Willis Knighton Health operates the largest healthcare network in northern Louisiana with four acute-care hospitals, eight urgent-care sites, and specialized centers for rehabilitation, proton therapy, and cardiovascular surgery. The tech stack is clinically standard—MEDITECH EHR, Sectra PACS, RayStation for radiation planning, and da Vinci Xi surgical systems—reflecting a mature, regulated operation. Hiring is concentrated heavily in clinical roles (488 of 539 open positions), with acute gaps in physician coverage and demand for OB/GYN services that several active projects aim to address.
Willis Knighton Health is a nonprofit health system centered in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana, employing more than 7,000 staff and operating as the region's largest nongovernmental employer. The organization runs four acute-care hospitals, eight quick-care locations, a rehabilitation institute, skilled nursing, and an innovation center. Clinical operations are supported by enterprise systems including MEDITECH Expanse EHR, Sectra PACS imaging, and RayStation treatment planning. The system is actively expanding specialized services—women's health, pulmonary function, hyperbaric and wound care, and lung cancer screening—while addressing operational challenges around physician staffing, patient flow, and payment recovery.
MEDITECH Expanse (primary EHR), Sectra PACS (radiology imaging), RayStation (radiation oncology planning), and da Vinci Xi surgical systems. Supporting tools include SQL Server, Power BI, and Crystal Reports for reporting.
Expanding women's health services, replacing physician coverage gaps, improving patient flow efficiency, establishing new clinical programs (bronchoscopy, pulmonary function, hyperbaric/wound care), and improving disease management processes across the system.
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