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Michelle Genz

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2 Vero nursing homes get worst rating–again

Two Vero nursing homes were once again awarded one star out of a possible five by Medicare’s Nursing ...

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New Cleveland Clinic signs going up at hospital complex

A year before the Jan. 1 takeover of Indian River Medical Center by Cleveland Clinic, the head of ...

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Public Guardianship Program moving to Senior Resource Assn.

Photo by Denise Ritchie The memory is so vivid it brings Morgan Libbey Smith to tears. Morgan was ...

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New guidelines expand access to healthcare

More people in Indian River County will qualify for low-cost healthcare after a vote by the Hospital District ...

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Cleveland looks at complication rate for maternity cases

Weeks before Cleveland Clinic Florida stepped into the birthing business by acquiring Indian River Medical Center and two ...

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Backus and Butcher: Inspired pairing of landscape legends

The works of two iconic Florida landscape artists, painter A.E. Backus and photographer Clyde Butcher, hanging side by ...

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Hospital ratings confuse patients, cause concern

The drive to turn patients into savvy consumers appears to have stalled again, with the latest Hospital Compare ...

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Federal government gives area hospitals relatively low ratings

After months of delay as it tried to get its methodology right, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare ...

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With new No. 2, Cleveland Clinic to focus on efficiencies

Cleveland Clinic Indian River has a new chief operating officer, after a year and a half during which ...

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Future of Gifford Health Center remains unclear

On the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 8, the County Health Department notified the Indian River Hospital District that ...

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‘May Darkness Restore’: Sexton’s poetry, ‘all grown up’

Last week, as rain pelted his hand-built house and the 600-acre ranch it faces, Sean Sexton settled in ...

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Cleveland Clinic’s expansion goes beyond Indian River, St. Lucie and into Palm Beach

Cleveland Clinic Florida’s Florida expansion moved forward last week when a zoning change allowing for a 350,000-square-foot facility ...