Ochsner Clinic Foundation

PATIENT CARE, GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, & MEDICAL RESEARCH

PATIENT CARE/PATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES: OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION CONSISTS OF SEVEN HOSPITALS AT ELEVEN CAMPUSES AND MANY CLINICAL LOCATIONS. SERVED 68,416 INPATIENTS RESULTING IN 354,729 PATIENT DAYS. EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS TOTALED 607,391. THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS TOTALED 12,147. OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL VISITS TOTALED 1,633,100. PHYSICIAN CLINIC VISITS TOTAL 3,612,492. 376 PATIENTS RECEIVED ORGAN TRANSPLANTS.

DIVISION OF ACADEMICS: SINCE 1944, ACADEMICS HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF THE MISSION, VISIONS AND STRATEGY OF THE OCHSNER ORGANIZATION. THE DIVISION OF ACADEMICS, ENCOMPASSING BOTH MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, ADDS EMPHASIS, INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, AND FOCUS TO OCHSNER'S MISSION TO LEAD, EDUCATE, AND INNOVATE, WITH THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY CARE AND SERVICE TO THE OCHSNER COMMUNITIES AND PATIENTS. OUR MEDICAL EDUCATION MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE THAT IS PREPARED TO PROVIDE SAFE AND EFFICIENT CARE IN AN EVOLVING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM ALONG WITH OUR RESEARCH MISSION TO ENHANCE, FOSTER, AND PROMOTE TRANSLATIONAL, CLINICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY TO IMPROVE THE CLINICAL CARE OF OUR PATIENTS. THE ACADEMIC AREAS ARE OPERATING DIVISIONS OF OCF. RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS. OCF OPERATES ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS AND TRAINS OVER 320 RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS ANNUALLY IN 31 INDEPENDENT OCF-SPONSORED ACCREDITED RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, OCHSNER IS A JOINT SPONSOR WITH THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER ("LSUHSC"), PSYCHIATRY PROGRAM, AND IS A JOINT SPONSOR WITH TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ("TULANE") FOR PEDIATRICS AND PLASTIC SURGERY PROGRAMS. THE JOINT PROGRAMS INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 80 RESIDENTS. IN ADDITION, ANOTHER 684 RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS ROTATE TO OCF IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINES OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY UNDER AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS WITH LSUHSC AND TULANE AS WELL AS OTHER SCHOOLS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. OCHSNER ALSO SUPPORTS LSUHSC RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS AT OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER - KENNER WHERE APPROXIMATELY 55 RESIDENTS IN FAMILY PRACTICE AND INTERNAL MEDICINE, AND APPROXIMATELY 90 RESIDENTS IN MEDICINE AND SURGICAL SPECIALTIES TRAINING PROGRAMS COMPLETE CLINICAL ROTATIONS ANNUALLY.UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, OCHSNER CLINICAL SCHOOL. IN THE FALL OF 2008, OCHSNER ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA TO DEVELOP THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, OCHSNER CLINICAL SCHOOL ("OCS"). THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND OCHSNER CLINICAL SCHOOL IS FULLY ACCREDITED BY THE AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL AND AT FULL STUDENT COMPLIMENT, THIS PROGRAM GRADUATES APPROXIMATELY 100 MEDICAL STUDENTS EACH YEAR. THE STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (MD) DEGREE. AS OF JANUARY 2022, THERE WERE 415 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, OCS PROGRAM. IN 2022, THE OCS RESIDENCY MATCH RATE WAS 98%. IN ADDITION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, OCS PROGRAM, OCHSNER CONTINUES TO PROVIDE OVER 250 STUDENT-MONTHS OF CLINICAL EDUCATION TO OVER 200 MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM TULANE AND THE LSUHSC AND OTHER MEDICAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS FROM ACROSS THE REGION, COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.THE OCHSNER DEPARTMENT OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) HAS BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACCME) SINCE 1976. APPROXIMATELY 150 CME EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE HELD ANNUALLY THROUGH REGULARLY SCHEDULED SERIES, INTERNET COURSES, AND LIVE ACTIVITIES PROVIDING MORE THAN 16,500 PRACTICING PHYSICIANS WITH OVER 38,000 CME CREDITS. OCF ALSO COLLABORATES WITH OVER 20 JOINT PROVIDERS TO ISSUE CME CREDIT FOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES SPONSORED THROUGH THE JOINT PROVIDER. THESE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE NATIONAL SOCIETIES, REGIONAL HOSPITALS, AND SPECIALTY GROUPS. IN ADDITION, OCHSNER IS APPROVED BY THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS TO PROVIDE CME CREDIT FOR THE MANDATORY CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE (CDS) LICENSE REQUIREMENT.NURSING/ALLIED HEALTH / ADVANCED PRACTICE AFFILIATIONS. OCF HAS FORMAL AFFILIATIONS WITH OVER 120 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. OCF, THROUGH NURSING, ALLIED HEALTH, AND ADVANCED PRACTICE AFFILIATIONS, ENABLES STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OVER 275 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES TO COMPLETE FORMAL CLINICAL TRAINING DEGREE REQUIREMENTS. THROUGH THESE AFFILIATIONS, OCHSNER PROVIDES CLINICAL TRAINING AND MENTORING TO OVER 1,500 STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO THESE AFFILIATIONS, OCHSNER IS PARTNERED WITH XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS TO FACILITATE A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM AND LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS TO FACILITATE A BACHELOR'S OF NURSING PROGRAM.APPROVALS AND ACCREDITATIONS. OCF'S DIVISION OF ACADEMICS' EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE ACCREDITED BY OR REGISTERED WITH THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME)ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACCME)AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL COLLEGES (AAMC)AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL (AMC)COUNCIL ON TEACHING HOSPITALS (COTH)

MEDICAL RESEARCH: CURRENTLY, OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION OPERATES FOUR BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH LABORATORIES WITH OVER 650 ACTIVE CLINICAL TRIALS IN 40 CLINICAL AREAS. OVER 10,000 PATIENTS PARTICIPATE IN OCHSNER CLINICAL RESEARCH ANNUALLY. EVERY CLINICAL TRIAL IS OVERSEEN BY THE OCHSNER INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD, WHICH PROVIDES OVERSIGHT OF THE SAFETY OF THE HUMAN SUBJECTS PARTICIPATING IN CLINICAL TRIALS. OCHSNER ESTABLISHED THE OCHSNER CENTER FOR OUTCOMES HEALTH RESEARCH (OCOHR), THE MISSION OF WHICH IS TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE, IMPROVE CLINICAL PRACTICE, AND THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY. OCOHR IS A MAJOR COLLABORATOR ON SEVERAL GRANTS FUNDED BY THE PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. THE CLINICAL TRIAL UNIT, LOCATED ON THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL CAMPUS, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2012 TO PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO CARRY OUT A VARIETY OF CLINICAL TRIALS, INCLUDING COMPLEX TRIALS REQUIRING CLOSE MONITORING, HIGH-VOLUME TRIALS AND MORE. FROM INCEPTION, OVER 3,000 PATIENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN RESEARCH STUDIES AT THE CTU. THE BIOREPOSITORY & CORE RESEARCH LAB UNIT, LOCATED AT OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2011 TO DEVELOP A ROBUST INVENTORY OF HUMAN BIOSPECIMENS AND BIOFLUIDS FOR UTILIZATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS. SINCE INCEPTION, OVER 5,000 PATIENTS HAVE DONATED THEIR TISSUES AND BIOFLUIDS.