Launching an ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) program is one of the most strategic decisions a hospital can make. ECMO offers life-saving support for patients in cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, and severe respiratory failure—yet many hospitals delay implementation due to staffing complexity, capital requirements, and operational risk.
This case study explores how Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center partnered with Integration Health to launch the first ECMO program in Baton Rouge in just 90 days, achieving year-one profitability—five years ahead of projections.
Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) is rapidly transforming liver transplantation outcomes — particularly for DCD (Donation After Circulatory Death) donors.
When the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA) recognized that only 63% of donor livers were being transplanted, leadership knew they needed a better solution. Emerging NRP data showed clear clinical promise — but traditional implementation models relied on expensive, fly-in perfusion teams that delayed response time and drained resources.
Instead of choosing a remote vendor model, MORA partnered with Integration Health to build a localized, fully staffed NRP program — launched in just 60 days.
Enhance your clinical knowledge and skills with a blended learning experience from the industry leader in ECMO education. Built on ELSO guidelines, this 3 Day course includes pre and post course e-learning access, scenario-based didactic learning, expert-led panel discussions, and immersive high fidelity simulations with accompanying debriefs. Highlighting the diverse multidisciplinary environment of ECMO, this course is designed for the MDs, NPs, PAs, RNs, RRTs, CCPs, and other healthcare professionals with experience ranging from beginner to advanced. Whether you are pursuing certification or putting your team on the path to excellence you will enjoy the small class sizes and the emphasis on hands-on learning you won’t find anywhere else.
Located just 30 miles south of Nashville, this is your opportunity to explore Music City, elevate your practice, and enhance patient outcomes.
Up to 32.0 Credits
Registration: $2399
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A payment deposit option is available to secure your spot
Located just 30 miles south of Nashville, this is your opportunity to explore Music City, elevate your practice, and enhance patient outcomes.
Up to 16.0 Credits
What learners are saying…
“I’ve been seeing ECMO patients for over 5 years now with little guidance and now I finally feel equipped. Your expertise has inspired me.”
Registration: $850
A payment deposit option is available to secure your spot
You will have the opportunity to focus on the development of individual skills as well as information and skills training opportunities to perform ECMO cannulation for multiple patient age groups and different ECMO modalities.
This course in designed for intensivists, cardiologists, surgeons, emergency physicians, and other healthcare professionals looking to improve and expand their ECMO cannulation capabilities.
Course participation is limited to a small number of learners to maximize “hands-on time” for individual learners and to maximize contact hours with the highly skilled and experienced ECMO cannulating physicians assisting with the course.
Up to 6.0 Credits
