Healthcare

🔒 This Ascension hospital is launching a new foundation 

West Ascension Parish Hospital recently secured state approval to formally establish the West Ascension...

🔒 This Ascension hospital is moving forward with plans to replace its existing facility

West Ascension Parish Hospital is advancing plans to replace its aging facility in Donaldsonville. The...

🔒 This Ascension hospital is moving forward with plans to replace its existing facility

West Ascension Parish Hospital is advancing plans to replace its aging facility in Donaldsonville. The...

🔒 In a growing parish, this health practitioner keeps it small on purpose

In a consolidated health care landscape, Jamie Smith has built a niche practice in...

🔒 Proactive business decisions are improving cancer treatment and early detection

Two of the region’s leading cancer organizations—Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Ochsner Cancer...

🔒 Nest Health is reframing health care in Louisiana and beyond

Dr. Katie Brown has a patient who used to visit the emergency room every...

🔒 How the ‘silver tsunami’ is testing the limits of local providers

Internal medicine physician Kenny Cole remembers struggling to meet the needs of older patients...

🔒 Five executives sound off on what’s working, what’s not and what’s next for Louisiana health care

Louisiana’s health care system is at a pivotal moment—strained by workforce shortages, Medicaid vulnerability...

🔒 A decade in, the Baton Rouge Health District plans its next 10 years

For the past decade, Baton Rouge’s largest health systems, hospitals and research institutions have...

🔒 AI’s impact on health care is accelerating as public acceptance grows.

In just the last three years, the transformational potential of AI has leapt from...