Baton Rouge Health District

The organization has continued to focus on its mission of joining forces to create a culture of Health through the implementation of committees and task forces to leverage collective capacity to increase access to healthcare services and improve Health outcomes in the greater Baton Rouge area. The organization has increased community awareness, providing active leadership in support of Health and wellness, promoting collaboration, and seeking opportunities for innovation and workforce development. Collaborative projects included tracking and monitoring of transportation and economic development infrastructure within the Health District core and District network, development of an infrastructure implementation plan for the District; collaboration with the Baton Rouge parks and recreation regarding the implementation of the Health loop; agenda setting and planning associated with Health workforce development, retention, and recruitment; promoting research and innovation in the Health District by promoting collaboration between Health systems and local research institutions through collaborative innovation cluster building; and also regional healthcare partnering activities in the areas of disaster resilience (especially covid response) and shared services with associated task forces in the areas of antibiotic stewardship, opioid epidemic response, and data sharing.