Transforming for the Future
TRANSFORMING FOR THE FUTURE
(A Message from STPH CEO Patti Ellish FACHE)
The transformation of healthcare is here. Our imperative is to create a care delivery system that is patient centered while creating value to those we serve. Creating value in healthcare is our new paradigm. The value proposition, as I see it, is to provide the highest quality at an affordable price. I consider it a great opportunity for St. Tammany Parish Hospital to lead this transformation.
That’s why we have shared our strategic initiatives over the past few months to reassure you we are committed to deliver on our promise of world-class healthcare into the future.
Our announcement of the partnership with Ochsner Health System is intended to create a strategic alignment in order to expand and improve care on the Northshore. We selected this quality partner to bring value to our service district. Our mission remains committed to caring for the community and to do so without being merged, acquired or managed, and we believe that Ochsner represents our strongest opportunity to do that.
Uniting our strongly respected and well-loved brand with Ochsner’s nationally recognized one will mean the largest, most comprehensive system in western St. Tammany Parish. Our plans will mean strategic benefits for both organizations, as well as for our physicians and, most importantly, you, our patients.
Equally important is the alignment with our area’s most respected physicians. Introduction of the St. Tammany Quality Network and the addition of practices to our system are examples of your community hospital transforming to meet the needs of our community in the new healthcare reality.
The decades of experience the physicians of Covington Cardiovascular Care and Bone and Joint Clinic bring to St. Tammany Parish Hospital further strengthen the specialty care we provide right here on the Northshore.
Similarly, we continue to expand our outpatient services into the neighborhoods where patients live: outpatient diagnostics in Mandeville and Covington; specialty services for wound care, sleep disorders and women’s breast health; and rehabilitation options throughout the district.
Even as technology moves more care to the outpatient setting, inpatient and emergency services inside the main hospital remain a central part of our mission. We’re well into a nearly $22 million project to add 21 private inpatient rooms plus 8,600 square feet of expanded emergency department. Pediatric and adult emergency capabilities plus trauma care are all improved in our new Emergency Department.
Even as the healthcare industry changes and we transform to thrive in the new healthcare reality, St. Tammany Parish Hospital remains focused on quality, safety and delivering on the value promise of world-class healthcare you know and deserve from us.