Category: Health First

Heart Surgeons at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center Implant 700th WATCHMAN, First To Use New FLX Pro

Heart surgeons at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center March 1 successfully implanted its 700th WATCHMAN™ device and became the first on the East Coast between Jacksonville and south Florida to use the WATCHMAN FLX™ Pro. […]

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Health First Mananger CPR Lesson Prepares Boys & Girls Club Members for Life-Saving Role

The cardiac arrests of young high-profile athletes Bronny James and Damar Hamlin has everyone, even young people themselves, asking, what would I do in that emergency?
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Health First’s Cape Canaveral Hospital Named to Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2024 List for 4th Straight Year

For the fourth straight year, Health First’s Cape Canaveral Hospital been named to Newsweek’s list of World’s Best Hospitals 2024. Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider, present this prestigious award. The award was announced on Feb. 28th, 2024, and can be viewed on Newsweek’s website. […]

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Health First Trainer Kathleen Jaromin Helps Women Get Comfortable with the Weights

Katrina Francis of Suntree performs a set of squats with Health First Personal Trainer Kathleen Jaromin. Francis says that a personal trainer ensures accountability. Without one, a person may not stick with tough exercises, opting for routines they’re comfortable with and good at. […]

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Valentine’s Day Puts Heart at the Center of Health Talk During Health First Health Plans Event

Health First Health Plans members enjoyed an intimate and important presentation from two esteemed Health First Cardiologists on Valentine’s Day, and the mostly female audience was well-served by the messengers. […]

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Freeze! Health First’s Investment in Painkilling Technology Is Easing Patients’ Recovery

Big surgeries have moved from “open” to laparoscopic (minimally invasive), and even robotic. The result is better outcomes and shorter recoveries, but some discomfort and pain from a major operation is inevitable. […]

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Hundreds Turn Out for Health First Health Plans Day at the Brevard Zoo

Nearly 400 Brevard County residents and Health First Health Plans Medicare members embarked upon the Brevard Zoo for a morning of adventure and exploration of one of Brevard’s local treasures. […]

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More Women Than Men Die of Heart Failure: Health First Cardiologist Dr. Kevin Campbell Says, ‘It’s Really About Awareness’

HEALTH FIRST Cardiologist Kevin Campbell, MD, FACC, says women’s heart disease has historically been underserved by medicine. His plea to both patients and physicians is to weigh the risk factors at play in heart disease and, in women, consider more subtle symptoms as signs. […]

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Health First Gynecologist Dr. Scott Bovelsky Helps Space Coast Families Grow

PAUL PHILLIPS AND TONYA CHANEY had been trying to get pregnant for months when Chaney made an appointment with Health First Gynecologist M. Scott Bovelsky, MD. Now, they’re several weeks into pregnancy. […]

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Health First’s Pediatric Endocrinology ‘Is the Team in Your Corner’ When Type 1 Diabetes Is Diagnosed

Little kids go through growth spurts and dramatic swings in appetite – not to mention mood. A parent must develop a thick skin, and sometimes, temporarily, a red flag gets waved away.
When Megan and Billy Muir noticed their son Liam was drinking an excessive amount of water one week in October, they didn’t get alarmed. He was otherwise happy, in school and occupied. […]

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Baby Girl Remi First Baby Born at Health First’s Birthing Center at Holmes Regional Medical Center in 2024

The Birthing Center at Holmes Regional Medical Center announced the first baby born at Health First in 2024. Baby girl Remi was born at 11:20 a.m. on New Year’s Day and weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Mom Shannon Hamper of Melbourne, said that this is her third child born at Health First and Remi’s two older brothers are looking forward to meeting their new sister. […]

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HEALTH FIRST: Finding a Health Plan Through Open Enrollment May Be Your Best-Kept New Year’s Resolution All Year

BREVARD COUNTY-BASED Health First Health Plans announced recently five new Central Florida counties would be served by its affordable health plans – Lake, Orange, Oseola, Pasco and Polk. […]

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Health First Health Plans Recognized For Two Local Honors Impacting Community Health

Health First Health Plans was recently recognized by the Space Coast Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) for two honors: Project of the Year and Rookie Project Manager of the Year. […]

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WATCH: Health First Nursing Directors Distribute Holiday Joy, Participated in Shopping Sprees Earlier This Month

This year, as it has for many, Health First partnered with the South Brevard Sharing Center to procure and pass out bags and bags of new toys, clothes, electronics and more to parents who otherwise might have little or nothing waiting under the tree on Christmas. Added to this, brown paper bags heavy with hams, mashed potatoes, stuffing and desserts were thrown into car trunks, too. […]

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MEDICAL SPOTLIGHT: At Health First, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners Extend Physicians’ Practices

Many Americans are living longer lives than their parents, and regular doctor’s visits deserve much of the credit – but not all of these are staffed by doctors. “I will never say I know as much as a doctor,” says longtime Health First Provider Evan Cataldo, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). “We are an extender of a physician’s services.” […]

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