The Big Health Event is the latest strategy being advanced by Ochsner Health, the event鈥檚 sponsor, and the Urban League of Louisiana. The goal is to improve health care access, advance health equity and better health outcomes among underserved communities in New Orleans and across Louisiana. The Big Health Event is free and open to the public.
OACN鈥檚 2021 clinical successes, highlighted by a 100% quality score, can be attributed to increasing primary care physician visits, focusing on high-risk patient care coordination and support, reducing unnecessary hospitalizations through ambulatory care coordination, and improving patient satisfaction.
Ochsner Health is calling on aspiring nurses who want to pivot their careers and help fill the critical nursing shortage in local communities. Ochsner is excited to announce tuition assistance for at least 10 applicants to Loyola University of New Orleans鈥� new accelerated Bachelor of Science in nursing (ABSN) program for this spring.
New research published today shows that if it were not for the impact of climate change, up to 50 percent of residences in Houston鈥檚 Harris County would not have been flooded by Hurricane Harvey five years ago.
Today, U.S. 麻豆传媒 & World Report named Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans (OMC), including its Baptist and West Bank campuses, the Best Hospital in Louisiana for the 11th consecutive year. As part of the annual review, Ochsner and its partners also received more than 50 additional accolades by U.S. 麻豆传媒, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice.
The Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) has received a 5-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Academy of Sciences Gulf Research Program to create an environmental justice curriculum for Louisiana K-12 schools. The project will be supported by faculty and staff from Tulane University School of Liberal Arts and a team of Louisiana teachers.
Ochsner Hospital for Children has been named #1 in Louisiana in the new Best Children鈥檚 Hospitals for 2022 鈥� 23 rankings published online today for the second consecutive year by U.S. 麻豆传媒 & World Report 鈥� the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice.
Multi-Cancer Early Detection Health Equity Demonstration Three-Year Program Aims to Improve Cancer Outcomes Among Underserved Populations and Develop Best Practices for Deployment of Innovative Technologies in Community Settings
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport joins just three other hospitals in Louisiana to have a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the others are located in the New Orleans area.
More than 800 coastal scientists, managers, and professionals from federal and state agencies, academia, non-profits and industry have come together this week in Baton Rouge to network, collaborate and discuss coastal research and management in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the first-ever in-person Gulf of Mexico Conference (#GOMCON). Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards welcomed guests to the state Tuesday, during the opening plenary.
Jennings American Legion Hospital (JALH) joins Ochsner Health (Ochsner), becoming Ochsner American Legion Hospital (OALH). As part of the Ochsner family, OALH will be better positioned to expand access to high-quality, affordable, innovative care to residents of Jefferson Davis Parish and the surrounding communities.
The Gulf of Mexico Alliance has released the Governors鈥� Action Plan IV for Healthy and Resilient Coasts, signed by the governors of all five Gulf states: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. This is the fourth in a series of collaborative work plans that identifies priority issues, focus areas, and actions to enhance the environmental and economic health of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Native Americans who occupied the area known as Poverty Point in northern Louisiana more than 3,000 years ago long have been believed to be simple hunters and gatherers. But new Washington University in St. Louis archaeological findings paint a drastically different picture of America's first civilization.
As Valentine鈥檚 Day arrives, there鈥檚 no doubt love is once again in the air during this annual holiday that dates as far back as the 14th century. So, what exactly does it feel like to fall in love and how does love affect us as humans? Many scientists have proven falling in love has its physical benefits on both men and women, but can falling in love influence the immune system in women?
Tulane University鈥檚 School of Professional Advancement (SoPA) and Delgado Community College recently signed a transfer student agreement that creates a pathway for Delgado graduates to complete bachelor鈥檚 degrees at Tulane.
In 1955, when racial segregation defined the South, two teams of 12-year-old boys stepped onto a baseball field in a non-violent act of cultural defiance that would change the course of history.
Former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, will be the featured speaker in the next Tulane-Aspen Institute Values in America Speaker Series on Tuesday, February 12 from 6-7 p.m. in Dixon Hall on the Tulane University campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Tulane University鈥檚 Homeland Security online master鈥檚 program recently received high marks from OnlineMasters.com, including the third-best online master鈥檚 program and the top program for intelligence officers for 2019.
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