Ochsner Health announced that Ben Bordelon, president and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, has been elected to serve as a board member for its 46-hospital health system. Bordelon will begin his four-year term effective January 1, 2025.
The Ochsner Health Board of Directors oversees the system’s leadership and strategy to achieve the organization’s mission and vision.
DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) and Concerned Citizens for a Better Algiers (CCFBA) through the DCHC Mobile Health Unit will provide free sexual health and general wellness screenings Nov. 12 from 2 – 6 p.m. and Dec. 10 from 2 – 6 p.m. at the CCFBA Office, located at 1417 Nunez Street in Algiers.
Services provided by this initiative will include free STI and HIV testing, referrals for treatment, case management, and blood pressure and glucose screenings.
Terrebonne General Health System has earned the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). Terrebonne General was recognized with a certified Level 8 Achievement for acute and ambulatory care. Some of the innovations that Terrebonne General was recognized for include offering EPIC and providing MyChart, as well as the Terrebonne Connect Bar, which pairs patients with technology.
Care providers from St. Tammany Health System’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit reunited Oct. 27 with some of their former patients, the first such reunion held by STHS since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019.
Ascension DePaul Foundation New Orleans (formerly Daughters of Charity Foundation of New Orleans) will host its 11th Annual Keeping Our Promises Gala, presented by Quest Diagnostics, on April 12 at the Hyatt Regency, located at 601 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans. The evening will begin with a Patron Party at 6 p.m., leading into the Gala at 7 p.m. This event aims to raise funds to combat health disparities and ensure equitable access to high-quality healthcare for all members of our community.
