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48 SEP / OCT 2025  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS Hospital Rounds STQNAnnounces Medical Director’s Award for Q2 2025 St. Tammany Quality Network (STQN) named Joseph Landers, MD, and Andrew Baier, MD, as recipients of the Northshore organization’s Med- ical Director’s Award for the second quarter of 2025, in recognition of their contributions to the development and implementation of structured interdisciplinary bedside rounding (SIBR) at St. Tammany Health System. SIBR is conducted each weekday across most patient units at the health system’s flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital. This interdisciplinary approach brings together representatives from hospital medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, case management, and nursing for regular vis- its with each patient and their families to discuss a summary of the patient’s treatment plan, clini- cal progress, expected discharge date, and dis- charge destination. STHS Achieves 18Wins in Best of St. Tammany Awards Readers of NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune, and the St. Tammany Farmer have named St. Tam- many Health System’s flagship St. Tammany Par- ish Hospital the best hospital on the Northshore in the inaugural Best of St. Tammany awards. It is one of a total of 18 recognitions bestowed on the health system, including Best Cancer Center, Best Pharmacy, and Best Place to Work. Ochsner, Second Harvest Food Bank Launch Grocery Store onWheels On July 8, Second Harvest Food Bank and Och- sner Health officially launched the Makin’ Grocer- ies Mobile Market at Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, bringing fresh, affordable groceries directly to patients, healthcare workers, and the surrounding community. The market will oper- ate twice a month, alternating between Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans and West Campus. The Mobile Market offers fresh produce, pro- teins, dairy, and pantry staples at affordable prices. Payment options include cash, credit, debit, and EBT. This initiative builds on an expanding partner- ship, including food donations to the Leon H. Rit- tenberg Family Food Pantry at The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center and a new summer feed- ing initiative in Houma at the Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center. TomPatrias Named CEO of UniversityMedical Center NewOrleans
 Tom Patrias began his role as LCMC Health’s University Medical Center New Orleans’ new chief executive officer in August. Patrias, who had been serving as UMC’s chief operating officer, will succeed John R. Nickens IV, who has accepted the role of CEO at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Prior to his time at UMC, Patrias served as CEO of Tulane Medical Center and Lakeside Hospital, and held senior executive positions with Commu- nity Health Systems. Area Hospitals Earn Recognition for Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety Receiving “A” grades for healthcare quality and patient safety from the Leapfrog Group are: • East Jefferson General Hospital • LCMC’s Lakeside Hospital • LCMC’s Lakeview Hospital • LCMC’s Touro • LCMC’s West Jefferson Medical Center • St. Tammany Health System’s St. Tammany Parish Hospital • Terrebonne General Health System St. Tammany Health System was awarded Healthgrades’ Outstanding Patient Experience Award. This 2025 award marks the 17th consecu- tive year the health system has earned that honor. Terrebonne General Health System was awarded Healthgrades’ 2025 Patient Safety Excel- lence Award. Ochsner Health Awarded TopWorkplaces 2025 Honor by TopWorkplaces for Nursing Ochsner Health has been awarded a Top Work- places 2025 honor by Top Workplaces for Nurs- ing. This list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey adminis- tered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The confidential survey measures employee experience. Over 2,000 of Ochsner’s nurses participated in the survey. STHS Recognized for Treatment of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest St. Tammany Health System’s flagship St. Tam- many Parish Hospital has received the Amer- ican Heart Association’s Target: Survival quality achievement award for its commitment to treat- ing in-hospital cardiac arrest. The Target: Survival program was developed to highlight the number of lives a hospital saved by following the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines for treatment as outlined by the Amer- ican Heart Association. The program examines patient survival rates following in-hospital cardiac arrest and adjusts for multiple factors, including cardiac arrest rhythm, event location within the hospital, and prior illness severity. Awarded sites have a survival rate that places them in the top 40% of all Get With The Guide- lines – Resuscitation participating hospitals in the United States. Terrebonne General Health SystemEmployees Donate to Recovering Nurse ProgramFund Terrebonne General Health System employees donated $2,500 to the Louisiana State Nurses Association’s Sister Lucie Leonard Recovering Nurse Fund on July 21. The staff participated in a Spirit Link Fundraiser during National Nurses and Hospital Weeks in May, which resulted in the money raised. In 2015, the Louisiana Nurses Foundation established the Sister Lucie Leonard Recovering Nurse Fund to assist nurses in their recovery from Tom Patrias