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70 for 70: Walking the walk
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Part of 70 for 70, a weekly series of history posts counting down to St. Tammany Health System’s 70th anniversary on Dec. 1, 2024. Today we offer installment No. 42: Walking the walk.
STHS’s Joan Coffman named to Louisiana’s Committee of 100
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Louisiana’s Committee of 100 for Economic Development has selected St. Tammany Health System President and CEO Joan Coffman to serve as a member for 2024.
‘Northshore Healthbeat,’ a new STHS podcast, debuts
Monday, May 6, 2024
St. Tammany Health System has unveiled “Northshore Healthbeat,” a public affairs podcast dedicated to local healthcare issues and happenings, featuring interviews with local care providers, patients and community stakeholders.
Heart of a Tiger: Read the latest issue of Heart to Heart
Friday, May 3, 2024
On the morning after Thanksgiving 2022, Covington native Jeff Schoen underwent an emergency heart procedure at St. Tammany Health System’s flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital. It saved his life. It also changed it in ways he never imagined. That's the cover story in our latest issue of Heart to Heart.
STHS earns 17th consecutive 'A' grade for patient safety
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
For the 17th consecutive grading period, St. Tammany Health System’s flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital has earned an “A” grade for patient safety for spring 2024 from the Leapfrog Group, an independent healthcare watchdog organization.
STHS salutes its legion of volunteers at 42nd annual luncheon
Friday, April 19, 2024
Just in time for National Volunteer Week (April 21-27, 2024) St. Tammany Health System on Wednesday celebrated the members of the St. Tammany Hospital Guild – and the decades of service they have provided to the health system – at its 42nd annual Volunteer Awards Banquet.
STHS salutes past chiefs of staff with wall of honor
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
St. Tammany Health System installation honors the dozens of doctors who have served as the hospital’s chief of staff over the decades.
Hospital Guild celebrated for milestone gift
Monday, April 8, 2024
Its 2024 donation pushes the cumulative amount the all-volunteer group has given to St. Tammany Hospital Foundation past the half-million-dollar mark.
Easter Bunny pauses from pre-holiday preparations to visit cancer center
Friday, March 22, 2024
In what has become a springtime tradition, the Easter Bunny paid a visit Thursday afternoon (March 21) to patients and families at St. Tammany Cancer Center – A Campus of Ochsner Medical Center.
70 for 70: ‘Our heart and soul’
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Part of 70 for 70, a weekly series of history posts counting down to St. Tammany Health System’s 70th anniversary on Dec. 1, 2024. Today, installment No. 32: ‘Our heart and soul.’
Free Ladies Night Out screening event set for March 8 at Covington Beer Garden
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Event will include a glitter bar, boutique shopping with Broad Magnolia, mammograms aboard the health system’s Be Well Bus, and a full line-up of health education and screening opportunities with local physicians.
Cancer Center’s therapeutic food pantry a community effort
Thursday, February 8, 2024
In place nearly four years, the therapeutic food pantry at St. Tammany Cancer Center is stocked through twice-weekly deliveries from the Food Bank, as well as through additional support from donors to St. Tammany Hospital Foundation.
70 for 70: Muses' shoeses
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Part of 70 for 70, a weekly series of history posts counting down to St. Tammany Health System’s 70th anniversary on Dec. 1, 2024. Today we offer installment No. 26: Muses’ shoeses.
STHS announces 2024 Mardi Gras hours
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
St. Tammany Health System has announced its hours of operation for Mardi Gras 2024 at its various clinics and other locations throughout the community.
70 for 70: Beaming with pride
Friday, January 26, 2024
Part of 70 for 70, a weekly series of history posts counting down to St. Tammany Health System’s 70th anniversary on Dec. 1, 2024. Today, installment No. 25: Beaming with pride.
STHS cuts ribbon on St. Tammany Academic Center for Northshore healthcare students
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
In what is being hailed as a watershed moment for healthcare education on the Northshore, St. Tammany Health System leaders were joined Monday (Jan. 21) by local education stakeholders and government officials to cut the ribbon on the St. Tammany Academic Center, a free-standing education facility in Covington designed to train the region’s next generation of healthcare professionals.
Miracle on South Tyler Street: Read the latest issue of Heart to Heart
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Our visit with the first baby born at St. Tammany Parish Hospital is the cover story for the winter 2024 issue of Heart to Heart, which is packed with both information and inspiration as we continue our unceasing mission to increase access to quality healthcare for Northshore residents.
