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By 2030, Louisiana is projected to have the third-worst physician-shortage ratio in the U.S., with an undersupply of 100 doctors for every 100,000 people.
Meanwhile, 60 of Louisiana’s 64 parishes have primary care health-professional shortage areas. This includes the entirety of St. Martin Parish, which on various websites is touted as “where Cajun began” and “the heart of Acadiana.”
It is also the home of St. Martinville Family Medicine, an Ochsner Health facility, where a new family physician aims to make a difference in the community she grew up in.
Mary Claire Curet, MD, graduated summa cum laude from Louisiana State University (LSU) and earned her medical degree from the LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine. She recently returned home after finishing her residency training at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical AssociationPharmacy Times interviewed Breanne Peyton-Thomas, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist – hematology/oncology, bone marrow transplant/cellular therapy at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the role of the bone marrow transplant pharmacist in CAR T-cell therapy and her collaboration with the CAR T-cell therapy team at Ochsner.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Pharmacy TimesNew Orleans-based Ochsner Health was met with some uncertainty when it launched its pharmacogenomic program in March 2022 and became one of the first health systems to standardize genomic testing.
More than two years later, as the industry has seen the program's benefit and value, Dr. Oliver said those conversations have gone from "what are you talking about?" to "how do I do this?"
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Becker's Hospital ReviewPicture a serene morning silence that is broken by the clatter of a coffee cup hitting the floor. For many older adults, such a simple mishap can signal the start of a life-changing event: a fall. These sudden, often unexpected incidents are more than just a slip or a stumble—they represent a significant threat to the health and independence of our aging population. Taking appropriate steps to prevent falls can ensure that older adults continue to live their golden years with the dignity, freedom and joy they deserve.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical AssociationThe leaders of Ochsner Health System, the 46-hospital integrated system based in New Orleans, on Sep. 4 announced the creation of a new program as an element in its cardiometabolic care program: comprehensive weight management care.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Healthcare InnovationJoseph Biggio, MD, system chair and service line leader for women's services and system chair for maternal fetal medicine at Ochsner Health, discusses some of the main innovations within Ochsner’s Connected Maternity Online Monitoring (Connected MOM) program that led to its HHS Hypertension Innovator Award.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Journal of Managed CareFor many Americans, the point of entry to the health care system is their internist, whose main job is the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses that affect adults. But before they even set foot in their internist’s office, just about all of them have been bombarded by aggressive product marketing, misinformed opinions on social media and various other socio-cultural forces that can undermine their health and the patient-physician relationship. One of internists’ biggest challenges is therefore ensuring patients look to them first for health education.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical AssociationOchsner Digital Medicine has teamed up with AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana to offer digital medicine services to the health plan's members. Utilizing remote patient management (RPM), Ochsner Digital Medicine and AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana will work together to help members with certain chronic conditions better manage their health and improve their quality of life.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON PR NewswireDr. Olabode Agaja, a pediatric sports medicine physician at Ochsner Health in Jefferson and Destrehan, works with patients from toddlers to 25-year-olds. He says the key is getting injuries checked out so that they don't progress to require intervention rather than ignoring the pain and it escalating into something more serious.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The Times PicayuneLetters were being mailed on Monday to about 66,000 patients in New Orleans, notifying them that the debt they collectively owe to Ochsner Health — roughly $59 million in unpaid bills for doctor visits, hospital stays, medical procedures and other services, some of it dating back years — has been erased.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The Times Picayune