How Baton Rouge hospitals are banking big on the suburbs

Local hospitals are ramping up their push into the Baton Rouge suburbs, zeroing in on high-growth areas to build new health care facilities or expand existing operations.

As Business Report features in its latest issue, fast-growing parishes such as Livingston and Ascension are seeing large-scale health care investments. Many Baton Rouge hospitals have reached capacity and view building new facilities in suburban areas as the way to bring care closer to where patients live.

New centers and clinics outside of the bustling Capital City help those with limited resources to access the care they need. It also allows health care professionals in those parishes to work closer to home.

Read a roundup of what the local health systems have planned for the growing rural and suburban areas outside Baton Rouge, and send comments to editor@businessreport.com.