National Healthcare Decisions Day 2024

National Healthcare Decisions Day 2024 In observance of National Healthcare Decisions Day on Tuesday, April 16, Treasure Coast Hospice will distribute advance care planning materials at 12 local libraries in Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties. Staff and volunteers will offer information and tools for the public to talk about their wishes with loved ones, including Five [...]

2024-03-17T10:13:52-04:00Mar. 15, 2024|

John Crouch, D.O., new VP of Medical Services

John Crouch, D.O., new VP of Medical Services Treasure Coast Hospice is pleased to announce that John Crouch, D.O., has been promoted to Vice President of Medical Services. Board-certified in family practice, Dr. Crouch joined Treasure Coast Hospice in 2016 as a home care and assisted living facilities physician. In his new role, Dr. Crouch will [...]

2024-03-01T11:48:42-05:00Mar. 1, 2024|

HCA Healthcare Foundation’s Health Equity Catalyst Grant Program

HCA Healthcare Foundation’s Health Equity Catalyst Grant Program HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers,  announced the HCA Healthcare Foundation, through its Healthier Tomorrow Fund, gave $375,000 in grants to nonprofits as part of its new Health Equity Catalyst Grant Program. This year, the grants were given to nonprofits addressing food [...]

2023-12-21T08:37:47-05:00Dec. 21, 2023|

New homecare business in Vero Beach

New homecare business in Vero Beach Hummingbird Care Services is a new homecare business in Vero Beach and is owned and operated by Vero Beach native Colby Bechtold. You will find the office at 1031 18th St Suite C. 772-202-2213 www.hummingbirdcareservices.com. The Vero Beach Chamber assisted in the Ribbon Cutting of the new office Friday Dec. [...]

2023-12-07T08:12:49-05:00Dec. 7, 2023|

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital  opens new hybrid operating room 

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital opens new hybrid operating room  HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, a 435-bed full-service acute care facility, and part of HCA Florida Healthcare, the largest healthcare system in the state, announced the opening of its new hybrid operating room (OR) as part of its $100 million tower expansion. After recently opening three additional [...]

2023-11-23T09:07:40-05:00Nov. 23, 2023|

Legacy Hospices Explore Affiliation

Legacy Hospices Explore Affiliation Space Coast-based St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care and Treasure Coast-based Treasure Coast Hospice announced that the two organizations are exploring an affiliation. The areas served by the two programs include Brevard, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties. St. Francis Reflections was founded in the late 1970s and Treasure Coast Hospice in the early [...]

2023-11-07T15:02:39-05:00Nov. 3, 2023|

Dr. Robert Kenney welcomed back

Dr. Robert Kenney welcomed back   Dr. Robert Kenney, one of the founding physicians and the first Medical Director of the Day Medical Center, is once again accepting new patients at the Kane Center campus of the Council on Aging of Martin County. “We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Kenney back,” said Council on Aging [...]

2023-10-26T11:07:30-04:00Oct. 26, 2023|

School of Nursing moves into new home

The ominous sound of a Code Blue alarm sends student nurses flying to a patient’s bedside in the simulated hospital on Indian River State College’s Port St. Lucie campus. They gather around the bed, working swiftly to save the “patient” who is struggling to breathe after a heart attack

2023-10-12T23:02:47-04:00Oct. 12, 2023|

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital welcomes first patient to new Level III NICU 

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital welcomes first patient to new Level III NICU  HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, a 435-bed full-service acute care facility and part of HCA Florida Healthcare, the largest healthcare system in the state, recently welcomed the first patient to its recently opened Level III NICU. At just under one-month-old, patient Luka Ramos was [...]

2023-09-07T19:14:20-04:00Sep. 7, 2023|

Treasure Coast Hospice achieves national recognition

Treasure Coast Hospice achieves national recognition Treasure Coast Hospice achieved recognition by earning four rings in the 2023 Quality Connections program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Quality Connections is the only national program designed to support hospice and palliative care providers' delivery of high-quality, person-centered care. Quality Connections is structured around four fundamental pillars, which [...]

2023-08-31T09:07:38-04:00Aug. 31, 2023|
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