The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans’ Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program Continued Accreditation. The four-year program trains physicians specializing in obstetrics and gynecology at four main partner hospitals. In greater New Orleans these include Touro Infirmary and University Medical Center, and in Lafayette, University Hospital and Clinics and Lafayette General Medical Center.
February 18, 2019
An upswing in measles cases across the country has the Louisiana Department of Health urging doctors to be on the lookout for the disease. Louisiana has yet to report a case of measles this year.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified an increase in measles cases in the United States. From Jan. 1 to Feb. 7, the CDC has documented 101 individual cases in 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.
February 18, 2019
Ochsner Health System (Ochsner) has been named a Walmart National Center of Excellence for lower joint replacement surgery. Ochsner Medical Center – Jefferson Highway, the system’s flagship facility, will serve Walmart associates from across the nation in need of hip and knee replacement surgery, effective immediately. Ochsner is the 12th healthcare organization in the nation to be named a Walmart Center of Excellence for joint replacement surgery.
February 18, 2019
The St. Tammany Hospital Guild presented a check for $65,120.63 to St. Tammany Hospital Foundation in January as their annual donation in 2019.
“This donation represents an investment by the St. Tammany Hospital Volunteer Guild in projects to meet the needs of our patients,” said Ken Lane, guild president. “It is one way in which the guild is able to give back to the St. Tammany Parish Hospital community and continue making a difference for those we serve.”
February 18, 2019
Patients of all ages are being cared for by physicians at LCMC Health’s new Ridgelake Health Center. Located at the corner of Causeway Boulevard and Ridgelake Drive in the heart of Metairie, the health center is the first integrated location for LCMC Health, combining medical services from Children’s Hospital, Touro, and West Jefferson Medical Center.
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