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Ochsner Hospitals Recognized by Newsweek and Statista as America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2026
DePaul Expands Behavioral Health Impact Through Jefferson Parish Drug Court Partnership
Terrebonne General Health System Announces New Board Chair and Vice Chair
Louisiana Healthcare Connections Encourages Mental Health
DePaul Receives $100K Grant from Southern Eye Bank Foundation
STHS Earns Healthgrades’ Outstanding Patient Experience Award
LDH Urges Residents to Practice Safe Swimming
Louisiana Healthcare Connections Highlights Maternal and Mental Health 
September 26, 2017
Lakeview Regional Medical Center Offers...

Lakeview Regional Medical Center is hosting a series of informational classes, and events, throughout the month of October. Classes range from neonatal resuscitation to Lamaze . Those classes and events, pertinent information about them, are listed below. All of these classes/events will be held at the Lakeview Regional Medical Center, 95 Judge Tanner Blvd. in Covington; the specific room or location in the center is indicated for each class or event.

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Pelican Room
Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Cost: $100

September 26, 2017
$1.4 Million Grant to Fund LSU Health Re...

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans a $1.4 million grant over five years to prepare individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in the biomedical sciences to earn either a PhD or MD/PhD degree. The grant was awarded through the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP), and LSU Health New Orleans is the only Louisiana university, and one of only three in the Gulf Coast region, to successfully compete for this type of grant.

September 26, 2017
Ochsner Medical Center Listed Among Top...

Becker’s Hospital Review has recognized Ochsner Medical Center among its 2017 list of 100 hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs. Ochsner Medical Center was one of only two hospitals in Louisiana and Mississippi to be recognized on this list, with the Cancer Center of Acadiana at Lafayette General Medical Center being the other hospital. In 2015, Ochsner Health System and Lafayette General Health formed a strategic partnership to increase local access to care, improve quality, and reduce the cost of healthcare for patients across southwest Louisiana.

September 26, 2017
American Heart Association Names Kerin S...

The American Heart Association has named Kerin Spears as Vice President of Greater Louisiana. Spears will work with executives, residents, survivors, and businesses, on the road, to reduce disability and death from the country’s No. 1 leading cause of death --- heart disease.

Spears will lead the communities of Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Shreveport, and Monroe.

September 26, 2017
Ochsner Health System to manage St. Bern...

The St. Bernard Parish Hospital Service District Board has approved a strategic partnership with Ochsner Health System (Ochsner) to continue the day-to-day management of St. Bernard Parish Hospital (SBPH). This long-term agreement will enable Ochsner, the hospital board, and SBPH to stabilize the hospital, and improve clinical and operational programs, while building upon the opportunities identified during the 90-Day Assessment, and the more than $2 million realized in operational savings since the cooperative endeavor agreement was signed in October of 2016.