Louisiana Healthcare Connections has announced the award of $150,000 in grant funding to five community organizations supporting a wide variety of health initiatives within Louisiana communities throughout the state.
Community Health Grants from Louisiana Healthcare Connections fund nonprofits, healthcare providers, and schools addressing the health plan’s strategic priorities of social determinants of health, increasing access to preventive care, promoting health equity, and improving health outcomes in Louisiana.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center hosted its annual H.N. Saurage IV Distinguished Lecture Series on Oct. 25 with Maryellen L. Giger, PhD, University of Chicago, as this year’s distinguished speaker. Giger’s presentation was entitled “Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging and the Need for MIDRC.”