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 hospitalization surge is being driven primarily by unvaccinated people in a younger age range, according to Amanda Logue, chief medical officer of Ochsner Lafayette General. The average COVID-19 patient at one of OLG’s five hospitals is currently 53, or 10 to 15 years younger than what has been typical over the past year.
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VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Modern Healthcare“Last year, after the storm, we really took a good strategic approach when our partners and we developed the plan of getting all of our women’s services in one building,” said Lance Armentor, the Vice President of Clinic Operations for Christus Ochsner, during his speech at Friday’s event.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON KPLCTVOchsner held a back-to-school vaccination event Friday in New Orleans in an effort to encourage eligible kids to get the shot before they go back to class.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WDSUThe Louisiana-based health system is marketing its RPM services nationally to health plans and businesses, charging a monthly member subscription fee, according to a recent mHealth Intelligence report. Ochsner, which began offering RPM services to the communities it serves in 2015, has scaled the platform and now monitors more than 20,000 people in health plans across the country.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Hospital AssociationThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory last month that respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is unexpectedly spreading in Southern states.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON NBC NewsSt. Augustine High School of New Orleans is in partnership with Ochsner Health Center New Orleans and offered the first round of the Pfizer vaccine this morning. This opportunity was open to the first one hundred students who signed up with parental consent.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WVUEWhile many healthcare providers are just now getting into the remote patient monitoring arena, Ochsner Health has scaled its platform to a national level, and is now monitoring more than 20,000 people in health plans across the country.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON mHealth IntelligenceOchsner and Alabama-based construction contractor and property developer Trax Development started a joint venture, SafeSource Direct, with $150 million. SafeSource is putting $73 million toward retrofitting an 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility that will also serve as a headquarters, and $77 million is going for the development of a new facility.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical AssociationThe project will provide valuable insight into the SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating in Louisiana, as well as any emerging variants. The LDH’s epidemiology teams will leverage the data collected to monitor mutations in the virus across the state. The first batch of sequences revealed a case of the Delta Plus (AY.2) variant present in New Orleans in early June.
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