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STHS earns national recognition for treatment of heart disease, stroke
Friday, July 25, 2025
– St. Tammany Health System has earned the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement, awarded in recognition of the health system’s commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke
STHS unveils first-in-region mobile lung screening unit
Friday, July 11, 2025
In its continuing effort to combat stubbornly low population health metrics in South Louisiana, St. Tammany Health System on Thursday (July 10) rolled out its latest mobile screening unit, a first-in-the-region lung screening vehicle designed to bring potentially life-saving cancer screenings directly into the community.
STQN announces Medical Director’s Award for Q2 2025
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
St. Tammany Quality Network (STQN) is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph Landers and Dr. Andrew Baier have been awarded the Northshore organization’s Medical Director’s Award for the second quarter of 2025
Health system to host free diabetes education program
Monday, June 30, 2025
St. Tammany Health System’s Diabetes Education program hosts a free, hands-on health education experience featuring weekly sessions on diabetes self- management.
STHS cuts ribbon on primary care clinic at Money Hill
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
St. Tammany Health System leadership was joined by local dignitaries and residents on Tuesday, June 24, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of its newest St. Tammany Physicians Network primary care clinic, located just outside the Money Hill subdivision in the Bush/Waldheim area of St. Tammany Parish.
Making beautiful music together | Partners in Care
Friday, June 20, 2025
A message for STQN member-physicians from St. Tammany Health System President and CEO Joan Coffman.
STHS’s Dr. Merrill Laurent talks men’s health on WVUE-Fox 8
Monday, June 2, 2025
June is Men’s Health Awareness Month, and to mark the occasion, St. Tammany Health System’s own Dr. Merrill Laurent visited the WVUE-Fox 8 studios in New Orleans
Fostering fellowship | Partners in Care
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
A message for STQN member-physicians from St. Tammany Health System President and CEO Joan Coffman
STHS, cancer center reaccredited by the Commission on Cancer
Thursday, April 24, 2025
St. Tammany Health System, in collaboration with its partners at St. Tammany Cancer Center – A Campus of Ochsner Medical Center, has been re-accredited by the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons. This voluntary re-accreditation, which requires adherence to 35 quality care standards, is valid for three years.
Save the date: STHS sets April 24 blood drive
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
St. Tammany Health System will host a blood drive on April 24, 2025, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington
STQN announces 2025 first-quarter Medical Director’s Award
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
St. Tammany Quality Network has named Dr. Ricardo Blanco the recipient of its Medical Director’s Award for the first quarter of 2025 in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the advancement of lung cancer diagnosis as well as to the field of continuing medical education on lung cancer.
Ask the STHS expert, with breast surgeon Dr. Christopher Porter
Monday, April 7, 2025
With Women’s Health Month coming up in May, we sat down with Dr. Christopher Porter of St. Tammany Health System’s High Risk and Breast Disease Clinic, to discuss breast health.
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