70 for 70 | A team of champions
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Part of 70 for 70, a weekly series of history posts counting down to St. Tammany Health System’s 70th anniversary on Dec. 1, 2024. Today we offer installment No. 21: A team of champions.
STHS announces 2023 Christmas hours
Friday, December 22, 2023
With the holiday season upon us, St. Tammany Health System has announced the following changes in operating hours for its primary care and specialty clinics.
70 for 70 | A generous heart
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Part of “70 for 70,” a weekly series of history posts counting down to St. Tammany Health System’s 70th anniversary on Dec. 1, 2024. Today we offer installment No. 19: A generous heart.
Parenting Center’s ‘Letters from Santa’ program returns for 2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and the elves at St. Tammany Hospital Foundation and St. Tammany Health System’s Parenting Center are once again arranging for their pal Santa Claus to write personalized letters to local children.
Cancer Center patients get an early taste of Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
The weather was damp and chilly but the mood was heartwarming as team members at St. Tammany Cancer Center – A Campus of Ochsner Medical Center conducted their annual Thanksgiving food box giveaway to invited patients this week.
Braswell’s joins the STHS family: Read the latest issue of Heart to Heart
Thursday, October 19, 2023
St. Tammany Health System's acquisition of Braswell's pharmacy is the cover story for the fall 2023 issue of Heart to Heart, which is packed with both information and inspiration as we continue our unceasing mission to increase access to quality healthcare for Northshore residents.
STHS introduces Aquablation therapy for enlarged prostate
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
St. Tammany Health System has become the second in the region and the first on the Northshore to offer robotic-assisted Aquablation therapy, a minimally invasive treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms due to an enlarged prostate.
VIDEO | United in Pink campaign featured on WWL-TV
Friday, October 6, 2023
St. Tammany Health System’s United in Pink campaign and its partnership with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office during breast cancer awareness month is making headlines.
United in Pink campaign is back, and it's bigger than ever
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
For the third consecutive year, St. Tammany Hospital Foundation’s United in Pink campaign is hitting the streets to raise awareness of the importance of breast screenings and to raise money for Northshore cancer care – but with a notable addition this year.
‘World-class cancer care, close to home’: Read the latest issue of Heart to Heart
Friday, August 4, 2023
When we at St. Tammany Health System talk about delivering world-class healthcare close to home for our Northshore neighbors, it is not just some empty marketing slogan. It is both a promise and a guiding principle that undergirds everything we do. We think you will agree the latest issue of our quarterly Heart to Heart magazine speaks to that loudly and clearly.
For her, cancer fundraising isn’t just a job. It’s a calling.
Thursday, July 20, 2023
The new major gifts specialist at St. Tammany Hospital Foundation is a nonprofit veteran, having previously lent her passion – and her know-how – to Odyssey House, the American Diabetes Association and, most recently, the Al Copeland Foundation, where she served as director.
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation issues call for entries for Healing Arts exhibition
Thursday, July 20, 2023
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation has issued a call for entries for the next Rotating Gallery Series, part of its award-winning Healing Arts Initiative.
DAISY Award honoree wall unveiled on STHS main campus
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
St. Tammany Health System colleagues gathered Thursday (July 6, 2023) for a dedication ceremony of a DAISY Award honoree wall featuring the names of each of STHS’s 2022 DAISY recipients.
Ochsner Health and MD Anderson Announce Partnership to Create Fully Integrated Cancer Program in Louisiana
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Ochsner Health and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced a partnership to create Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center in southeastern Louisiana. The fully integrated cancer program will include St. Tammany Cancer Center — A Campus of Ochsner Medical Center. Cancer patients in the region now have access to cancer treatments that are among the most advanced in the nation.
STHS leading the way in ‘game-changing’ diagnostic tool
Thursday, June 15, 2023
As an outgrowth of an award-winning 2016 initiative to explore non-pharmaceutical methods of treating pain, St. Tammany Health System has championed Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, or MSKUS, which can help diagnose soft-tissue injuries quickly, inexpensively and noninvasively.
Buddies for Life program plants seeds for beautiful friendships
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation joined recently with Christwood retirement community, STARC of Louisiana and LOPA for a gardening day as part of a new program called ‘Buddies for Life,' envisioned as a way to combat social isolation in at-risk groups.
Jim Bradford, Mark Grayson, Kevin Mashburn join STHF board
Thursday, May 11, 2023
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation recently welcomed three new faces to its 17-member Board of Trustees. We thought you'd like to meet them.
