Ochsner Health is the leading nonprofit healthcare provider in the Gulf South, delivering expert care at its 46 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers. For 13 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has recognized Ochsner as the No. 1 hospital system in the region. Additionally, Ochsner Children’s has been recognized as the No. 1 hospital for kids in Louisiana for three consecutive years. Ochsner inspires healthier lives and stronger communities through a combination of standard-setting expertise, quality and connection not found anywhere else in the region. In 2023, Ochsner Health cared for more than 1.5 million people from every state in the nation and 65 countries. Ochsner’s workforce includes more than 38,000 dedicated team members and over 4,700 employed and affiliated physicians.
Ochsner Rush Health is the largest, most diverse healthcare system in East Mississippi and West Alabama. With a 105-year legacy of medical innovation, quality care and service to others, Ochsner Rush Health is comprised of 7 hospitals and more than 30 clinics, with 250 staff and contracted physicians and 95 advanced-practice providers.
Ochsner Rush Medical Center is a 215-bed acute care facility. Specialty care, facilities and services available at Ochsner Rush Medical Center include a Level III Trauma Center in the 24-hours-a-day, physician-staffed emergency department; the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 12-bed unit that offers a special quality of care for premature and high-risk infants; the Family Birth Center; the Diabetes Management Center; the GI Lab; the Joint Replacement Center; the Pain Treatment Center; Sleep Centers; Surgical Robotics; The Vein Center; and Senior Care – Intensive Outpatient Program.
In addition, Rehabilitation Services, housed in a 17,632-square-foot facility, earned recognition from Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes (FOTO), a nationally recognized management system. Rehabilitation Services offers services that include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, aquatic therapy and a Reading Clinic.
The Cardiology Department, located in the hospital, provides cardiac care including prevention, detection, treatment and an array of noninvasive testing equipment and procedures, including treadmills, nuclear medicine, echocardiography, arrhythmia detection and pacemaker evaluation. Ochsner strives to provide patients in east Mississippi and west Alabama with quality care and services within easy traveling distances.
Ochsner Rush-affiliated physicians specialize in diverse areas such as allergies; anesthesiology; cardiology; dermatology; ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology; emergency medicine; endovascular surgery; family medicine; gastroenterology; general surgery; hospitalists; hyperbaric; internal medicine; neonatology; neurology; obstetrics and gynecology; orthopedics and sports medicine; pain management; pathology; radiology; sleep medicine; urology; vascular surgery and wound care.