Spotlight on Ochsner Health

AMA in Action: Reducing physician burnout
Reducing burnout and mental health stigma for physicians with Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD
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AMA helps business leaders grasp digital health’s true value

Will payment for telehealth fade with the COVID-19 pandemic? Not if business leaders learn to properly assess what virtual care can and does deliver.

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Pandemic pivots Ochsner Health to new role: PPE manufacturer

Louisiana’s Ochsner Health has long been an innovator in patient care. Now its pioneering spirit is taking it in a new direction: manufacturing.

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Q&A: How Ochsner Health gives moms a digital connection to care

Ochsner helps moms measure vitals at home and share them with doctors. Some in Congress—alarmed by rising U.S. maternal death rate—want to take the idea national.

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Freeing up hospital beds with a COVID-19 surveillance program

Ochsner Health’s COVID-19 surveillance program helps physician rest more easily in the knowledge their patients are safely monitored at home.

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How AMA is helping health systems face 2021’s biggest challenges

Stressed physicians. Strained bottom lines. Systemic racism. No topic’s too big for some of health care’s brightest minds. Learn more with the AMA.

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Ochsner Health System Spotlight

Ochsner Health gives back to the communities it serves through preventative screenings and health and wellness resources.

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Q&A: Ochsner PI takes you inside coronavirus vaccine trials

Julia Garcia-Diaz, MD, is principal investigator for two COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials at Ochsner Health. Learn about the race for lifesaving vaccines.

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6 changes Ochsner made during the pandemic to protect physicians

Before COVID-19, well-being strategies centered around practice efficiency and leadership development, but as the pandemic hit it required a quick shift in focus.

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Bridget A. Bagert, MD: Empowering patients with multiple sclerosis

Dr. Bagert, an AMA member and neurologist, saw that her grandparents’ work in health care was guided by a sense of purpose and meaning. Their example led her to a career in medicine.

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