St. Tammany Health System Emergency Department

08/15/2025

🚨 We're proud to share some lifesaving news! 🚨

St. Tammany Parish Hospital, the flagship of St. Tammany Health System, has earned the American Heart Association’s Target: Survival quality achievement award! 🏅

This national recognition highlights our commitment to rapid response and high-quality care that helps save lives when every second matters.

08/08/2025

💡 Did you know?

More than a dozen community groups rallied behind the establishment of St. Tammany Parish Hospital in 1954, partnering with elected leaders to will it into becoming reality. Seventy years later, St. Tammany Health System still thrives on its community partnerships viewing them an extension of its patient care.

08/05/2025

🌻 Sunflower Award Winners 🌻

Please join us in congratulating Jan Knobloch of Occupational Therapy and Mandi Stanga of Outpatient Radiology — the well-deserving recipients of our Sunflower Award for the third quarter of 2025!

The Sunflower Award, inspired by the Daisy Award for Exceptional Nursing, was created to recognize our outstanding non-nursing colleagues who go above and beyond in our healing mission.

Thank you, Jan and Mandi, for your incredible work and unwavering dedication! ❤️

08/04/2025

🌟 Congrats to ED Charge Nurse Savannah Parker! 🌟

Savannah has been named St. Tammany Health System’s 2025 Charge Nurse of the Year — a well-deserved honor recognizing her leadership, clinical excellence, and dedication to patient care.

Known for her calm under pressure and strong mentorship, Savannah is the kind of nurse others aspire to be. Thank you for all you do, Savannah! ❤️🩺

08/01/2025

💡 Did you know?

St. Tammany Health System was founded by the community in 1954 as St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No. 1 to operate its flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital.

Seventy years later, it is an independent, self-governing and self-sustaining community health system that is proud of the numerous community partnerships that help it make good on its promise of delivering world-class healthcare close to home for residents of Western St. Tammany Parish.

07/30/2025

🏅 We’re proud to share that St. Tammany Health System has earned the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Gold Plus achievement for excellence in stroke care! 🧠

This recognition highlights our commitment to evidence-based treatment that saves lives, shortens recovery time, and reduces hospital readmissions.

We’re also honored to receive:
✔️ Target: Stroke Honor Roll
✔️ Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll

Because every second — and every patient — matters. ❤️

07/25/2025

💡 Did you know?

When it opened in 1954, St. Tammany Health System boasted just one facility, its flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital.

Seventy years later, the Covington hospital has been joined by more than two dozen other facilities through the health system's service district, which covers Western St. Tammany Parish.

07/18/2025

💡 Did you know?

St. Tammany Health System’s flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital was founded in 1954 after years of work by numerous determined civic activists and community groups.

Seventy years later, it is still a nonprofit community hospital — and a self-sufficient one, collecting no millages.

07/16/2025

🎉 Please join us in congratulating our St. Tammany Health System colleagues who recently celebrated their 5 Year Service Award!

We’re grateful for their dedication, compassion, and the care they bring to our community every day. 🙌 Here's to their continued success in the years to come! ❤️

07/16/2025

🎧 New episode of Northshore Healthbeat out now!

The morning after Thanksgiving 2022, Covington attorney Jeff Schoen underwent an emergency heart procedure at St. Tammany Parish Hospital — a procedure that saved his life and changed it in ways he never expected.

In this powerful episode, Jeff sits down with our hosts to share his journey and offer heartfelt advice to others who might be at risk. ❤️

▶️ Listen here:

Local attorney Jeff Schoen sits down with 'Northshore Healthbeat' hosts Mike Scott and Bridget Lobello to talk about his healthcare journey - and to offer some sage advice to others like him.

07/14/2025

🚐✨ Fighting Lung Cancer, One Mile at a Time

In its ongoing mission to improve population health in South Louisiana, STHS unveiled its newest mobile screening unit on July 10 — the Breathe Well ConneCTion, a first-of-its-kind lung cancer screening vehicle in our region. 💨💙

This innovative unit joins the beloved Be Well Bus (mobile mammography), extending STHS’s reach even further by delivering potentially life-saving cancer screenings directly to our communities — at festivals, health fairs and local events across the parish.

📍 Community-focused.
🩺 Prevention-powered.
💙 Committed to saving lives.

07/10/2025

📣 We’re excited to share that our President & CEO, Joan Coffman, was featured in Becker’s Hospital Review!

In the article, Joan discusses how she and other top healthcare leaders are breaking traditional leadership norms to build more compassionate, transparent, and people-first organizations.

Her insights reflect the forward-thinking leadership that drives our mission every day. ❤️

📰 Read the full article here:

From rejecting strict hierarchies to forging unconventional partnerships, hospital and health system CEOs are challenging long-held leadership norms to build stronger, more responsive organizations. Whether it is leading with transparency, staying rooted in one system for decades or creating more di...