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COVID forced health care changes
Telehealth is no longer a trend in the Baton Rouge market, but simply the way more doctor-patient interactions are happening.
Cancer care takes center stage
Subsiding COVID worries and the revitalized federal Cancer Moonshot program have Baton Rouge medical providers focusing on cancer care.
People to watch in health care
A look at the Capital Region health care leaders who are making headlines in research and medical care in 2022.
A workplace priority
Employee mental health is a big issue facing businesses, especially amid the pandemic. So how should employers approach it?
Keeping the nursing pipeline flowing
The demand for nurses is so strong that academic institutions are adjusting to more targeted curriculum and hospitals are upping incentives to attract and retain these health care professionals.
Welcome to Obecity, USA
Pennington Biomedical Research Center is launching the campaign to put obesity, and itself, in the national spotlight.
Woman’s Hospital to partner with New Orleans-based LCMC
Woman’s Hospital has entered into contract negotiations with New Orleans-based LCMC Health to join the system’s electronic medical records platform, Epic Community Connect.
LCMC was...
Christel Slaughter: Baton Rouge’s health care landscape in flux
Health care has changed drastically in the past few years, not just in Baton Rouge, but all over the world. The pandemic is a...
Labor Department considering new safety policies for extreme heat
The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has put a new heat illness rule on a list of agenda items for the Biden...
Local mental health care providers getting flood of new referrals for children
With LSU and many K-12 schools set to open for in-person attendance in the fall, workers returning to the office and businesses back at...
Get a sneak peek at Baton Rouge General’s Regional Burn Center expansion
Baton Rouge General’s expansion and renovation of its Regional Burn Center, which began in early 2020, will be unveiled at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday....
Woman’s Hospital seeks to partner with large system to boost technology access
Woman’s Hospital is evaluating four proposals from Louisiana-based health care systems interested in partnering with the hospital on an affiliation that would enable cost sharing on equipment and technology, specifically, the pricey EPIC medical records platform that a growing number of providers are using and patients are demanding.
Medical school graduates educated during pandemic begin residencies at OLOL
Today marks the start of the new academic year for graduate medical education at hospitals around the state that will train the medical residents,...
COVID-19 fatigue causing many nurses to change career path
Nurses are leaving Woman’s Hospital at a high rate as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Cheri Johnson, chief nursing officer at Woman’s,...
FranU developing new building, cornerstone of separate campus
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University has announced it’s moving forward with the first major building project in the university’s history—a three-story, 75,000-square-foot building...
Ochsner partners with health startup to offer digital counseling for its employees
Ochsner Health System is rolling out a new digital counseling platform for anonymous group support for its employees through a partnership with wellness startup...
Challenging times
Health care providers—and patients—were upended by COVID-19, but the crisis also provided opportunities to embrace new technologies.
Pennington unveils national advocacy campaign around obesity
The Pennington Biomedical Research Center is launching a national advocacy campaign today designed to raise awareness of obesity and the work the Baton Rouge-based...
BRG Mid City planning facility face-lift
One year after reopening its acute care facilities, Baton Rouge General Mid City has announced plans to renovate and revamp the hospital on Florida...
Ochsner acquisition of OB/GYN practice based at Woman’s will alter Baton Rouge market
Local health care providers are still reeling from the March 19 announcement that Ochsner Health is acquiring the largest OB/GYN practice in the market, Louisiana Women’s Healthcare, which is based in the physician’s office building at Woman’s Hospital.
