Black adults who live in the United States have a 59% higher risk of premature death than White adults.
A new study from Tulane University published in Lancet Public Health has found that this gap can be entirely explained by disparities in eight areas of life critical to health and well-being: employment, income, food security, education level, access to healthcare, quality health insurance, home ownership, and marital status.
North Oaks Health System is one of 14 Louisiana healthcare facilities to receive the 2023 Funds for Safety grant sponsored by LHA Trust Funds. The annual grant program helps healthcare organizations fund their unique patient safety improvement initiatives.
In a May 11, 2023, message from Ochsner Health CEO Pete November, it was announced that the organization is reducing the size of its workforce “by eliminating 770 positions.”
The number represents roughly two percent of the health system’s team.
“Impacted positions are management and primarily non-direct patient care roles. No physicians are impacted by this reduction, and any impacted employees with active clinical credentials will be offered direct patient care roles,” the message read.
Slidell Memorial Hospital Regional Cancer Center launched a new offering to patients in Slidell: the Comprehensive Cancer Care Clinic. Hospital officials held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony at the clinic’s location on the third floor of the Cancer Center.
Lakeview Hospital, now part of LCMC Health, announced the appointment of Benjamin “Ben” Richaud, MSHA, MBA as its new chief executive officer.
