Cape Canaveral Hospital

Health first's Cape Canaveral Hospital (cch) is a full service, not-for-profit Hospital featuring a certified baby-friendly mother/baby unit, fully equipped surgical services, a state-of-the-art cancer program and full-service laboratory. Cch features 150 beds and has over 200 highly skilled attending physicians.the women's diagnostic center features state-of-the-art, personalized services including digital mammography, ultrasound, stereotactic breast biopsy, and mri breast imaging and is accredited by the american college of radiology and the u.s. food and drug administration. As part of the women's service line, there were approximately 775 births during the fiscal year.the facility also operates a seven-suite operating room, two-suite cath lab, two-suite gi/endoscopy available for both inpatient and outpatient procedures and vitalwatch eicu which combines telemedicine, software and 24/7 electronic monitoring technology.additionally, cch includes a 24-bed emergency department and an adjoining six-story medical plaza that includes physician's offices, a conference center, pre-operative testing, outpatient registration for laboratory testing and same-day surgery, as well as a health resource center for the community.cch received a 5-star rating by the centers for medicare & medicaid services in 2021 and is accredited by the joint commission as a primary stroke centerthe covid-19 pandemic provided many challenges to the healthcare industry and cch pivoted quickly to meet the needs of caring for our community. Negative-pressure rooms were stood up to provide a proper care environment for patients. Each of the health first facilities, including cch, adhered to centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) guidelines for covid-19 precautions like social-distancing, masking, proper sanitization, and ensuring safe environments for patients, visitors and associates. Face masks were provided to those who did not have one. Also, increased access to hand sanitizing stations were provided throughout the hospital.cch provides quality medical healthcare regardless of race, creed, gender, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay, although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of the hospital.it is recognized that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase essential medical services and further, that our mission is to serve the community with respect to providing healthcare services and healthcare education.in keeping with the Hospital's commitment, to serve all members of its community:(1) free care and/or subsidized care is provided where the need and/orinability to pay exists as determined by health first's financial assistance policy. (2) care is provided at below cost to persons covered by governmentalprograms such as medicare and medicaid. (3) free wellness and health activities and programs are provided to the community. These activities include wellness programs, community education programs, special programs for elderly, handicapped, andmentally underserved along with a variety of broad community support activities.as a not-for-profit Hospital, cch is supported in part by contributions to the health first foundation.