February 4, 2025

By Dianne Marie Normand Hartley Editor, Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge & Healthcare Journal of New Orleans

On February 4, 2025, Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) cast a pivotal vote to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

February 3, 2025

Ochsner Health is the Official Medical Provider of the New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee, led by the New Orleans Saints and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, for Super Bowl LIX. Over the past year, Ochsner has worked closely with the host committee and its partners to engage the local community and to ensure fans from across the country and world will have access to the highest quality medical care while in New Orleans.

February 3, 2025

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the World Health Organization estimates it could surpass cancer and heart disease as the leading cause of death as more bacteria develop defenses to the drugs designed to combat them.

February 3, 2025

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has named Randy Williams to the role of radiation therapy program manager, overseeing all radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging operations at Terrebonne General Health System in Houma.

Williams takes over from Dan Vincent, who is retiring after several decades in the role.

February 3, 2025

Terrebonne General Health System was named among the top 10 percent in the nation for overall medical excellence and patient safety from CareChex by Qunatros for the 2025 quality award ranking.

Since 2009, CareChex awards have recognized top-performing hospitals based on performance in patient quality outcome measures. Bluebook Quantros uses its innovative medical quality rating system to identify the top performers in 39 categories of care from nearly all general, acute care, and non-federal hospitals in the nation.