Health First Promotes Angerami, Forsberg

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Health First has appointed Deborah Angerami as vice president of operations, and Sally Forsberg as vice president of nursing for the healthcare company’s new Viera Hospital.

Sorensen Named Health First Health Plans COO

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Health First Health Plans President and CEO, Margaret Haney, announced the appointment of Chris Sorenson as the new chief operating officer of the Rockledge, Florida-based health plans company.

‘Hospitalists’ Coined To describe New Specialists

HOSPITALISTS, such as Dr. Raymond Giammanco of Cape Canaveral Hospital (pictured at right), can improve hospital efficiency by facilitating movement of patients through the system. There are presently over 22,000 practicing hospitalists in the United States

OVER THE PAST 12 years the specialty has grown progressively, and hospitalists represent one of the most rapidly growing forms of medical practice in the US.

Dr. Palermo Named Chief Medical Officer At Health First

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – James V. Palermo, M.D., who has served as the Health First Vice President of Quality Management and Chief Quality Officer for the past eight years, has recently been named Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Health First, an integrated healthcare delivery system consisting of three (soon to be four) hospitals, a health plan and a physician group in Brevard County, Florida.

Student Dedicated To UCF’s Programs

University of Central Florida COHPA graduate student Sheila Schmitt (center) visits with professor Lynn Unruh and fellow student Joe Palermo during a course on Health Economics and Policy. The class meets in person at the Orlando main campus every other week and the rest of the material is administered online.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Although his first love will always be the ocean and the exhilaration of the fight and landing of that 60-pound Wahoo, or the sight of the white underbelly and spectacular dorsal fin of a sail fish as it launches out of the water, Joe Palermo, Captain and owner of the off-shore sport fishing vessel, The Sea Wrangler, is committed to a future in healthcare.

Brevard Hospitals Team Up For Sudden Disaster Training

Flanking an eCareMobile unit live feed of Lisa Goetz from the Health First VitalWatch eICU Clinical Operations Room in Rockledge, are, from left to right, Dr. Peter Pappas, HRMC trauma surgeon; Dr. Antonio Marttos, Director of TeleTrauma at the University of Miami William Lehman Injury Research Center; Mike Gavigan, Vital Watch Nurse Manager; Dr. Jim Shaffer, VitalWatch Medical Director; and Dr. David Mozingo, Chief of the University of Florida’s burn surgery program.  Telemedicine technology was a hot topic at Health First’s annual “Bomb, Blast and Burn” seminar, where Drs. Marttos and Mozingo spoke. Particularly compelling were Dr. Mozingo’s recounting of casualty care after September 11th and Dr. Marttos’s use of telemedicine to aid the victims of Haiti’s earthquake.

Disaster strikes. The drone of mid-morning traffic is cut by the roar of crushed machinery and cries of panic. A train car derails spilling volatile chemicals across a major road. In an instant, the chemicals ignite in a fireball.

Garrison Healthcare Executive Extraordinaire

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Larry Garrison moved to Brevard in 1973 to join Cape Canaveral Hospital and ended up taking on much more than just a job. “I fell in love with Brevard County,” he said.

Dr. Pecoraro Honored For Outstanding Cancer Care

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Al Pecoraro, Jr., MD, FACS, was among 36 physicians nationwide recognized by the Commission on Cancer for his outstanding work in support of cancer care.

Kite Boarding Docs

Jim Neel are among a bunch of physician kite boarders who lust for the wind and waves of Melbourne Beach.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Whenever the winds surge and the waves rush, the coconut telegraph lines buzz with activity. It’s kiteboarding weather.“For whatever reason, doctors seem to gravitate towards the sport,” said Dr. Bjorn Dimberg.

Health First Health Plans Among Best In America

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA (Nov. 16, 2009) – In the latest rankings of healthcare plans across America, U.S. News & World Report has rated Health First Health Plans among the country’s elite, with HFHF placing 31 out of the more than 165 health plans that participated in the survey.

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