St. Tammany Health System’s flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital has been named to U.S. News & World Report’s list of the nation’s Best Hospitals for Maternity Care for 2023-2024.
In developing its rankings, the publication evaluated the labor and delivery care units at 680 U.S. hospitals, with a specific focus on patients with uncomplicated pregnancies.
St. Tammany was deemed a high-performing hospital, with an “excellent” rate at minimizing avoidable C-sections and at avoiding earlier-than-recommended deliveries.
Other areas in which it was singled out for distinction included the availability of private rooms, an on-site Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, childbirth classes, breast-feeding support, and perinatal screening and services.
“There’s a reason St. Tammany Health System has been the premiere maternity hospital on the Northshore for the past 70 years, and it is not by accident,” STHS President and CEO Joan Coffman said. “The team in our New Family Center is among the best in the business in welcoming new babies into the world, and this latest U.S. News & World Report recognition is evidence of that.”