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.
Ochsner officials say it’s crucial for hospitality workers to get the shot now as we approach a busy tourist season. these workers are vulnerable to the virus because they are the ones in contact with people from all over the country.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON BR ProudRichard Milani, MD, chief clinical transformation officer at Ochsner Health, and Sandra Kemmerly, MD, system medical director of hospital quality at Ochsner Health, discuss how the health system frees up ICU beds by implementing a remote monitoring program to treat COVID-19 patients.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical AssociationIt is open seven days a week during regular mall hours. Appointments are encouraged and walk-ins are welcome at the site as supply allows.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON New Orleans City BusinessLast year was appropriately named "The Year of the Nurse" by the World Health Assembly. It saw more loss and sacrifice than we could ever imagine. Our nursing heroes made the decision to put their lives on the line to care for your friends, family, and neighbors with COVID-19.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The AdvocateThree freshmen from Isidore Newman School gathered at Ochsner Medical Center in Old Jefferson on Thursday, at a time they would normally be in class, masked and distanced at assigned desks. Instead, they got their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, newly available to their age group just hours earlier.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Nola.comPrimary care physician Melissa Love, MD, who practices at Ochsner Health Center – Bluebonnet South, has been named Young Alumna of the Year for 2020 by the Mississippi College Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Healthcare Journal Baton RougeOchsner Health officials said during a conference call Wednesday that the hospital system is prepared to expand its use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to people ages 12-15 as soon as authorization to do so is granted by Louisiana’s Department of Health.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The Daily AdvertiserOchsner Baton Rouge will offer all three COVID-19 vaccines at multiple pop-up clinics events beginning May 11. The effort to provide the choice of Moderna, Pfizer or Johnson and Johnson comes after low turnouts out at mass vaccination sites.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WGNOOchsner Health and an Alabama company announced two manufacturing facilities near Lafayette will manufacture personal protective equipment and provide 1,221 jobs for the region.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The AdvocateThe institute was announced in November 2020 as part of Ochsner’s 10-year, $100 million commitment to address Louisiana’s most critical health needs.
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