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The number of women dying while pregnant is returning to pre-pandemic levels following a worrisome 2021 spike, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON NBC NewsXavier University, a small Catholic and historically Black school in New Orleans, formally signed an agreement Monday with Ochsner Health to establish a medical school.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The Associated PressAdvanced practice providers can lead clinical teams and patients to boost oncology clinical trial enrollment, a nurse practitioner explained.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Oncology Nursing NewsNewsweek has named 45 hospitals and health systems among its 750 greatest employers for mental well-being.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Becker's Hospital ReviewWith newborn babies and their moms dying in Louisiana at some of the highest rates in the developed world, lawmakers are considering bills that would expand health care services to pregnant women and newborns while also increasing payment to their providers.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The Times-PicayuneYvens Laborde, MD, chief community medical officer and medical director of global health education at Ochsner Health joins for a new episode of the AMA's “What Keeps Me Up” series, where we talk with health care leaders about one thing that’s keeping them up—and what they’re doing about it. AMA Chief Experience Officer Todd Unger hosts.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical AssociationOchsner Health has rolled out a new cardiac ablation treatment method for patients in the Gulf South diagnosed with electrophysiology and heart rhythm conditions linked to atrial fibrillation (AFib).
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON New Orleans City BusinessFor many Americans, particularly women of color, this is an unfortunate but familiar trend. Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD, MAS, head of Women's Services at Ochsner Medical Center, Kenner, and the director of Quality for Women's Services for Ochsner Health, elucidated the essential aspects at play in an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®)
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The American Journal of Managed CareWith so many patient messages coming into a portal, it’s possible to miss important details, especially if a message were long and convoluted. But by using AI as a tool, physicians get an assist in message analysis.
"AI can help humans read messages more closely by highlighting essential pieces of information that are important for the doctor to review,” said Jason Hill, MD, MS, clinical innovation officer for Ochsner Health in New Orleans.
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