The new Cardiology Center at St. Tammany Health System was officially dedicated March 25 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by health system leadership, members of the medical community, and local public officials.
The 22,000-square-foot facility, located across South Tyler Street from St. Tammany Parish Hospital,
brings centralization of cardiology procedures and diagnostics under one roof.
Incorporating input from the care providers who will work there, every detail of the center was designed with the patient in mind, with a specific goal of providing a more accessible, less fragmented care journey. Health system leaders said the move reflects a nationwide trend toward outpatient cardiovascular care and aims to increase capacity to meet the needs of the growing Northshore community while also improving convenience and reducing stress for patients.
The center includes:
·Two fully equipped cardiac catheterization labs, with the ability to expand to add a third should patient volumes require it.
·Four echocardiography and vascular ultrasound rooms.
·Two noninvasive cardiology procedure rooms for stress testing, transesophageal echocardiograms and cardioversion.
·Fifteen pre- and post-procedure rooms.
The facility will open with 17 full-time employees and is expected to grow to 35 staff members when fully operational.
The inpatient cardiovascular program at St. Tammany Parish Hospital, including its four catheterization labs, will remain unchanged and separate from the new outpatient Cardiology Center.
As with the health system’s dozens of other facilities in the community, The Cardiology Center at St. Tammany Health System will feature original works of local artists – including Peggy Hesse, Mary Helen Seago, and Rachelle Woodard – provided through the nonprofit St. Tammany Health Foundation’s Healing Arts Initiative.
The Cardiology Center at St. Tammany Health System is on the third floor of the Charles A. Frederick Medical Office Complex at 1203 S. Tyler St., which is connected to St. Tammany Parish Hospital by a pedestrian skybridge spanning Tyler Street.