Public Relations Contacts
New Orleans - Bayou Regions:
Stafford Scott: sscott@ochsner.org, 504-842-9143
Baton Rouge - North Shore Region:
Amy Delaney: adelaney@ochsner.org, 225-236-5538
Media Inquiries
In compliance with Federal HIPAA regulations, and out of respect for patients and their families, Ochsner Health System cannot comment on current or previous patients.
Subscribe to the Ochsner Health System News RSS Feed
Ochsner Presents “Party In The Park” Featuring Concert By Emily Osment As Seen On Hannah Montana
Action-Packed Event Raises Money to Aid Families of Sick Children
NEW ORLEANS - Get ready, tweens! Hannah Montana star and Wind-Up Records recording artist Emily Osment is flying in to New Orleans to perform a special one-hour concert in City Park to benefit the Ochsner Pediatric Family Assistance Fund. It's the party to kick off the summer! On Saturday, May 21, from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Ochsner Health System will present its 6th annual family event benefitting Ochsner's Pediatric Family Assistance Fund. This year's event, Party in the Park, will feature Emily Osment of…
Ochsner’s Dr. Choate Receives First Place At LA Orthopedic Assoc. Meeting
NEW ORLEANS - Fourth-year orthopedic surgery resident Dr. W. Stephen Choate received first-place honors in the Resident Research Competition held in conjunction with the Louisiana Orthopedic Association's annual meeting in March. Residency directors from each orthopedic residency program in the state-Ochsner, LSU-NO, LSU-Shreveport, and Tulane-selected a research paper for a podium presentation at the association's annual meeting. After all the papers were presented, visiting faculty selected Dr. Choate's "Arthroscopic Repair Versus Debridement of Labral Tears in Patients with Femoroacetabular Impingement" as the top paper. "Lead…
Rare Double Organ Transplant Recipient To Complete 201-Mile Bike Ride At Ochsner’s Front Door
WHAT: Jack Tillery, the recipient of a rare double organ (heart and kidney) transplant at Ochsner's Multi-Organ Transplant Center, will complete a 270-mile bike ride from his hometown of Moss Bluff, LA to Ochsner Medical Center just 16 months after his transplant surgery. With support from the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA) which has helped secure hotel room sponsorships, Tillery and two others are biking between 35 - 55 miles per day over 7 days. Upon arrival tomorrow at Ochsner Medical Center, Tillery will be…
Walgreens Take Care Health Systems Forms Collaborative Relationship With Ochsner Health System
Relationship to enhance access to health care resources in the greater New Orleans community and establishes opportunities for clinical collaboration and patient education.
NEW ORLEANS - Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG), and Ochsner Health System today announced a new relationship which will increase opportunities for clinical collaboration and improve patient access to high-quality, convenient and affordable health care options in the greater New Orleans region. Take Care Clinics are professional walk-in health care centers located at more than 350 Walgreens drug stores across the country, including four locations in the New Orleans/North Shore community. Clinics are open seven days a week,…
OCHSNER AMONG TOP 5% IN NATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ONLY IN LOUISIANA NAMED IN ER EXCELLENCE
NEW ORLEANS - HealthGrades, the nation's leading, independent source of physician information and hospital quality ratings, today named Ochsner Clinic Foundation -- both Ochsner Medical Center and Ochsner Medical Center-West Bank Campus - among the top five percent in the nation for emergency medicine for the second consecutive year. Study findings also show that Ochsner's Emergency Medicine program is the only facility in Louisiana to receive the HealthGrades Emergency Medicine Excellence Award in 2011 or a Five-Star rating for Emergency Medicine. Additionally, Ochsner's Emergency Medicine…
Iberville Parish and Ochsner Explore Opportunity to Bring New Medical Services To Iberville Parish
PLAQUEMINE, LA and BATON ROUGE, LA- Iberville Parish President J. Mitchell Ourso, Jr., the Iberville Parish Council and Ochsner Health System announce today the signing of a non-binding letter of intent to explore the development of a free standing emergency and ambulatory care center that will be part of Ochsner Health System. The center will provide residents with access to emergency care treatment and related ancillary services. The facility will be constructed, owned and leased by Iberville Parish to Ochsner. Ochsner will provide healthcare services…
Ochsner Introduces EPIC EMR For Increased Quality, Efficiency, Access
NEW ORLEANS - Ochsner Health System today announced it is deploying Epic's industry-leading electronic medical record (EMR) software, EpicCare, across its eight hospitals and 38 health centers. Epic will take Ochsner's 15 years of experience with EMRs to the next level and integrate more than 38 clinical, scheduling and billing systems across the organization. Epic will allow Ochsner to streamline patient care, improve patient outcomes and empower patients to be more involved in their healthcare. "With the implementation of Epic, Ochsner continues to be at…
Ochsner Medical Center Named Top 100 Hospital By Thomson Reuters and Top-Ranked Hospital By US News
NEW ORLEANS - Ochsner Medical Center was named the top hospital in the New Orleans metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report and one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® by Thomson Reuters National Benchmark Study. Thomson Reuters also named Ochsner Medical Center an Everest Award winner and one of only 15 of the 2011 Major Teaching Hospital award winners. U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals in Metropolitan AreasOf the 40 hospitals in the New Orleans metropolitan area, Ochsner Medical Center was named…
Insulin Resistance Results in Faster Progression of Cardiovascular Disease
NEW ORLEANS - T. Cooper Woods, Ph.D., Ochsner Staff Scientist and Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, recently published a paper in the February issue of the journal Endocrinology describing how changes in the way vessels respond to insulin may lead to increased cardiovascular disease in Type 2 diabetics. In Type 2 diabetes, the cells of the body do not respond to insulin in the normal way. When this occurs, the checks that normally function to limit unwanted cell growth are lost. The ultimate…
Bonnabel High School Students Add Inspiration And Creativity To Blank Walls At Ochsner-Kenner
NEW ORLEANS - Students from Bonnabel High School are keeping Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner creative. Thirteen students from Bonnabel's Art I & II classes are represented in a mini- art exhibition along the walls of the hospital's hallways. "We have many ‘needy' walls and this is a great way for our employees, visitors and patients to enjoy the creativity of our teenagers in Kenner," said Nancy St. Germain, Senior Physician Liaison at Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner. The students' artwork represents some of the…
