Our Lady of the Lake Health recently completed more than 60 successful bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) procedures.
BLVR is a revolutionary, minimally invasive procedure to assist patients with difficulty breathing due to severe COPD/emphysema. The one-time procedure uses the first FDA-approved endobronchial valve designed to help COPD/emphysema patients breathe easier without major surgery.
Ochsner Health has been named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing 2024 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. The ranking survey conducted included responses from more than 250,000 young professionals and more than 1.5 million company reviews.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is set to host its popular Live Well Baton Rouge event, which is an opportunity for local residents to access an array of free cancer screening and health resources. This year’s event will be held on May 18 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 2250 Main Street in Baton Rouge.
This free community health event will allow residents to take advantage of four different types of cancer screenings, including breast, prostate, colorectal, and skin cancer. Blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose checks will also be available.
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and Our Lady of the Lake Ascension earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries, and infections as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them.
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University will award Nursing Alum Delores “Dee” LeJeune ’69 at its graduation on May 11 at the Raising Cane’s River Center with its first ever honorary degree.
LeJeune served as a bed-side nurse, nurse leader, chief nursing officer, Joint Commission consultant, hospital chief operating officer, president and CEO, all before retiring in 2012.
There will be 175 students graduating from the schools of arts and sciences, nursing, and health professions.
