Viera Hospital

Health first's Viera Hospital (vh) opened in april of 2011 and recently celebrated the 11-year anniversary of its 20-bed intensive care unit, and full medical and surgical capabilities. The Hospital has 84 all-private patient rooms, inpatient diagnostic lab services and vitalwatch eicu which combines telemedicine, software and 24/7 electronic monitoring technology. With over 240 physicians in more than 30 specialties, vh offers da vinci robotic surgery and has been recognized as a urogynecology center of excellence in continence care for women and as an accredited comprehensive center metabolic and bariatric surgery and quality improvement program. Viera Hospital has also received primary stroke certification from the joint commission.the Hospital is hurricane hardened construction with state-of-the-art technologies featured throughout the facility. Innovative technology is evident throughout the Hospital including the very latest in electronic medical records (emr) - meaning no more paper records.vh is the cornerstone of the Viera health park campus which includes two other integrated healthcare facilities within walking distance of one another, the Viera medical plaza, which include a health first diagnostic center (outpatient testing) and health first cancer institute locations, and health first's pro-health & fitness center. The covid-19 pandemic provided many challenges to the healthcare industry and vh 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 vh, 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.vh 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 vh.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, vh is supported in part by contributions to the health first foundation.