2008 News

For more information on what's happening at Health First, visit our calendar of events.

April

• 8th Annual Pro-Health & Fitness Center to hold Summer Camp on Merritt Island
• East Central Florida Memory Disorder Clinic offers Certified Nursing Assistant training
• The Health First Aging Institute to host free Health Fair Saturday, April 26
• Bright Star Center for Grieving Children hosting one-day camp
• Cape Canaveral Hospital nurses host 17th Annual Jump Ropes to Stethoscopes
• Free prostate cancer screening event in June
• Health First Physician, Dr. Aimee Raup, relocates her office to Merritt Island
• April & May's Healthy Happenings: Free Lectures & Cooking Demonstrations
• Hospice of Health First hosts information booth on April 16th
• Dr. Chau now accepting Health First Health Plans and new patients
• Wound Management Center offers free foot checks for diabetes

March

• Viera Hospital - It's About Time!
• Health First honors physicians on National Doctor's Day, March 30th

February

• March's Healthy Happenings: Free Lectures & Cooking Demonstrations
• Cancer Support Group sponsors March 6 lecture on "Diagnostic Imaging"
• Project SEARCH holds open house
• Cape Canaveral Hospital supports Church of Our Saviour's Health Fair
• Health First Health Plans wins City of Melbourne bid for employee benefits
• Health First Foundation seeks sponsors for 26th Annual Benefit Ball
• Health First ranks 45th among Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks in the U.S.
• Health First Physician, Dr. Girjashanker, named one of America's Top Physicians
• Dr. Mahboob Alikhan joins Health First Physicians
• All Health First hospitals receive 2007 Jean Byers Award for Excellence in Cancer Registration
• Health First Foundation to host 26th Annual Benefit Ball
• Holmes Regional Medical Center recognized for participation in continuous quality improvement
• East Central Florida Memory Disorder Clinic offers Certified Nursing Assistant training program
• Dr. Dusan Sabol joins Health First Physicians
• Hospice of Health First seeks volunteers

January

• Brevard County hospital systems join together to create and implement Tobacco-Free Campus Initiative
• Cape Canaveral Hospital begins new Cancer Support Group for Women
• February's Healthy Happenings: Free Lectures & Cooking Demonstrations
  
  
• Brevard's first baby of 2008 delivered at Health First's Cape Canaveral Hospital

2007 Archives

December

• NBC's "The Biggest Loser" films at Health First's Pro-Health & Fitness
• January's Healthy Happenings: Free Lectures & Cooking Demonstrations
  
  
• Marine participates in live birth at Cape Canaveral Hospital from 7,000 miles away
• Hospice of Health First hosts Memorial Tree at Melbourne Square Mall
• Dr. Anh Chau joins Health First Physicians Cocoa Beach Family Practice
• Holmes Regional Trauma Center and Pineda Harley-Davidson sponsor Motorcycle Safety Day
• Cape Canaveral Hospital Auxiliary Hosts Lights of Love Tree Lighting Ceremony
• Holmes Regional Medical Center Hosts Holiday Tree Lighting

November

• Hospice of Health First selected as Organization of the Year by Florida Today
• Palm Bay Community Hospital Hosts Free Community Concert and Holiday Tree Lighting

October

• Health First Foundation Golf Tournament & Gala Celebration, November 16 & 17
• Health First Health Plans ranked best in Florida for quality by U.S. News/NCQA
• November & December's Healthy Happenings: Free Lectures & Cooking Demonstrations
• Merritt Island Pro-Health & Fitness Center offers American Red Cross swim lessons in November and December
• Health First Physicians husband-wife team named among "America's Top Family Doctors"
• Health First presents 22nd Annual ANET Conference on Organ and Tissue Donation/Transplantation
• October's Healthy Happenings: Free Lectures & Cooking Demonstrations
• Hospice of Health First sponsors Camp Bright Star on October 27
• Traumatic Brain Injury lecture October 15th at Holmes Regional Medical Center
• Hospice of Health First To Offer Volunteer Training Sessions in October

