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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
Free Women's Health Educational Program at the Emerson Center The Initiative for Reproductive Justice (IRJ) educational arm is pleased to offer Focus on Women's Health: Education and Empowerment, an educational program for women's healthcare rights and services. Focus on Women's Health will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. [...]