Children’s Hospital New Orleans’ School Telehealth Program provides tech tools for school nurses to expand student health service capabilities NEW ORLEANS - (Aug. 19, 2019) – NOLA Public Schools (NOLA-PS) has partnered with Children’s Hospital New Orleans to extend school health services for students via the School Telehealth Program in more than a dozen schools. Children’s Hospital New Orleans will provide school nurses from across the district with training and digital exam equipment, such as laptops and ...

At Children’s Hospital New Orleans, 20-year-old Hunter Langley has been under the care of neurologists for years. A diagnosis of epilepsy meant Hunter suffered between 3-12 seizures daily, with no successful treatment – until earlier this year when doctors performed the first robotic procedure of its kind in Louisiana. Doctors have tried to reduce the seizures with medication and nerve stimulation in the past, which were not successful. Hunter’s case is difficult because on MRI, there was no discernable ...