Meet Kevin Gardner, the man behind THE Gala
Friday, April 28, 2023
In the beginning, it was personal for Kevin Gardner. It still is, but the small cancer fundraiser he and business partner Mike Ford started almost a decade and a half ago to honor their mothers has grown to become much more.
'Cooking with Heart': Read the latest issue of Heart to Heart magazine
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Hungry? After seeing the cover of this issue, featuring Chef Gavin Jobe of Meribo in Covington, and reading the accompanying story and recipe on Page 9, we sure are.
Guild donates $44,500 to support STHS's healing mission
Friday, April 21, 2023
Members of the all-volunteer St. Tammany Hospital Guild this week presented their annual gift to St. Tammany Hospital Foundation, this year in the amount of $44,500.
STHS celebrates, thanks its legion of volunteers
Thursday, April 20, 2023
To mark National Volunteer Week 2023, St. Tammany Health System leadership pulled out the stops to celebrate the legion of local residents serving as part of the all-volunteer St. Tammany Hospital Guild.
April is autism month. Here’s why that’s a big deal
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
April is Autism Awareness Month – but what does that mean, exactly? And how can people who aren’t on the spectrum make the world a more comfortable, inclusive place for those who are?
Introducing the STHS Sunflower Award, honoring non-nursing colleagues
Monday, April 3, 2023
St. Tammany Health System introduces the Sunflower Award, honoring the work of non-nursing colleagues.
‘The Heart of St. Tammany’: Read the latest issue of Heart to Heart
Monday, January 23, 2023
“We are the heartbeat of our community.” Those are the first words of our St. Tammany Health System mission statement, so it’s only fitting that the cover of our first 2023 issue of Heart to Heart magazine features an image of a heart.
Former NFL players, STHS team up for cancer benefit
Thursday, December 29, 2022
After teaming with St. Tammany Hospital Foundation last October for a celebrity waiter event benefiting St. Tammany Cancer Center, a team of former NFL players are already game-planning for a repeat event to coincide with this year’s NFL Draft in April.
Cancer center, Ruby's Kids spread holiday cheer
Friday, December 9, 2022
Santa paid an early Christmas visit Wednesday (Dec. 7) to St. Tammany Cancer Center, a campus of Ochsner Medical Center – but instead of eight tiny reindeer, he came with one big train.
Parenting Center’s ‘Letters from Santa’ campaign is back for 2022
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Tthe elves at St. Tammany Hospital Foundation and St. Tammany Health System’s Parenting Center are once again arranging for their pal Santa Claus to write personalized letters to local children.
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation earns President’s Arts Award
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation’s Healing Arts Initiative has been named the 2022 recipient of the St. Tammany Commission on Cultural Affairs’ President’s Award.
Quilters offer artful thanks to STHS for work during pandemic
Friday, November 4, 2022
On Tuesday (Nov. 1, 2022), Vizient presented St. Tammany Health System with a unique, handmade expression of gratitude: an approximately 5-foot-square quilt handcrafted by an international team of quilters
Crumbl Cookies goes pink in support of breast cancer awareness
Friday, October 14, 2022
On Friday (Oct. 14), local Crumbl Cookies franchise operator Kelsi Cahoon delivered 100 cookies to brighten the day of patients at the St. Tammany Health System Women’s Pavilion.
Magnolia Trace students join United in Pink movement
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Members of the Mandeville school’s K-Kids club – a Kiwanis offshoot aimed at nurturing leadership skills in youngsters – held a T-shirt sale recently that raised more than $550 to benefit St. Tammany Health System’s United in Pink breast cancer awareness campaign.
(Re)United in Pink: STHS rallies community for breast cancer month
Friday, September 2, 2022
St. Tammany Health System teams with St. Tammany Hospital Foundation, sheriff, local businesses and others for monthlong campaign to run through October.
Sculptures add touch of undersea whimsy to hospital campus
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Nine original undersea sculptures by Covington artist Robert Post have found a home at St. Tammany Health System’s Covington hospital.
What do Willy Wonka and Northshore cancer care have in common?
Thursday, August 18, 2022
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation’s signature annual event, THE Gala, is about food, drinks, music and just having a good time. But that’s not all it’s about.
U.S. News & World Report ranks STHS among best in state
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
St. Tammany Parish Hospital, the flagship facility of St. Tammany Health System, has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as among the best regional hospitals in Louisiana, ranking second-best in the New Orleans metropolitan area and fourth-best statewide.
