Louisiana Healthcare Connections has surpassed both state and national benchmarks for well-child visits among its Medicaid members, achieving significant improvements in preventive care utilization.
Well-child visits are essential for monitoring a child’s physical, emotional, and social development, allowing for early detection of potential health issues. Well-child visits help ensure a healthy start for Louisiana’s children.
Woman’s Hospital is proud to announce the launch of a new early literacy initiative in partnership with the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and Book Harvest. This new program will provide families of newborns with a starter home library kit along with additional resources to help build literacy skills from birth and lay the foundation for greater learning and bonding between infants and their parents.
The goal of this initiative is to help expand access to reading materials and literacy support for thousands of families across the capital region.
Cognito Therapeutics, a late clinical-stage neurotechnology company pioneering non-invasive neuroprotective therapies in neurodegenerative diseases, announced a collaboration with Ochsner Health to launch a Brain Health Collaboratory aimed at advancing new approaches to treating cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease.
Governor Jeff Landry signed an executive order establishing the Office of Rural Health Transformation and Sustainability within the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), marking a major step forward in strengthening healthcare access and outcomes for rural communities across the state. The executive order also establishes the Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council.
FMOL Health | Our Lady of the Lake has been named the Presenting Sponsor of Live After Five, Baton Rouge’s premier downtown concert series, through a partnership designed to strengthen community connection, support economic improvement, and enhance quality of life across the Capital Region.
