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The Department of Health and Hospitals’ Shots for Tots Program is sending out reminder postcards this week to Louisiana parents with children under the age of two who may not be up-to-date on their immunizations. This initiative is a part of the ongoing effort to improve Louisiana’s immunization rates.
Food reviews are a dime a dozen, but what if you want to know how sanitary that neighborhood restaurant is? Thanks to a new Web tool from the Department of Health and Hospitals, that information is just a mouse click away.
Do you know who is monitoring and testing your drinking water to ensure it’s safe? Do you know who is inspecting Tangipahoa-area restaurants to make sure they are sanitary and providing safe food? Do you know who is providing immunizations to children, senior citizens and students to keep them healthy? Do you know who is tracking and treating conditions such as tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, genetic disorders and infant nutritional needs in your community?
What do bioterrorism response, restaurant inspections, nutrition programs and childhood immunizations have in common? Although they seem unrelated, all are programs run through the Department of Health and Hospitals – Office of Public Health.
Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Dr. Fred Cerise and representatives from the Louisiana Restaurant Association will host a press conference Monday, April 4 to officially launch a new Web site that will let patrons know the health inspection status of Louisiana restaurants.
Increasing the number of children receiving health insurance, incorporating practices to improve medication prescribing and implementing the first Medicaid disease management program for asthma are just some of the successes that have occurred during the first year of health care reform efforts.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals – Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health held a news conference in Alexandria today to announce the receipt of a three-year grant in the amount of $750,000 from The Rapides Foundation. The funded project, called Health Systems Development for Central Louisiana, aims to increase primary health care services, the number of primary care health professionals, the number of patients served and efficiencies within existing primary care service systems.
The Department of Health and Hospitals – Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health will host a press conference Friday, March 18, 2005, to introduce Health Systems Development for Central Louisiana, a new program funded by a $750,000 grant award from The Rapides Foundation.
Looking back over the past year to review health care initiatives underway and discuss ongoing reform efforts will be the main topic at the fourth meeting of the Governor’s Health Care Reform Panel.
The Department of Health and Hospitals announced today it will close the New Orleans Home nursing home by the fall of 2005. The announcement follows recommendations made to the agency as it developed its draft Long Term Care Report that was presented to Gov. Blanco’s Health Care Reform Panel last year.
In light of recent news reports that the pain-relieving drugs Celebrex and Bextra might increase risk for heart attacks and strokes, the Department of Health and Hospitals is placing safeguards in the Medicaid Pharmacy Program to ensure these drugs are prescribed with caution.
Many pregnant women who apply and are eligible for LaMOMS health coverage are now receiving their Medicaid card in less than a week. This means they can begin receiving important prenatal care sooner, thanks to some new Department of Health & Hospitals policies and procedures for priority processing of their applications.