MEET A MAN OF ACTION…. JOHN MAY….
John May is an inspiration and knows firsthand the struggles of going from trouble to triumph. John Left New Jersey in May 1995 headed to Florida in hope of a better path; it only took a month and he found himself incarcerated. While in jail, at the age of 35, John tells me “I asked […]
VNA Private Care Receives 2019 Best of Home Care® – Provider of Choice Award for Ninth Year
The Visiting Nurse Association’s (VNA) Private Care department announced today that it has received the 2019 Best of Home Care – Provider of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse. The Provider of Choice Award is granted only to the top-ranking home care providers, based on client satisfaction scores gathered by Home Care Pulse, an independent […]
VNA’s Health Care on Wheels mobile clinic prevents ER visits
The Visiting Nurse Association of the Treasure Coast’s (VNA) Health Care on Wheels mobile health clinic is keeping patients out of the ER and providing economic returns for the residents of Indian River County. Over a three-month period, data collected through patient surveys indicate that 68 mobile unit patients would have chosen to seek treatment […]
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital Announces New Chief Operating Officer
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital is pleased to announce that Ralph Turner, DBA, MSHA, MPA, FACHE, will join the leadership team as Chief Operating Officer. Turner has spent the last two years serving Cleveland Clinic as the Executive Director for Patient Support Services. As Executive Director, he was responsible for driving high reliability across many enterprise […]
Vaping in Teens – the Dangers of E-cigarettes
Much attention has been given to the emerging trend of e-cigarettes in our society, particularly the product Juul and its growing popularity among teens. Not only is this gaining nationwide attention, but groups like the Tobacco Free Partnership and the Quit Doc Foundation are studying and researching the trends and advocating to change the statistics. […]
VNA’s Kara Henson and Kim Metz Named Associates of the Year
The Visiting Nurse Association of the Treasure Coast (VNA) is pleased to announce Kara Hen- son, Physical Therapist, and Kim Metz, Occupational Therapist, were recently recognized as VNA’s Associates of the Year. Associates of the Year are nominated by their colleagues for consistently demonstrating VNA’s WHY statement: Collaborating as a team to provide excellent care […]
Project Lifesaver works to recover missing 86 year old man
In the evening hours of Monday, November 5th, Vona Wohlenberg called to report her husband, 86 year old Dan Wohlenberg missing from their home in the 13800 block of 99th Street in Fellsmere. Mrs. Wohlenberg said that she believed he had been missing for approximately one hour and had left the residence on foot. Mr. […]
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital Welcomes New President Dr. Greg Rosencrance
Celebrating a process that spanned nearly two years, Indian River Medical Center officially joined the Cleveland Clinic Health System in January. The new Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital now becomes part of a premier academic health system in Florida, providing access to innovative care and world-class treatment options for Vero Beach, Indian River County, and […]
IRMC Announces Interventional Stroke Program
Indian River Medical Center has launched an interventional stroke program in Vero Beach. IRMC has engaged the Arubah Neuroscience Institute with the goal of becoming a Comprehensive Stroke Center. The neuro-interventionalist team, including Drs. Ayman Gheith, Vikas Gupta and Akram Shhadeh, has begun treating ischemic strokes using a procedure known as mechanical thrombectomy. An ischemic […]
Janean Barrows Joins Nightingale Private Care in Vero Beach
We are pleased to announce that Janean Barrows has joined Nightingale Private Care in Vero Beach as our Community Liaison. After working the last 6 years in the Out-Patient Rehab industry she has chosen to make the change to Private Care and we couldn’t be more pleased to have her on our team. She has […]