MedFast Urgent Care Provides Network of Options

Dr. Williams

MedFast, North Brevard’s first comprehensive urgent care facility, is now open and treating patients for injury cases ranging from respiratory infections to broken bones.

Pediatric Specialty Services Brings Arnold Palmer Pedigree To Brevard

U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT has ranked Arnold Palmer Hospital as one of the premier children’s healthcare facilities in the nation.

Opened in April, Pediatric Specialty Services brings the excellent Arnold Palmer pedigree into Brevard, making it extremely convenient for families in need of specialty medical care for their children to access top-level care.

University of Central Florida COHPA Builds Partnerships

Westberry

Michael Frumkin is a man on a mission. Spend just five minutes talking with the Dean of the University of Central Florida’s College of Health and Public Affairs (COHPA) and you see the impact of his long career in social work and his commitment to building community partnerships.

Brevard’s First LTAC Hospital Set To Open

KINDRED has 10 hospitals in Florida, five of which are in South Florida, including their new Long Term Acute Care facility in Melbourne.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Kindred Hospital, Brevard’s much awaited first Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC) hospital, will open before the end of the year. The new LTAC hospital will treat critically ill, medically complex patients who suffer from multiple organ system failures.

Harris Family Medical Center Invests In Employee’s Good Health

THE HARRIS FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER was established by Harris Corporation to provide high-quality, primary health care services to participants in the Harris Corporation Health Plan.

HARRIS CORP, the Florida Space Coast’s largest employer, has a major investment in the wellness of its employees and the community. So it follows that the company would be proactive in helping its employees maintain their health.

Zipper Set To Open Largest Urogynecology Center in U.S.

Zipper-Exterior

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – At more than 18,000 square feet, Zipper Urogynecology Associates’ soon to be opened facility will become the largest free-standing urogynecology center in the United States.

Wuesthoff To Open Clinic In Walmart SuperCenter

Alicia Ledlie, senior director of health business development for Wal-Mart, said walk-in medical clinics would look like the mockup behind her, in a warehouse in Bentonville, Ark." Source: NYT online.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Wuesthoff Health System announced the organizations’ newest offering of health care services – “The Clinic at Walmart” operated by Wuesthoff Health System. The clinic is scheduled to open in December in the Walmart Supercenter on Merritt Island, Florida.

Sebastian River Medical Center Breaks Ground On $25M Expansion

BREAKING GROUND on Sebastian River Medical Center’s impressive expansion are, left to right: Gary Newsome, President & Chief Executive Officer, Health Management Associates; State Rep. Deborah Mayfield; Rene VanDeVoorde, Chairman, SRMC, Board of Trustees; Emily Holliman, CEO, SRMC; Dr. Michael Venazio, Chief of Staff, SRMC; John McEachern, CFO, SRMC; Josh Putter, Senior Vice President Division 5 CEO, Health Management Associates; Mark Spafford, Vice President OPS Finance and Divison 5 CFO, Health Management Associates; and Ron Gicca, COO, SRMC.

SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA – Sebastian River Medical Center broke ground on their 55,000-square-foot, $25 million expansion, which will boost the overall number of patient beds at the hospital by more than 20 percent. It is slated for completion in 2011.

Health First Medical Equipment Expands

JIM O’DONNELL, Health First Medical Equipment Director (above right), and Paul Robinson, are available 24/7 to service their customers.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Health First Medical Equipment has now opened the doors to its newly remodeled complex at 129 W. Hibiscus Blvd, Suite A, half a mile west of Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.

America’s 21st Century Medical School

Dr. Deborah German offered a one-of-a-kind scholarship program to the UCF Medical School charter class. Each student accepted will receive $20,000 for tuition and $20,000 for living expenses and fees for all four years of the medical degree program. The scholarships were funded completely by nearly $7 million in community donations from the Central Florida Orlando area. Although UCF is a new medical school, it’s already made history – the Association of American Medical Colleges says UCF will be the first medical school ever to provide full scholarships for four years to an entire class.

“I want our medical school to one day be the best in the country and perhaps the best in the world,” says Dr. Deborah German, the founding dean of the new College of Medicine at the University of Central Florida, as she prepares to welcome the first class of 40 students with a symbolic “white coat” ceremony on Aug. 3.

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