Ochsner Health System will make improvements to the safety-net hospitals in north Louisiana under its new management deal, according to an article on the Merced Sun Star website.
Operating rooms will be renovated, technology will be upgraded and equipment will be modernized.
A new company jointly controlled by Louisiana State University and Ochsner will take control of the state-owned hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe on Oct. 1.
Ochsner also will introduce its electronic medical records system at the hospitals and enhance digital medicine and telemedicine programs.
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