Healthcare

Executive Spotlight: Dr. Barbara Griffith

Executive Spotlight: Dr. Barbara Griffith began her tenure as president and CEO of Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge on Oct. 21.

Riegel: Celebrating Baton Rouge positives for a change

Riegel: Finding problems isn't hard in Baton Rouge, but it's also worth celebrating some notable developments in recent weeks.

Banking on medical marijuana in Louisiana is challenging business

Finding financial institutions willing to handle the business of medical marijuana in Louisiana is challenging, but federal help may be on the way.

OLOL wants to move forward following Funes sentencing 

Following the sentencing of former employee John Paul Funes, Our Lady of the Lake officials are ready to move on and put the scandal behind them.

John Paul Funes sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for OLOL theft

John Paul Funes, the former chief fundraiser for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison for stealing nearly $800,000 from the hospital’s foundation.

News alert: Pennington lands world-renowned surgeon to head new bariatric-metabolic surgery program

A host of state and local leaders joined officials from the Pennington Biomedical Research...

Amedisys makes a stunning resurgence

Amedisys, the Baton Rouge-based home health company, has been on a ‘tremendous’ growth ride over the past year by focusing on its patients and employees.

Medical marijuana brings an uncertain state to industry

Medical marijuana is bringing a radical new reality to Louisiana industrial plants and the various responses are rather hazy.

Design: Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital

The $230 million Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital was designed by HKS in Dallas and built by Brasfield & Gorrie from Nashville.

Riegel: We can handle the truth about John Paul Funes

In June, former hospital fundraiser John Paul Funes pleaded guilty in federal court to...