At the Heart Center at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center, world-class physicians, nurses and techs work tirelessly to repair arteries and stabilize heartbeats – to make heart recovery possible for our community. And tirelessly means middle-of-the-night shifts. […]
In existence since 2014, the Heart and Soul Dragonboat Club is a team of athletes from every age and walk of life – including breast cancer survivors and supporters – who want to share in the mission of increased health and heartfelt friendships through dragon boating. […]
Bins of canned ravioli and vegetables, breakfast bars and other healthy snacks fill a large table, 80s music plays overhead, and laughs (and even some old-school dance moves) break out as members of the Health First IT Department volunteer in a food-item-packaging assembly line last month for the Children’s Hunger Project. […]
Meet Jamie Forrest from Health First on Vimeo: With approximately 10,000 associates and volunteers, Health First is one of the largest employers in Brevard County. In fact, Health First has been named for a second straight year to Forbes’ national Best Large Employers Rankings as one of the best places to work in America. […]
For the second straight year, Rockledge, Florida-based Health First has been named among “America’s Best Large Employers” for 2023 by Forbes. In a survey of 45,000 U.S. employees, Health First landed in the top 200 nationally on the list highlighting organizations with more than 5,000 employees. […]
Health First announced today that President and CEO Steve Johnson, above, will be retiring from the organization this month. In his stead, Kent Smith, the Chair of the Board of Trustees, will be serving as the organization’s interim CEO. Under Johnson’s decade of leadership, Health First has realized a number of valuable accomplishments, including embarking on an intentional evolution from hospital system to wholly integrated delivery network. The organization has incorporated key teams and partners in order to double its physician group and reinforce its commitment to a flexible, wholly integrated experience. […]
Kids at Health First’s Center for Child Development have been busy making about 200 hand-built hearts to be handed out on Valentine’s Day to patients and their families, providers and staff at The Heart Center, the area’s most advanced heart and stroke center that’s next door at Holmes Regional Medical Center. […]
“Emotional” was the word used by both patient and surgeon who reunited at a blood drive taking place outside the A Entrance at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center Wednesday. […]
NEED TO KNOW: Health First Dermatologist Vanessa Johnson, MD, says parents should consider only bathing their babies weekly and, as they get older, every other night or every third night. She says to look for fragrance-free products and avoid common allergens like Balsam of Peru and other essential oils. […]
Among deadly cancers, ovarian cancer rates are low. Fewer than 20,000 women will get an ovarian cancer diagnosis this year. But it’s long been called a “silent killer” because a staggering number – more than 2 in 3 – succumb to the disease. […]
Last June, Fleckner was starting out in Health First’s Cardiac Rehab program following an open sternotomy aortic valve replacement. After surgery, she could only tolerate about 15 feet of walking – about 3 to 4 minutes of continuous exercise – before she’d need to take a break. […]
Jennifer Alequin, above left, is a busy professional. So when the Northrup Grumman IT Program Manager is feeling under the weather, the first thing she does is weigh the relief of getting good care against the trouble of taking time to do it. Dr. Jayde George, above right, is the Medical Director of Virtual Health for Health First Medical Group. […]
