Brevard County
According to the Florida
Department of Business and Professional Regulation, in
1998, Brevard County had 792 medical doctors, 46
osteopathic physicians, 240 dentists, and 4,497
registered nurses actively licensed. In addition to the
county health department clinics, the Primary Access to
Health (PATH) Clinic is utilized for the primary care
medical needs in the county. Palliative dental care for
adults is provided by the Brevard County Dental Society
on a voluntary basis in cooperation with the Brevard
County Health Department. This complements the dental
care program for children provided by the county health
department. Chapter 110 Florida Statute VolunteersBrevard
County Health Department We encourage all newly retired staff to volunteer, thereby, utilizing volunteers who know the programs, the people, and the community. In the past year, we had four of our retired staff, including our former director, Dr. Manuel Garcia, return as volunteers. One of our health departments most successful volunteer efforts is our Adult Dental Clinic. The statistics on this program are reported separately, but are nevertheless, very impressive. The Dental Society and the dentists in our community are an exemplary example of people helping people. We will
continue to strive to improve upon on our successes
concentrating on continuous volunteer recruitment and
program development.
The Brevard
County Dental Societys volunteer program, Brevard
Dentists Care, provides limited dental services
to low-income adults who are without other access to
dental care. Clinics are held at the Brevard
County Health Department dental clinic in Rockledge and
at the Melbourne and Titusville clinic sites. In
addition, some services are provided in dentists
private offices. The dentists are afforded eligibility
for sovereign immunity through a volunteer contract with
the Department of Health. The program is the result of a
collaborative effort among the Brevard County Dental
Society, the Brevard County Commissioners, the Brevard
County Health Department, and other groups. This program
continues to add new volunteers. Contact: Brevard County
Dental Society, 1744 Cedar Street, Rockledge FL
32955-3199 Region 7 James S. Kuczek, Region 7 Volunteer Coordinator, supervises and supports Chapter 110 volunteer efforts throughout Brevard County as needed. Twelve Volunteers work at the Brevard Baptist Association, H.O.P.E. Clinical Services, and Wuesthoff Community Wellness Clinic referring patients to meet the statutory and rule requirements of these volunteer programs. Region 7 volunteer
organizations are seeking professional volunteers for the
following positions: general practice physicians,
specialty physicians of all types, dentists, dental
assistants, advanced registered nurse practitioners,
radiologists, nurses, social workers, home visitors,
clerical, greeters, and interpreters. Contact: James
Kuczek, Regional Coordinator Region 7, Benton Service
Center, Room 212, 337 North Fourth Street, Fort Pierce,
FL 34950-4247, Voice: (561) 467-4103 or email: jkuz@earthlink.net.
Volunteer Health Care Provider Program
Brevard
County We Care is seeking volunteers for the
following positions: Specialty physicians of all types,
especially surgeons.
H.O.P.E.
Clinical Services,
a community outreach
program sponsored by Health First and its hospital
affiliates, Holmes Regional Medical Center, Cape
Canaveral Hospital, and Palm Bay Community Hospital,
serves the medically indigent free of charge in four
clinics and a mobile unit. Nurse practitioners performed
nearly 9,400 patient visits from July 1997 through June
1998, while the programs referral base of over 85
volunteer physicians and specialists treated over 200
patients needing specialty care. In
1997, H.O.P.E. earned national recognition for its
community healthcare initiatives when it received the
American Hospital Associations annual NOVA Award. Contact: H.O.P.E., 1281
South Hickory Street, Melbourne, FL 32901 During 1998,
The Florida Baptist Convention Mobile Dental Van
visited Brevard County.
Contact: The Florida
Baptist Convention Mobile Dental Van, 4235 S. US 1,
Rockledge, FL 32955, Attn: Harold Brantley, Director of
Missions. Voice: (407) 631-0820 Parrish
Medical Center, provides a family practice clinic
established in 1996 to serve the medically indigent
patients of North Brevard free of charge.A nurse
practitioner staffs the program under the guidance of two
medical doctors. In addition to the medical care,
diagnostic services and prescriptions are also provided
free of charge to eligible clients . Click on photo above for full size version.
Contact: Parrish Medical
Center, Titusville, FL 32796. Contact Julie Canada,
A.R.N.P. Clinic Coordinator. Voice: 407.268.0267 or visit
their WEB site: http://www.parishmed.com . Wuesthoff Community Wellness Clinic, in operation since March 1997 as a community outreach program that currently seeks to meet the acute and chronic health care needs of Central Brevard Countys medically underserved residents. Sponsored by the Wuesthoff Health Systems Foundation, the clinic is solely funded through community donations and fundraising efforts.
The clinic operates both a clinic and a forty foot mobile medical unit and offers (at no charge) comprehensive health and medical services, diagnostic testing, pharmaceuticals, education, specialty and sub-specialty referrals necessary to meet the acute and chronic health care needs for approximately two hundred fifty (250) patients each month. Roughly 50 percent of these patient visits/encounters represent new patient contacts.
Contact: Wuesthoff
Community Wellness Clinic, 110 Longwood Ave, Rockledge,
FL 32956-5002,
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