Mr. Hulefeld oversees daily operations, performance improvement and delivery of services across Ochsner’s 46 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and specialty hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers. His teams lead large-scale organizational changes and improvements that support the growth and scale of Ochsner, which was voted the No. 1 hospital in the New Orleans metro area. Mr. Hulefeld is a strategic thinker who has the ability to see around corners and agility to pivot strategy to address new headwinds in healthcare. He has led projects such as the development of the Patient Flow Center for all hospital transfers, which positively impacts patient access and the virtual nursing program, which has been vital to relieving staffing challenges and is now being scaled across the health system.