September

• Health First Physicians adds new cardiologist, Dr. Chauhan
• Community Breast Cancer Awareness/Educational Conference to be held during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October
• Palm Bay Community Hospital selected to benefit from Palm Bay Mayors' Benefit Ball
• Health First Physicians cardiologists selected for "Guide to America's Top Cardiologists"
• Health First's Aging Institute's East Central Florida Memory Disorder Clinic awarded grant for DriveABLE program
• Health First Physicians General Surgeon selected for award by Commission on Cancer
• Sixth Annual Grape Escape events sure to please wine and food enthusiasts alike
• Palm Bay Community Hospital offers free lecture on ovarian cancer
• Health First to sponsor $10 cholesterol screenings at Pro-Health & Fitness Centers in September

August

• Executive leadership changes at Health First
• Health First named to Most Wired list third consecutive year
• Hospice of Health First to offer training for teen volunteers
• Health First Pro-Health & Fitness Center offers Basic Water Rescue course
• Health First Leeza's Place to sponsor lecture on Stroke Awareness and Prevention
• Brevard Manatees to sponsor Rib Fest 2007 to benefit cancer care at Cape Canaveral Hospital
• Health First Aging Institute launches new ElderCARE website
• Health First Diagnostic Center in Melbourne now offers Saturday mammogram screenings
• Health First selects architect for new Viera Hospital
• Cape Canaveral Hospital renewed a "Baby-Friendly Hospital"

July

• Register online for 5th Annual Health First Triathlon held on October 7, 2007
• Technologically advanced Wound Management & Hyperbaric Center opens
• Health First names Director of Pharmacy
• Health First Physician named as one of "America's Top Surgeons"

June

• Health First Foundation at Cape Canaveral Hospital awards scholarships
• Health First Health Plans names new President/COO
• Free lecture on Uterine Fibroid Embolization
• 6th Annual Men's Health Summit

May

• Free Mediterranean healthy cooking demonstration and heart disease prevention lecture
• Free lecture on common sleep disorders
• Hospice of Health First to offer volunteer training classes for new pet therapy program
• Yurda Karycki, ARNP, selected as recipient of 2007 AANP State Award for Excellence
• Free lecture on understanding strokes: The Journey Home
• Free lecture on recent advances in total joint replacement
• Free lecture on stroke risk factors and prevention
• Free lecture on women's heart health
• Holmes Regional Medical Center Trauma Center to host injury and fall prevention lecture and information session
• Health First celebrates National Nurse's Week
• Health First celebrates National Hospital & Healthcare Week
• FREE Healthy Happenings Events for May: Lectures and Cooking Demonstrations

April

• Brevard's only board-certified gynecological oncologist lectures on new HPV vaccine
• Health First Receives Final Approval from State to Build Viera Hospital
• Two Health First cardiologists named to new positions with Cape Canaveral Hospital

March

• Health First Health Plans offers Education Help Line: March 31 marks deadline for switching Medicare plans
• Health First Health Plans first in Florida to offer fitness center membership as a covered benefit for employees of small businesses
• Health First Operation NOW hopes to reduce number of teen driving deaths
• Holmes Regional Medical Center 2007 Ball to benefit Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• FREE Healthy Happenings Events: Lectures, Testing and Cooking Demonstrations
• Health First program helps children who have a parent with cancer

February

• Health First Physician named one of "America's Top Surgeons"
• Health First ranks 15th among Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks in the United States
• Cape Canaveral Hospital offers pulse oximetry testing
• Holmes Regional Medical Center sponsors stroke prevention lecture
• Palm Bay Community Hospital sponsors lecture on aging and preventing falls
• Free Heart Awareness Month Activities

January

• Viera Hospital approved, thanks to you!
• Health First Foundation hosts 2007 Grand Prix fund-raiser
• Health First offers free lectures on common sleep disorders

News Archives

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• News from 2004

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