‘Riding High’: Read the latest issue of Heart to Heart magazine
Friday, July 22, 2022
See the latest edition of our quarterly magazine highlighting good news and updates from St. Tammany’s hometown hospital
Crawfish-themed blood drive set for June 3 at STHS
Monday, May 23, 2022
Set for next Friday, June 3, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., it’ll be held in the Mandeville/Covington conference room on the health system’s main hospital campus (1202 S. Tyler St., Covington).
Critical blood shortage prompts call for local donations
Friday, May 13, 2022
The nationwide blood shortage afflicting U.S. hospitals and health systems since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact Northshore blood supplies, with Rh negative in particular short supply locally.
Support children with disabilities this GiveNOLA Day
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
GiveNOLA Day is a local day of giving in the Greater New Orleans area, including the Northshore. Generous donors pour out their support to their favorite nonprofits, and this year, St. Tammany Hospital Foundation is asking for your support for a special initiative through our hospital's Parenting Center.
On the air: Why autism acceptance matters
Monday, April 11, 2022
April is World Autism Month, and St. Tammany Hospital Foundation Board Member Sunny McDaniel joined St. Tammany Health System’s Cindy Ingram to talk about both organizations’ ongoing initiative to promote not just autism awareness but autism acceptance in our community.
Easter Bunny pays visit to cancer center
Friday, April 8, 2022
The Easter Bunny took a break from preparing for his big day to spread a little pre-holiday cheer this week to Northshore cancer patients and their families at St. Tammany Cancer Center, a campus of Ochsner Medical Center.
Cancer Society grant aids Northshore cancer patients
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Bolstering St. Tammany Health System’s ongoing efforts to remove barriers to quality care on the Northshore, the American Cancer Society has awarded St. Tammany Hospital Foundation a $10,000 grant to address transportation needs of local cancer patients.
Outgoing STHF Board member Rock Kendrick is a man on a mission
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
The nine-year member of the St. Tammany Hospital Foundation’s Board of Trustees left the board at the end of 2021, having served his limit of three three-year terms, including as board chairman from 2016 and ’17. But he’s not done yet. Not by a long shot.
Just 6 months in, new cancer center transforming Northshore cancer care
Thursday, January 13, 2022
A joint venture of St. Tammany Health System and its partner Ochsner, it was envisioned as a one-stop-shop for cancer care. Even just six months in, it’s delivering on that promise.
STH Foundation board gets five new members
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Joining the St. Tammany Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees for 2022 are Tim Lentz, Laura Brown, Sunny McDaniel, Penny Dastugue and Chip Lavigne.
On the air: Talking Angels of Light, a northshore holiday tradition
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
With the holidays already upon, St. Tammany Foundation’s Melanie Rudolph and St. Tammany Hospice’s Paula Toups recently visited the Lake 94.7 FM studios to talk with host Charles Dowdy about Angels of Light, the foundation’s annual event to honor and memorialize special people throughout the northshore community.
Foundation initiative aims to enhance workplace safety
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
As part of a broad emphasis on workplace safety amid an industrywide rise in violence against healthcare workers, St. Tammany Health System is equipping some colleagues with personal panic buttons designed to alert security in the event of a threatening situation.
Parenting Center’s ‘Letters from Santa’ campaign returns
Thursday, December 2, 2021
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation and St. Tammany Health System’s Parenting Center are once again arranging for their pal Santa Claus to write personalized letters to local children.
Cancer Center fills bellies, hearts at Thanksgiving food giveaway
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
In all, 80 boxes of food curated by the dietitians at St. Tammany Cancer Center in Covington – and 80 turkeys, of course – were distributed as part of a Thanksgiving good giveaway.
10th Get Lucky! Golf Tournament sets fundraising record
Monday, November 22, 2021
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation celebrated its 10th annual Get Lucky! Golf Tournament recently, and despite a few late-in-the-day rain showers, they’re feeling very lucky indeed about it.
United in Pink campaign raises more than $35K for cancer care
Friday, November 19, 2021
St. Tammany Health System’s inaugural United in Pink breast cancer awareness campaign is in the books, and health system leadership is, to put it mildly, tickled pink with the results.
THE Gala 2021 raises a record $203,000 for cancer center
Friday, November 12, 2021
THE Gala 2021, St. Tammany Hospital Foundation’s signature annual fundraiser, is in the books – and it was, in a word, groovy.
