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Ochsner Baptist to open $4M ER Uptown (8/21/08) CityBusiness

Architects favor renovating Charity Hospital (8/20/08) CityBusiness

Tulane health center to serve eastern New Orleans (8/13/08) CityBusiness

Blue Cross board accepts resignation of CEO (8/11/08) CityBusiness

Interim CEO shapes Touro's post-K strategy (8/7/08) CityBusiness

Touro CEO shapes post-K strategy (8/6/08) CityBusiness

AIDS cases more dire in Post-K New Orleans (8/1/08) CityBusiness

VA considering location in Mid-City for hospital (7/31/08) Times-Picayune

West Nile virus on the wing (7/29/08) Times-Picayune

Councilman revises planned donations (7/22/08) Times- Picayune 

$16.6M grant to benefit N.O.-area clinics (7/21/08) CityBusiness

Pediatric clinic to open in New Orleans East (7/11/08) CityBusiness

Studies plot health care in N.O. East (7/3/08) Times-Picayune

Locals gripe about hospital project (6/28/08) Times-Picayune 

Grant sought for school clinic study (6/24/08) Times-Picayune

N.O. hospital to rely on state to stay afloat (6/20/08) Times-Picayune

Health secretary: New LSU hospital will need state dollars (6/19/08) CityBusiness

Hospital's regrouping will slice off up to 35 jobs (6/19/08) Times-Picayune 

Jindal backs plan for N.O. hospital (6/19/08) Times-Picayune

Hospital announcement slated for N.O. today (6/18/08) CityBusiness

New center has no pain, plenty of gain (6/13/08) Times-Picayune

Firm open to selling Lindy Boggs site (6/11/08) CityBusiness

Health care clinic opens in east N.O. (6/11/2008) Times-Picayune

Wisconsin firm to help with hospital Times-Picayune (6/7/08)

N.O hospitals report they're gaining ground in physician recruitment (6/6/08) CityBusiness

Group presses for mental health aid for FEMA trailer residents (06/01/08) CityBusiness

Larger hospital may be needed, new report says (5/29/08) Times-Picayune 

Firm to determine whether Charity can be restored (5/14/08) Times-Picayune

Ochsner, LSU join to fight cancer (5/2/08) Times-Picayune

Smallest patients give amir biggest thanks (5/1/08) Times-Picayune

Survey: 750 medicines in development to treat cancer (4/22/08) CityBusiness

Louisiana to get $3.7M for clinics to cut ER load (4/18/08) CityBusiness

Mental health care may get a boost (4/16/08) Times Picayune

State House wants insurance coverage for artificial limbs (4/16/018) CityBusiness

LSU-run hospitals ask for $51M more in next budget (4/15/08) CityBusiness

Mental health crisis centers proposed for Louisiana (4/9/08) CityBusiness

Jindal admin puts new LSU hospital plan in flux (4/7/08) CityBusiness

Health clinic brings care closer (4/3/08) Times Picayune

LSU opens local health clinics (4/1/08) Times Picayune

Review of hospital plan raises eyebrows (3/29/08) Times-Picayune

N.O. hospital size to get review (3/26/08) Times-Picayune

Jindal unveils plan to aid mentally ill (3/25/08) Times-Picayune

Gov. Jindal takes on N.O. health care crisis (3/25/08) CityBusiness

Jindal administration draws plan to ease N.O. mental health crisis (3/24/08) City Business

MATCH POINTS (3/21/08) Times Picayune

Health after storm is survey focus (3/20/08) Times Picayune

LSU unit opens 20 psychiatric beds (3/18/08) Times Picayune

Lawyer: Documents raise new questions about toxins in trailers (3/13/08) City Business

Ochsner Baptist opens urology clinic (3/3/08) CityBusiness

Westwego's health costs rise (2/29/08) Times-Picayune

East Jefferson Medical Plaza sells for $19.8M (2/28/2008) CityBusiness

La. funding health information technology (2/27/08) The Advocate 

Land in limbo (2/24/08) Times-Picayune

Bush Medicare cuts would 'severly affect' Louisiana elderly (2/15/08) CityBusiness

Proposed hospitals draw development (1/15/08) The Times Picayune

La. health care companies expand (1/3/08) Times-Picayune

Uninsured numbers decline in state (12/26/07) Times-Picayune

Benefit gap expected at $45 trillion (12/18/07) City Business 

Medical settlement provides free medication for seniors in N.O. (12/18/07) City Business 

Mental health plans lie fallow (12/17/07) Times-Picayune

Hospital council CEO chosen (12/13/07) Times-Picayune

N.O.- area hospitals fear retiring doctors will create crisis (12/12/07) City Business

Call to duty: Tulane Dean to lead medical mission (12/10/07) City Business

Louisiana ranks near bottom among states for overall health (11/05/07) CityBusiness

