Black adults who live in the United States have a 59% higher risk of premature death than White adults.
A new study from Tulane University published in Lancet Public Health has found that this gap can be entirely explained by disparities in eight areas of life critical to health and well-being: employment, income, food security, education level, access to healthcare, quality health insurance, home ownership, and marital status.
In a May 11, 2023, message from Ochsner Health CEO Pete November, it was announced that the organization is reducing the size of its workforce “by eliminating 770 positions.”
The number represents roughly two percent of the health system’s team.
“Impacted positions are management and primarily non-direct patient care roles. No physicians are impacted by this reduction, and any impacted employees with active clinical credentials will be offered direct patient care roles,” the message read.
Woman’s Hospital has again been recognized as a Best Place to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare based on employee satisfaction survey data. This is the 16th year in a row Woman’s has made the list - the only healthcare organization to earn the distinction every year since the program’s inception.
More than 80 public health professionals and community members from New Orleans and surrounding parishes, Baton Rouge, and the State of Louisiana gathered with members of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy to share plans, challenges, and successes in their work to end the HIV epidemic.
Opelousas General Health System (OGHS) and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center (Mary Bird Perkins) have announced that two long-time oncologists, Bryan Bienvenu, MD and David Hanson, MD, FACP are now accepting patients at the Cancer Center located on OGHS’ South Campus, 3983 I-49 S. Service Rd.
