Berta Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 VA Expands Service by Opening 25 New Clinics World-Class Health Care Brought Closer to More Veterans WASHINGTON (June 23, 2006) - To provide world-class health care closer to where more veterans live, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs today announced plans to open 25 new community-based clinics in 17 states and American Somoa. "VA has established itself as one of the top health care organizations in the country," said the Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. "By putting health care facilities in more communities, we're enhancing veterans' access to VA's world-class health care." With 156 hospitals and more than 700 community-based clinics, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates the largest integrated health care system in the country. VA's health care budget of nearly $30 billion this year will provide health care to about 5.4 million people during nearly 600,000 hospitalizations and 55 million outpatient visits. "Community-based medicine enhances preventative care, allows for closer doctor-patient relationships and makes it easier for follow-up for people with chronic problems," said Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin, VA's Under Secretary for Health. The new facilities, called community-based outpatient clinics, or CBOCs, will start becoming operational this year. Local VA officials will keep communities and their veterans informed of milestones in the creation of the new CBOCs. A list of the new community clinics follows: VA's Proposed Sites for New Outpatient Clinics Alabama -- Bessemer American Samoa Arizona - Miami-Globe, northwest Tucson, southeast Tucson California - S. Orange County Delaware - Dover Georgia - Athens Idaho - Canyon County Iowa - Spirit Lake Kentucky - Hazard, Florence Minnesota - Bemidji Nebraska -- Holdrege Nevada -- Fallon North Carolina - Franklin, Hamlet, Hickory Ohio - Cambridge, Newark Tennessee - Hamblen Texas -- Conroe Virginia - Lynchburg, Norfolk Wisconsin - Rice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Wings Posted June 24, 2006 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted June 24, 2006 This falls on the heel of the BRAC (base re-allignment) . . . are they going to be new clinics or will they use old bases for the clinics? Besides, the clinics aren't all that impressive, are they? you still have to go to a VAMC for anything more than a flu shot! ~Wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 One of the few complaints I have with the VAMC's is that they cannot pay enough to attract doc's with a good command of the English Language. My hearing isn't good and I just can't understand most of the doc's I see. I am on an annual basis with my VAMC so it is almost certain I won't see the same doc twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted June 24, 2006 Author Share Posted June 24, 2006 Tell me about it- I had to talk to a bunch of Brain Neuros in 1992 at the VAMC- what a mess- they all had different accents and they all acted like they were the boss- I had to ask them to spell some of the med terms they used- and also how to spell their names.And ask which one was really running the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrewer Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I could not agree more about the need for good English speaking American Drs. My husband's primary care dr. looks fresh out of med school, Indian origin, and could care less about the vets. She told him she was sick of vets coming there just trying to get money from the government. Well what does she think she did. She took money from the government to go to med school to get her education and she's just paying back her time there until it's up. He wants to switch and just last night again said something about this. He said he was going to patient advocate and complain about her and get another dr. but could get one just as bad or that she talks to about him. He knows she went to the podiatrist about his toe the other day when he went to get a shot for pain. She also right after the surgery said "he usually does good work", and now defends the dr. Just Venting, sbrewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLEDGE Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I belive this quote says it all for me. And it says a lot about the Honorable R. James Nicholson. Can you guess what I mean? "VA has established itself as one of the top health care organizations in the country," said the Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. "By putting health care facilities in more communities, we're enhancing veterans' access to VA's world-class health care." sledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billyboy Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 "One of the few complaints I have with the VAMC's is that they cannot pay enough to attract doc's with a good command of the English Language" Mine the same Moe, I was leaning over and concentrating so hard to understand him, he probably thought I was gonna kiss him! Probably should have, I would have got his attention. bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VA Expands Service by Opening 25 New Clinics
World-Class Health Care Brought Closer to More Veterans
WASHINGTON (June 23, 2006) - To provide world-class health care closer
to where more veterans live, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs today
announced plans to open 25 new community-based clinics in 17 states and
American Somoa.
"VA has established itself as one of the top health care organizations
in the country," said the Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of
Veterans Affairs. "By putting health care facilities in more
communities, we're enhancing veterans' access to VA's world-class health
care."
With 156 hospitals and more than 700 community-based clinics, the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates the largest integrated
health care system in the country. VA's health care budget of nearly
$30 billion this year will provide health care to about 5.4 million
people during nearly 600,000 hospitalizations and 55 million outpatient
visits.
"Community-based medicine enhances preventative care, allows for closer
doctor-patient relationships and makes it easier for follow-up for
people with chronic problems," said Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin, VA's Under
Secretary for Health.
The new facilities, called community-based outpatient clinics, or CBOCs,
will start becoming operational this year. Local VA officials will keep
communities and their veterans informed of milestones in the creation of
the new CBOCs.
A list of the new community clinics follows:
VA's Proposed Sites for New Outpatient Clinics
Alabama -- Bessemer
American Samoa
Arizona - Miami-Globe, northwest Tucson, southeast Tucson
California - S. Orange County
Delaware - Dover
Georgia - Athens
Idaho - Canyon County
Iowa - Spirit Lake
Kentucky - Hazard, Florence
Minnesota - Bemidji
Nebraska -- Holdrege
Nevada -- Fallon
North Carolina - Franklin, Hamlet, Hickory
Ohio - Cambridge, Newark
Tennessee - Hamblen
Texas -- Conroe
Virginia - Lynchburg, Norfolk
Wisconsin - Rice
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