The main campus, Ochsner Medical Center, will act as a hub, connecting to five community hospitals: Ochsner Baptist Medical Center (New Orleans), Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge, Ochsner Medical Center-West Bank (Gretna), Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital (Raceland) and Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner, it says.
Ochsner is also involved in an initiative to expand stroke care to other Louisiana hospitals. The Centers for Disease Control recently awarded a three-year grant to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program to build a telestroke network in collaboration with Ochsner Health System and the American Heart Association. Through the grant, the parties involved aim to develop a regional TeleStroke Network in southeastern Louisiana that will address the lack of access to stroke neurologists and availability of stroke treating hospitals in the state.
Ochsner Health System is a non-profit, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system that includes seven hospitals and more than 35 health centers located throughout Southeast Louisiana.