A thankful heart: Read the latest issue of Heart to Heart magazine
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
This year, with COVID-19 numbers in retreat, the arrival of fall feels as refreshing as ever. So, you might notice a hint of optimism in the fall 2021 edition of Heart to Heart, St. Tammany Health System’s quarterly magazine. If you do, now you know why – and we’re not sorry about it one bit.
Local businesses offering United in Pink specials through October
Friday, October 8, 2021
As part of St. Tammany Hospital Foundation’s monthlong United in Pink campaign, a number of local restaurants and other businesses are offering specials to help fund Northshore cancer care.
‘United in Pink’ campaign to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Monday, September 27, 2021
In recognition of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, St. Tammany Hospital Foundation is rallying local organizations and businesses for its newly unveiled “United in Pink” initiative, a community-wide, multi-faceted effort to raise awareness and money to fuel the local fight against breast cancer.
Vizient donates $10,000 to help STHS colleagues post-Ida
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Vizient Southern States on Thursday (Sept. 23) donated $10,000 to the nonprofit St. Tammany Hospital Foundation. The money will be distributed to STHS colleagues in need through the health system’s Colleague Benevolent Fund.
Mauti Cancer Fund boards STHS’s Be Well Bus efforts
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
On Friday (Aug. 13), Rich Mauti and daughter Rachel presented St. Tammany Health System and St. Tammany Hospital Foundation leadership with a check for $6,250 from the Rich Mauti Tennis Classic, an annual event to benefit cancer care on the Northshore.
VIDEO | Welcome to St. Tammany Health System
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
At St. Tammany Health System, we’ve been caring for our Northshore neighbors since our founding in December 1954 as St. Tammany Parish Hospital. A lot has changed in that time, and we’re proud of the technologically advanced regional medical center we’ve grown to become. Join us for a video tour of our Covington hospital – and we look forward to caring for your family’s healthcare needs for years to come.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a canned-goods butterfly?
Monday, July 19, 2021
Engineering, art and empathy collided recently in the lobby of St. Tammany Health System’s Covington hospital, with the result being a 6-foot 2-inch butterfly sculpture made entirely out of nonperishable canned goods.
Northshore artists leave mark on new cancer center
Thursday, June 24, 2021
$50 million facility adorned with a gallery's worth of artworks.
Foundation’s newest face to focus on cancer fundraising
Friday, April 30, 2021
As St. Tammany Health System and Ochsner Health prepare to unveil their all-new cancer center this summer just south of Covington, St. Tammany Hospital Foundation has hired a major gift fundraiser to help further bolster STHS’s cancer programs.
STHS cuts ribbon on new four-story patient tower
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
St. Tammany Health System leaders cut the ribbon Tuesday (April 13) on one of the biggest expansions in the organization’s 67-year history, a four-story, $56 million new patient tower blending state-of-the-art medical technology with the health system’s long-standing Healing Arts philosophy.
STHS to ‘Light It Up Blue’ in April for Autism Awareness Month
Monday, March 29, 2021
St. Tammany Health System will “Light It Up Blue” for the month of April, illuminating a handful of its Covington facilities in blue light as part of an international campaign to raise autism awareness.
Red Sofa Campaign comes to St. Tammany
Thursday, February 25, 2021
If you’ve been in the lobby of St. Tammany Health System’s Covington hospital recently, you’ve probably noticed a red sofa positioned prominently just inside the main entrance – and you’ve probably also wondered to yourself, “What the heck is that all about?”
Krewe of Muses brings Mardi Gras spirit to STHS
Friday, February 12, 2021
There won’t be any Mardi Gras parades this year, thanks to COVID-19, but members of one New Orleans superkrewe are making sure the healthcare heroes at St. Tammany Health System get at least a taste of Carnival anyway.
Hospital Guild makes $18K donation to STH Foundation
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Annual gift to be earmarked largely for the health system's pediatric offerings.
A giving tradition: A history of St. Tammany Hospital Foundation
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
A look at how St. Tammany Health System harnessed the generosity of a community.
Placenta donation program a win-win-win situation
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
The STHS New Family Center launches an initiative in which new mothers can both change the lives of others for the better and raise money for charity.
Santa teams with Parenting Center for ‘Letters from Santa’ campaign
Monday, December 7, 2020
Before Santa loads up his sleigh and hits the skies, he’s teaming up with the STHS Parenting Center to send personalized letters to all of his biggest little fans.
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