About the Forum:
Since 1996, the Brevard Healthcare Forum has been sponsored by Florida Institute of Technology and served as a county-wide coalition of healthcare providers and other organizations. Our current membership includes representatives from the following:
- Health First, Parrish Medical Center, and Wuesthoff Health System - the county's three hospital systems
- Circles of Care, Inc. - the county's largest behavioral health provider
- Brevard County Government
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Brevard County Health Department
- Brevard Health Alliance - the county's only federally qualified health center
- Brevard Public Schools
- Healthy Start Coalition of Brevard - nonprofit that provides services to pregnant women and infants to identify and address risk factors to normal growth and development
- Florida Institute of Technology - one of Florida's top private universities
- Devereux Florida - the largest nonprofit provider of mental health, developmental disabilities and child welfare services to children and families in Florida
- Health Council of East Central Florida, Inc. - one of 11 regional health planning councils created by statute by the Florida Legislature in 1982, it covers a four county area that includes Brevard County
The Brevard Healthcare Forum serves as the health planning body for Brevard County and seeks to foster collaborative relationships that facilitate the sharing of data and expertise to address the county's most pressing healthcare issues.
The vision of the Brevard Healthcare Forum is to make health care better, safer, more accessible and more affordable in Brevard County.
The Brevard Healthcare Forum has as its mission to:
- identify and build consensus on healthcare priorities and directions
- facilitate dialogue and joint healthcare initiatives among community stakeholders
- provide and support community-wide healthcare education in Brevard County
Central to our mission and vision is an ongoing assessment of community resources and needs relative to current healthcare delivery systems, with a focus on identifying and addressing healthcare priorities and reducing healthcare disparities.