Ochshner opens Kenner labor and delivery unit (11/05/07) CityBusiness

N.O. doctor’s research could help heart patients (11/02/07) CityBusiness

Senate panel to discuss Gulf mental health crisis (10/31/07) CityBusiness

Clinic to serve uninsured (10/29/07) Times-Picayune

City to buy new site for VA hospital and be given old one (10/25/07) Times-Picayune

Bonds will pay for site of hospital (10/24/07) Times-Picayune

6,000th Walgreen’s opens in New Orleans (10/24/07) CityBusiness

Children's Hospital adds $1.4M lab info system (10/22/07) CityBusiness

Hospitals involved in healthy competition (10/15/07) Times-Picayune

Health industry gets back on its feet (10/11/07) Times-Picayune

LSU mental service looses grant (10/11/07) Times-Picayune

Officials demand opening of Charity (10/11/07) CityBusiness

Feds plan to reduce post-hurricane rental assistance (10/10/07) CityBusiness

Health agency diagnosed as unfit (10/7/07) Times-Picayune

Kindred hospital in New Orleans opens, expands in$1.5 M project (10/3/07) CityBusiness

$1.2 M grant to improve mental health care in N.O. (10/3/07)  CityBusiness

Blue Cross: N.O. patients struggle for care (10/1/07)  CityBusiness 

Blanco urges congress to expand healthcare program for children  (9/25/07)   CityBusiness

LSU opening mental hospital at DePaul (9/25/07) Times-Picayune

Group donates $420,000 for N.O. sickle cell hospital (9/21/07)  CityBusiness

Officials push for healthy foods (9/19/07)  CityBusiness

Baby deliveries can now begin at Kenner Ochsner (9/18/07)  CityBusiness

It's all smiles at school's opening (9/14/07) Times-Picayune

City Hall to take over demolitions (9/14/07) Times-Picayune

Ocshner Baptist Hospital adds beds, services (9/10/07)  CityBusiness

VA selects three firms to work on hospital design (9/08/07) Times-Picayune

LSU Dental School poised to reopen (8/25/07) Times-Picayune

Without Charity Hospital, the uninsured and poor struggle to find health care (8/24/07) Times-Picayune

VA wants to put hospital in N.O.  (8/22/07) Times-Picayune

2 firms picked for LSU hospital project  (8/14/07) Times-Picayune

Nagin begs feds to send doctors (8/04/07) Times-Picayune

Memorial hospital coming back to life (8/04/07) Times-Picayune

Mayor Nagin testifies before congress on New Orleans healthcare (8/01/07) City Of New Orleans

Mayor Nagin,  regional leaders announce next steps in developing new Downtown hospital complex  (7/31/07)  City of New Orleans

Health care is on Blakely's radar (7/22/07) Times-Picayune

Ochsner specialtist receives acclaim  (7/14/07) Times-Picayune

$3.2M grant to boost N.O.- area immunization program (7/11/07) CityBusiness

House panel wary of plan for N.O. vets hospital (7/10/07) Times-Picayune

Hospitals divided donation (7/07/07) Times-Picayune

Ochsner named one of 'America's best hospitals'  (7/06/07) CityBusiness

Doctors for elderly also growing gray  (7/06/07)  CityBusiness

Interest-free loans to keep nurses in Louisiana (7/05/07) CityBusiness

N.O. economy will gain from Legislature's gifts (7/04/07) Times-Picayune

Legislative term ends on recovery high note (7/03/07) Times-Picayune

Money shift for Charity planned (6/25/07) Times-Picayune

Feds fault hospital proposal for N.O. (6/22/07) Times-Picayune

Blanco says feds will give millions for new hospital   (6/21/07)Times-Picayune

LSU Med school relocation idea flat lines (6/18/07)  CityBusiness

Vaccine research gets La. grant (6/16/07)Times-Picayune

$5.5M grant to create N.O. vaccine research center (6/15/07) CityBusiness

House backs LSU hospital in N.O.  (6/15/07) Times-Picayune

Group gives $1.24M grant to build LSU N.O. hospital (6/14/07)  CityBusiness

Tulane names new hospital chief exec (6/13/07) Times-Picayune

N.O. med research success earns $5.5M grant  (6/13/07)  CityBusiness

$110,000 incentive offered to keep docs in N.O. (6/12/07) CityBusiness

Grants aim to cure exodus of doctors (6/11/07) Times-Picayune

LSU charity hospital chief ousted, reassigned  (6/9/07) CityBusiness

Health officials blast state study of N.O. mortality rate  (6/8/07) CityBusiness

Charity Hospital funding growing, but fewer beds than pre-Katrina  (6/8/07) CityBusiness

