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 LSU Health Shreveport – Academic Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Heart Failure Silver Plus quality achievement award with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll for its commitment to improving outcomes for patients with heart failure, meaning reduced readmissions and more healthy days at home.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Bossier PressOchsner Health operates 65 Plus clinics in Covington, Baton Rouge and Pensacola, Fla. The Pensacola location will become the first 65 Plus location of the joint venture and will be co-branded over time. Ochsner will continue to own and build 65 Plus locations in New Orleans and across Louisiana, and the partners will work together to identify additional locations across the southeast.
Ochsner Health said Thursday that it will partner with Novant Health, a health care provider based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to accelerate the expansion of its "65 Plus"-branded clinics, which are targeted at people 65 and over.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Nola.comThe clinic, located on the corner of Ryan Street and Sale Road, will serve McNeese students and the public. This new spot will be the location of the McNeese Student Health Services, McNeese Counseling Services and Ochsner CHRISTUS Urgent Care.
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VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WVUEIn a collaboration sparked by shared values and a dedication to multidisciplinary patient care, Ochsner Health and MD Anderson Cancer Center have embarked on an official agreement that aims to enhance cancer treatment outcomes and expand access to cutting-edge therapies for patients in Baton Rouge and the southeast Louisiana region.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The AdvocateStaff will focus on collecting blood platelets and type O red cells throughout the Louisiana Southeast Region. The blood donations go directly to the Ochsner Blood Bank, which supports over 70 percent of Ochsner’s blood needs for patients at Ochsner hospitals.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WGNOJunum, an innovative digital health company, today announced that Ochsner Health will integrate the Junum MalnutritionCDS™ clinical support solution with its Epic EHR. The technology innovation partnership aims to help Ochsner clinicians identify and diagnose malnutrition within their existing workflows for better patient care.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON YahooFirst, BROD organizes staff development sessions designed to empower teachers to offer students a solid academic foundation for lifelong learning via cutting-edge educational technology. During these sessions, teachers and staff become acquainted with the school’s culture and expectations. By investing in this onboarding process, Discovery School aims to fully equip teachers before the school year begins.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON 225 MagazineOchsner Health is spending more than $2.8 million converting a former Gordon's home decor store in Metairie into a specialty clinic for older people, its third stand-alone effort to improve services to the aging population of a state graying faster than the rest of the country.
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