Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana has recognized St. Elizabeth Hospital with a Blue Distinction® Center+ for Bariatric Surgery designation as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated hospitals that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community.
May 10, 2018
Signs of flood recovery continue in Denham Springs with the return of Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group Family Health Watson to the Live Oak neighborhood.
“With more than 90 percent of the clinic patient population affected by the flood, we are thrilled to be able to provide families with the quality care they deserve in their own neighborhood,” said Dr. Durwin Walker, MD. “The Denham Springs community has been resilient through the rebuilding process, and we are ready to provide them with normalcy in a newly renovated space.”
May 10, 2018
Baton Rouge General (BRG) received the Healthgrades 2018 Patient Safety Excellence Award, placing BRG in the top 10 percent of hospitals across the country for patient safety. BRG was the only hospital in Baton Rouge, and just one of nine in Louisiana, to receive the designation.
May 10, 2018
R. Scott Daughterty, Jr., MD, has joined Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group Baton Rouge Colon Rectal Associates, where he teams with a group of board-certified colorectal surgeons providing care in the evaluation and treatment of all diseases and disorders affecting the small intestine, colon, rectum, and anus.
May 10, 2018
Baton Rouge General (BRG) announced that the organization is partnering with the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) to pilot a yearlong diabetes prevention program to assist people at risk for diabetes.
Consistently ranked in the top 10 states with the most people with type 2 diabetes, Louisiana’s diagnoses of the adult-onset disease continue to trend upward.
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