Musicians On Call (MOC), a nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients, families and caregivers in healthcare environments, is bringing the MOC Bedside and Virtual programs to South Florida to share the healing power of music in local facilities. Volunteers will begin visiting patients at HCA Florida Aventura Hospital on a regular basis, going room-to-room to perform directly at the bedsides of patients. The hospital will also be able to join MOC’s ongoing virtual programs and enjoy 30-minute, interactive live broadcasts of volunteer performances.
In celebration of this expansion, Musicians On Call welcomed local artist and Volunteer Musician Bryant Del Toro to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital to launch these new programs and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Representatives and leadership from the hospital and Musicians On Call were in attendance to mark the special occasion. MOC also presented the facility with a commemorative Epiphone guitar in celebration of the partnership. Following his public performance, Del Toro visited patient bedsides for one-on-one moments.
The expansion of MOC’s programs is possible thanks to a collaboration with HCA Healthcare that included a $1 million gift to fund the creation and launch of MOC’s proprietary program platform. This new platform streamlines MOC’s program delivery, making it more efficient and enabling the organization to reach more hospital patients and healthcare workers nationwide.
“HCA Florida Aventura Hospital is delighted to be the first HCA Healthcare hospital to launch the expansion of Musician On Call programs,” shared David LeMonte, Chief Executive Officer. “We are delighted to enrich the patient experience further with live, bedside music programming at our Fortune/PINC AI ranked 100 Top Hospital. At HCA Florida Aventura Hospital we show up for our patients, and now through the healing power of music improving more lives in more ways.”
