University Medical Center Management Corporaton

UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS WILL BE A LEADING WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER AND THE DESTINATION OF CHOICE FOR EXCEPTIONAL HEALTHCARE. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WILL PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND A WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE THROUGH ADVANCED RESEARCH, LEADING TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.

RESIDENT TEACHING & GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS: UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS (UMCNO) IS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA'S LARGEST TEACHING HOSPITAL AND A MAJOR TRAINING SITE FOR BOTH LSU AND TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, AS WELL LSU SCHOOLS OF DENTISTRY, NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH. MORE THAN 400 RESIDENT AND FELLOW FTE POSITIONS ACTIVELY ROTATE AT UMCNO ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THROUGH ROUGHLY 50 DIFFERENT MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. UMCNO ALSO PARTNERS WITH MANY OTHER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS DELGADO, XAVIER, DILLARD, NICOLLS STATE AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY TO TRAIN OVER 2,000 FUTURE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ANNUALLY.

PATIENT CARE: UMCNO PROVIDES CORE SAFETY NET SERVICES TO THE NEW ORLEANS REGION. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE THE OPERATION OF AN EMERGENCY ROOM, AN HIV OUTPATIENT CLINIC, ONCOLOGY SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER. IN 2018 UMC OPENED A NEW 16 BED BURN UNIT TO PROVIDE NEW SERVICES TO THE REGION. IN ADDITION, UMC STARTED A NEW BARIATRIC PROGRAM TO OFFER BARIATRIC SERVICES TO ITS PATIENT POPULATION. UMC ALSO OPENED 8 NEW ADDITIONAL BEDS. UMCNO PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL SERVICES COVERING 88 SPECIALTIES AND AMBULATORY CARE IN OVER 83 SPECIALTY CLINICS AND PROVIDES FREE OR REDUCED COST HEALTH CARE TO MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND UNINSURED PATIENTS, INCLUDING MEDICALLY COMPLEX AND OTHERWISE HIGH-RISK MEDICAID PATIENTS. IT ALSO PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS POPULATION. THE HOSPITAL HAS 446 LICENSED BEDS AND TREATED 15,463 INPATIENTS AND 411,390 OUTPATIENTS.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT OPERATIONS PROVIDE FREE HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SCREENINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE MOST PREVALENT DISEASES IN THE NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITY, SUCH AS DIABETES, HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. THESE PROGRAMS ADDRESS PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, TREATMENT AND MAINTAINING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. IN 2019, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PARTICIPATED IN AND OFFERED NUMEROUS OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FREE BREAST HEALTH LECTURES, FREE ONCOLOGY LECTURES, A FREE SKIN CANCER SCREENING, AND A FREE VASCULAR DISEASE SCREENING. THROUGH THE LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER'S INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS INCLUDING SUDDEN IMPACT, WHICH EDUCATES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISTRACTED AND IMPAIRED DRIVING; STOP THE BLEED, WHICH PROVIDES HEMORRHAGE CONTROL TRAINING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS; AND CHILD SAFETY SEAT CHECKS AND CAR SEAT DISTRIBUTION EVENTS. ADDITIONALLY, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IS PARTNERED WITH WALGREENS AND AVITA DRUGS TO DISPENSE MEDICATIONS UNDER THE 340(B) PRICING PROGRAM TO ENSURE PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO NECESSARY PHARMACEUTICALS THAT MAY OTHERWISE NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.