Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Programs: Patient care/patient medical services: ochsner clinic foundation consists of four hospitals at six campuses and many clinical locations. Served 118,589 inpatients resulting in 598,953 patient days. Emergency room visits totaled 262,928. The number of births totaled 5,996. Outpatient hospital visits totaled 431,622. Physician clinic visits total 1,806,594. 444 patients received organ transplants.

division of academics: since 1944, academics have been an integral component of the mission, visions and strategy of the ochsner organization. The division of academics adds emphasis, intellectual capital and focus to ochsner's mission to educate and innovate, with the primary focus of providing the highest quality care and service to the ochsner community and patients. A large portion of physicians completing the training programs decide to join ochsner's group practice. 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 280 residents and fellows annually in 28 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 of a pediatric program with tulane university school of medicine ("tulane"). The joint programs include approximately 72 residents. In addition, another 500 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 113 residents in family practice and internal medicine, and approximately 134 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"). At full student compliment, this program will graduate 120 medical students each year. The program is for united states citizens or permanent residents who are interested in pursuing a career in medicine with the opportunity to study in a global program. The students complete their first and second years of training at the university in brisbane followed by the completion of years three and four (clinical training years) at ochsner. The students graduate with a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery (mbbs degree) which is considered a doctor of medicine (md) equivalent degree. In 2015, the university of queensland school of medicine approved the doctor of medicine degree to replace the mbbs degree. As a result, the university of queensland school of medicine and ocs were visited in 2014 by the australian medical council as a component of the medical school's accreditation. The outcome of this site visit was full accreditation for six years, the maximum term allowed. The graduating class of 2018 will be the first class to graduate with the md degree. As of january 2017, there were 477 students enrolled in the university of queensland, ocs program. In addition to the university of queensland, ocs program, ochsner continues to provide over 400 student months of clinical education to medical students from tulane and the lsuhsc and other medical school programs from across the region, country and around the world. Continuing medical education. The ochsner department of continuing medical education (cme) has been accredited by the accreditation council for continuing medical education (accme) since 1976. Approximately 120 cme educational activities held annually through regularly scheduled series and live activities provides more than 14,000 practicing physicians with 54,000 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. 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) joint review committee for education in radiologic technology (jrcert) allied health / advanced practice affiliations: ocf has formal affiliations with over 100 institutions of higher learning. Ocf, through allied health and advanced practice affiliations, enables students enrolled in over 225 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, through a long-standing partnership with the university of holy cross, students in radiologic technology and neurodiagnostic technology train at ochsner medical center and upon completion of these programs are eligible to earn an associate or bachelor's degree in health science.

elmwood fitness center: designed to meet the health and fitness goals of its members, elmwood fitness center ("the fitness center") provides fitness services to patients, employees, and other members of the community, including seniors and children. The fitness center serves the community as a valuable resource in the prevention of disease. The fitness center is integrated with ochsner's patient care services through its medical fitness referral program and it's physical and occupational therapy services. The fitness center also provides outreach to the community, including educational programs, community nutrition outreach, and a youth obesity program.