Facts

  • The Consumers Choice Award, awarded by the National Research Corporation (NRC), which identifies the most-preferred hospitals in more than 100 US markets.
  • City Business Magazine "2005,2006 & 2007 Best Place to Work."
  • AARP "2005 Top 50 Best Employers for Workers Over 50."
  • Modern Healthcare magazine recognized Ochsner's organizational success by naming it one of the "Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks" in the nation.
  • Ochsner has been named one of the country's Most Wired Hospitals, according to Hospitals and Health Networks, since 2003.
  • Ochsner's Emergency Department has been named Press Ganey's Success story for high patient satisfaction annually since 2003.
  • Ochsner successfully passed an aggressive and highly competitive accreditation process by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) to gauge a health system's quality of care and patient safety.
  • Ochsner achieved Magnet Nursing Services Recognition designation in 2003 and was re-designated in 2008. This status recognizes and rewards Ochsner for superlative care.