30, 2020 and compared that group’s mortality rates with 4,833 Ochsner Health COVID-19-positive patients without cancer during that same time period.
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