Blanco pledges mental health services (6/6/07) Times-Picayune

Blanco rebuffs Nagin on health care funding issues  (6/5/07) CityBusiness

Telethon raises record $1.3M for Children's Hospital  (6/4/07) CityBusiness

Lacombe hospital adds on for future (6/3/07) Times-Picayune

Hospital criticized on safety of patients (6/2/07) Times-Picayune

Most to stay open, stockpile supplies (5/27/07) Times-Picayune

Local clinics to get millions (5/25/07) Times-Picayune

Feds give Louisiana $161M for post-K health care  (5/25/07) CityBusiness

LSU hospital gets vote of cash and confidence (5/19/07) Times-Picayune

PAR report calls for end to Charity care system  (5/15/07) CityBusiness

Push for a new hospital leaves Charity in limbo  (5/14/07) Times-Picayune

Ochsner doctor Quinlan lauded  (5/10/07) Times-Picayune

Panel backs fund to redesign health care  (5/8/07) Times-Picayune

Ochsner steps into VA picture  (5/3/07) Times-Picayune

LSU seeks $200 million more in financing for health care  (5/2/07) Times-Picayune

City, state sweeten VA offer  (5/2/07) Times-Picayune

Long-term care  (4/29/07) Times-Picayune

Clinics awarded annual grants  (4/24/07) Times-Picayune

Plan for new hospital calling for $1.2 billion  (4/21/07) Times-Picayune

City may buy defunct hospital (4/11/07) Times-Picayune

Psychiatric hospital plan sparks fear (4/11/07) Times-Picayune

Cash-strapped hospitals fight state for bigger reimbursements (4/2/07) Citybusiness

VA chief vows hospital will be in N.O. area (3/23/07) Times-Picayune

Adjacent LSU-VA hospitals hit hurdle (3/13/07) Times-Picayune

Health clinics attempt to enter era of mutual communications(3/12/07) Times-Picayune

Free health clinic opening to help lower 9 come back (3/2/07) Times-Picayune

Hospital seals deal for land Uptown (3/2/07) Times-Picayune

2006 Louisiana Health and Population Survey Louisiana Public Health Institute

Vitter Blanco, reach deal on hospital (2/22/07) Times-Picayune

House rejects money for hospital (2/17/07) Times-Picayune

A Helping Hand: Qatar's envoy checks on progress financed with grants after Katrina (2/14/07) Times-Picayune

Psychiatric hospital to open Uptown  (2/14/07) Times-Picayune

Grant partially repays Touro (2/14/07) Times-Picayune

Families miss out on health insurance (2/12/07) Times-Picayune

Annual Health Care Conference coming to N.O. (2/9/07) CityBusiness

Grants aim to link researchers (2/7/07) Times-Picayune

Hospitals go online to coordinate their efforts (1/23/07) Times-Picayune

$300 million OK'd for new Charity (1/20/07) Times-Picayune

Study seeks to improve health care for Hispanics (1/19/07) Times-Picayune

Legislature, LRA argue over money for hospital (1/19/07) Times-Picayune

Blanco all urges health-care reform (1/18/07) Times-Picayune

Landrieu upbraids FEMA for reneging on BR hospital promise (1/12/07) CityBusiness

Health Insurance costs rise quicker in Louisiana than employees' paychecks  (12/27/06) CityBusiness

Health reform effort stuck on money issue (12/25/06) Times-Picayune

Teaching hospital provides health care lifeline to N.O. (12/25/06) CityBuisness

LSU hospital plan ups ante for N.O. (12/8/06) Times Picayune

Plan to push for bigger LSU hospital (12/7/06) Times-Picayune

Rare immune system center to open in N.O.  (11/30/06) CityBusiness

Former President Bush to visit Cameron Parish Dec. 20 (11/25/06) Associated Press

Scaled back hospital opens (11/17/06) Times-Picayune

Research firm set to leave N.O. (11/17/06) Times-Picayune

Health care is top concern for N.O., Jefferson councils  (11/13/06) CityBusiness

Historic joint council meeting pinpoints post-K health care crisis (11/8/06) CityBusiness

Cost estimate for N.O. area health plan balloons (11/3/06) Times-Picayune

Hospital project called magnet for jobs (11/2/06) Times-Picayune

Doubts dog health care plan (11/1/06) Times-Picayune

Louisiana Gov Blanco says new day in health care (10/20/06) Bayoubuzz

Blanco unveils health care plan (10/20/06) Times-Picayune

City of New Orleans Officials work with Louisiana Health Care redesign collaborative on Healthcare Reform Plan (10/20/06) City of New Orleans

Doctor shortage ails New Orleans (10/12/06) Times-Picayune

It's official: 'Baptist' is back (10/2/06) Times-Picayune

Healthy growth (10/1/06) Times-Picayune

Benefit aids Ochsner pediatrics (10/1/06) Times-Picayune

 



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