Ochsner Well being has signed a definitive settlement to amass Louisiana Ladies’s Healthcare, the state’s largest OBGYN personal follow positioned inside Lady’s Hospital.
LWH final yr delivered greater than 5,000 infants and performed over 150,000 in-person affected person visits, in line with a press launch.
“Collectively, we will develop, increase entry to coordinated care and produce even larger worth to sufferers,” stated Ochsner Well being President and CEO Warner Thomas in a ready assertion. “Our missions are aligned to enhance the well being and lives of ladies within the Baton Rouge neighborhood and throughout the whole state of Louisiana. This partnership is one other instance of Ochsner’s development, funding and dedication to the folks of Baton Rouge.”
“Our sufferers need on-line scheduling, telehealth appointments and ease of entry to their medical information, and we need to meet and exceed these expectations,” stated Dr. O’Neil Parenton, LWH doctor and finance chair. “Working with Ochsner will enable us to offer these vital providers to our sufferers on their nationally acknowledged digital well being file system.”
LWH sufferers will probably be built-in into Ochsner’s digital well being file platform from Epic by 2021. In 2020, Ochsner Well being performed 326,000 telehealth visits and sufferers scheduled greater than 600,000 appointments on-line, in line with a press launch.
Ochsner is nationally identified for its digital improvements, together with one that may profit LWH sufferers, the organizations stated. Related Maternity On-line Monitoring program, often known as Related MOM, permits expectant moms to ship their weight and blood strain readings in real-time to their OB care crew.
LWH, will probably be co-branded with Ochsner however will retain its CEO, Kim Sangari.
“LWH and Ochsner share core values and a typical philosophy,” Sangari stated in a press launch. “We now have a brand new work household who shares our ardour for serving girls. It’s helpful to each organizations, as we’ll have the ability to simply share sources as we navigate by challenges and alternatives collectively.”