Helping to Improve the Health of Our State

In 2020, Ochsner Health announced a $100 million investment to address health inequities and expand Louisiana’s healthcare workforce and community-based health services – part of a vision and commitment to create a Healthy State. Together with state leaders, community partners, insurers, schools, employers and others, we are focusing on the health and wellness of the whole person and addressing the most critical health and wellness needs of our Louisiana communities. Through the lens of health equity, Ochsner recognizes health is not merely the absence of disease, but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.

Snapshot

$100M invested over five years to address health inequities and expand Louisiana’s healthcare workforce and communitybased health services

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Community Health Centers will be established in underserved areas across Louisiana – 5 centers are now open, serving New Orleans, Baton Rouge and North Louisiana

Healthy State vision: Louisiana will be ranked among the top 40 healthiest states by 2030.

Partnership with Xavier University to create the Ochsner-Xavier Institute for Health Equity and Research (OXIHER)