Hospital Resources

Bariatric Services

The Bariatric Team can educate you about the facts of weight loss surgery and connect you directly with an experienced bariatric physician. Educational seminars and more information are available by calling 318-681-6307.

Birth Place

The Birth Place offers an innovative care model called Family-Centered Maternity Care, which focuses on the priorities and needs of the mother, baby and family. It changes the traditional practice of separating the mothers and babies at birth, with families being cared for together by one nurse. For more information, call 318-681-4600.

Breast Center

Our Breast Center is the only Louisiana center north of I-10 certified for excellent breast care by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), administered by the American College of Surgeons. The Breast Center offers comprehensive breast health screening and diagnostic services in a spa-like setting. A nurse navigator may help arrange required medical follow-up after an abnormal mammogram. For more information, call 318-681-4100.

Bridge Palliative Care

The Bridge Palliative Care plan provides care management services in the home for patients who may be receiving active treatment and are not ready to receive hospice services.

Cancer Treatment Center

Located in the West Wing at Highland, the Cancer Treatment Center offers a comprehensive approach from diagnosis through treatment and follow-up care. Services include the most advanced, life-saving technologies, board-certified oncologists, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, oncology and PET/CT imaging services. Cancer care also is provided in Bossier in the clinic located at Airline and I-220. For more information, call 318-681-4138.

Cardiac Rehab

Cardiac Rehab, located at CHRISTUS Healthplex in Shreveport, is an outpatient program designed to help patients with a cardiac diagnosis. As a Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehab (ICR) program, the intensive cardiac rehab model provides a personalized exercise plan, monitoring of vital signs and labs, as well as cardiac risk factor modification to foster a healthier lifestyle—including cooking, grocery shopping, dining out and stress management.

Center for Rehabilitation

Inpatient rehabilitation is offered to patients with orthopedic injuries, stroke, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputation, burns, severe arthritis, neurological disorders, neuromuscular disorders, and physical deconditioning caused by a medical illness. For information, call 318-681-4900.

Grace Home

Grace Home is an inpatient hospice for patients needing complex end-of-life care. Nurses are always close and available. Grace Home suites at CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center offer a calm, peaceful setting for the family and the patient.

Home Health

CHRISTUS HomeCare provides medical services in a patient’s home under the supervision of the patient’s own physician. A team of health care professionals offers adult and pediatric skilled nursing services, including HomMed monitoring, IV antibiotics, IV nutritional therapy, pain management, Synagis shots, phototherapy and wound care. Physical, occupational and speech therapy also are offered. Home health aides are available for personal care. For information, call 318-681-7200.

Hospice

Hospice care provides humane and compassionate care for patients with a terminal illness and provides support to a patient’s family. The health system also offers in-home hospice care. For more information, call 318-681-4605.

Laboratory Testing

Easy access for outpatient laboratory testing is available in several convenient locations. Call the scheduling department for more information at 318-681-4100.

• Pre-testing/admitting at Highland Medical Center
• Outpatient lab at Bossier Emergency Hospital

Outpatient Radiology

Easy access to radiology services is available in several convenient locations. Call the scheduling department for more information at 318-681-4100.

• Advanced Diagnostic MRI
• Ashley Ridge Imaging
• Highland Medical Center
• Bossier Emergency Hospital
• Breast Center

Outpatient Rehabilitation

CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System offers outpatient services at the Shreveport and Bossier locations for orthopedic, neurological and other disorders. Physical, occupational and speech therapists offer specialized programs, such as orthopedic therapy, stroke recovery, chronic pain management, sports rehabilitation, work readiness services and hand therapy. For information, call 318-681-6771.

Specialty Therapy

Patients with incontinence and pelvic or tailbone pain may benefit from specialty physical therapy. Therapists also treat problems related to C-section and episiotomy, or muscle and joint pain related to pregnancy, lymphedema, breast or GYN cancers, and osteoporosis. For information, call 318-681-7680.

Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center

Patients with chronic non-healing wounds can receive advanced treatments, including hyperbaric medicine, at the CHRISTUS Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center. For information, call 318-681-7480.