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Ochsner Health Awarded $2.9M to Build Workforce Mental Health and Resiliency

Biz New Orleans | Feb 3, 2022

Ochsner Health has been awarded $2.9 million by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), as part of a competitive grant process designed to “improve the retention of health care workers and help respond to the nation’s critical staffing needs by reducing burnout and promoting mental health and wellness among the health care workforce.”

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Ochsner Hosts Blood Drives Throughout February

Healthcare Journal Baton Rouge | Feb 2, 2022

Ochsner Baton Rouge is hosting blood drives at several regional locations throughout the month of February to help boost the community’s blood supply. These drives will feature the Ochsner Blood Mobile, which provides a comfortable and safe place for donations.

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Covid's Trial by Fire for Ochsner Health's Supply Chain Chief Regine Villain

Health Leaders Media | Feb 2, 2022

Villain created the first provider-owned personal protective equipment manufacturing facility in the United States for nearshoring supply.

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Mothers’ Milk Bank of Louisiana looking for donations

WAFB | Feb 2, 2022

Women who are actively breastfeeding are eligible to be screened for free to become an approved donor. The milk is then kept frozen and shipped to MMBL to pasteurization. The milk is specifically processed to meet the needs of fragile and sick babies. Banks such as MMBL ensure donated milk is safe for infants who need it.

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State approves charter school partnered with Ochsner

WAFB | Feb 2, 2022

Baton Rouge Discovery Academy is a partnership between Ochsner Health and Louisiana-based Discovery Schools. Located at the former Runnels School at 17255 S. Harrel’s Ferry Road, it is expected to open in the fall of 2023 with about 400 students in pre-K through fourth grade.

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Ochsner challenges Louisianans to go alcohol-free for 40 days

BR Proud | Feb 1, 2022

After all of the Mardi Gras fun this year, Ochsner Health is challenging Louisianans to go booze-free in its seventh annual Alcohol Free for 40 Challenge.

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Ochsner Baton Rouge offers online classes for expectant parents

BR Proud | Feb 1, 2022

In the first class, new parents will learn about pregnancy when to go to the hospital, the laboring process and more. The second class will teach parents about medical interventions, pain relief options, fetal monitoring, C-sections and more. New parents will explore postpartum and baby safety in the third class. The last class is on how to care for a newborn.

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Woman Diagnosed With Rare Form of Skin Cancer After Being Told She Had an STD: 'I Knew I Had Cancer'

People Magazine | Jan 27, 2022

Ann Heslin, 44, has vulvar cancer, a rare gynecological form of skin cancer. In an interview with TODAY, Heslin said she was initially told that she might have a sexually transmitted disease after experiencing "incredible burning pain" on her vulva.

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Health-Related Wearables Can Track Data for Your Doctors

AARP | Jan 20, 2022

“Whether it’s a wearable or not, just collecting data from home, I’m making my patients healthier,” says Richard Milani, M.D., chief clinical transformation officer at Ochsner Health System in New Orleans. “The question is, how can I collect more information than these isolated events when you show up in my office — that can provide us a better way to keep you in good health and avoid you from getting into trouble?”

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Parenting: Pediatric pulmonologist talks about importance of vaccinating children against covid

KATC | Jan 18, 2022

Van Hook understands reservations that parents may have when it comes to vaccinating their children but wants to assure them that them that the vaccine is completely safe.

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