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Baton Rouge Outreach
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2.1K Team Members
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191.3K Patients Served
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Baton Rouge Region
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During the fall 2024 semester, 46 senior level BSN students from Southern University’s School of Nursing completed rotations in the Jag Mobile. They participated in 17 community events, conducted over 2,200 biometric screenings and engaged in more than 2,350 health education interactions.
Now offering immediate orthopedic care in Baton Rouge, the Ochsner Orthopedics Walk-In Clinic located inside the Elite Training Complex treats sprains, strains, minor dislocations, sports injuries, including ACL tears, and non-spine related musculoskeletal pain. The Orthopedics Walk-In Clinic offers extended evening and weekend hours.
Offering intravenous (IV) treatments for a variety of medical conditions, the new Ochsner Outpatient and Home Infusion Pharmacy employs pharmacists and nurses who work closely with patients’ healthcare providers to create customized treatment plans.
Outcomes
Indicating the hospital’s readiness to treat patients who experience severe stroke, Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge earned the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Silver Plus Achievement Award, Target: Stroke Honor Roll, The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval®, and the American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Acute Stroke Ready Hospital certification.
Offering women personalized experiences as they regrow their hair after receiving chemotherapy, the Ochsner Cancer Institute in Baton Rouge, together with EGGIE Salon Studio, has launched the Post Chemo Hair Growth Program.
Community Partnerships
Ochsner and The Ochsner Andrews Sports Medicine Institute were proud to sponsor the Red Stick Rumble Jamboree. Our team’s presence guarantees that athletes receive top-notch care from a skilled team of athletic trainers, sports medicine professionals, physical therapists and orthopedic surgeons. To ensure the people of his community have access to nutritious and life sustaining food, primary care physician Clayton Runfalo, MD, partnered with the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank to set up a mobile food distribution pantry at the Ochsner Health Clinic in Gonzales. He and his team distribute food to Ascension Parish residents on the second Saturday of every month.
Two hundred fifty leaders from around Ochsner gathered for a day of volunteerism in Baton Rouge, organizing 17,650 pounds of food to be distributed among 1,060 families in need at the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank; building a health- and science-focused garden at the Baton Rouge Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy; and volunteering at the Baton Rouge Zoo and Baton Roots Community Farm at Howell Park.
Education & Economic Opportunity
Designed to engage students as early as possible in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and health sciences, the Baton Rouge Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy opened as a Type 2 charter school, which can serve all Louisiana students, regardless of where they live. Student interns from East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools were invited to spend time in various departments and with professionals in both clinical and non-clinical areas. Interns rotate through five areas, including three nursing departments. Ochsner Baton Rouge hosted five students in 2024, who completed 155 hours of rotations.
Focused on being a resource to the community to advocate and foster engagement around inclusion activities, Ochsner’s ABLE employee resource group hosted a Spring Marketplace in 2024. Ochsner team members and the public were invited to browse items offered for sale by local vendors.
To improve the treatment of patients with addiction and substance use disorder and to address the opioid crisis, the Baton Rouge Health District, a partnership among all local health systems including Ochsner, provided courses for healthcare professionals.
Read Full Community Benefit Report
Our Community Benefit Report reflects the great work underway across Ochsner Health and in collaboration with our partners to inspire healthier lives and stronger communities. See photos and read more highlights in the full report.
