FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 7, 2014
PHOENIX VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEMANNOUNCES
RIBBON CUTTING FOR NEW SOUTHEAST CLINIC
PHOENIX – The Phoenix VA Health Care Systemis proud to announce a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new Southeast VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic. On April 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM, the Phoenix VA Health Care System (PVAHCS) will hold a Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the new Southeast Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Gilbert, Arizona.
The clinic is the largest in the Southwest VA Health Care Network 18 which encompasses Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas. With 60,000 square feet of clinical space, PVAHCS will be able to house Primary Care, Radiology, Physical Rehabilitation, Dental, Laboratory, and Mental Health services. Veterans from the Southeast Phoenix metro area will enjoy a doubling in the size of their current 30,000 square foot clinic in Mesa, Arizona.
In addition to increasing the size of clinic space and services offered to Veterans, the clinic will pioneer new models of efficiency in its design. Health Care System Director, Sharon Helman said, “We are very excited to deliver healthcare in this new state of the art facility. In addition to the size and new services being added to the Southeast CBOC, new models of efficiency using Lean Thinking techniques will deliver patient centered, proactive and personalized healthcare.” Director Helman continued, “By using Lean Thinking models, our providers will now provide care with an on stage off stage model which will allow streamlined communication between physicians and nursing staff and care that is centered around the Veteran.”
The new CBOC will be located at the corner of Val Vista Drive and South Market Street in the bustling new commerce district of Gilbert. The Southeast CBOC currently handles approximately 10,000 outpatient visits annually and is projected to grow over the next ten years.
The Phoenix VA Health Care System is a Joint Commission Accredited, tertiary care facility serving Veterans in Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix VA Health Care System maintains outpatient clinics located in: Gilbert, Central Phoenix, Payson, Show Low, Globe and Surprise, Arizona. Phoenix VA Health Care System is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology and research. Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care, long-term care, and tertiary care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, nutrition, geriatrics and extended care. Phoenix VA Health Care System has 177 hospital beds:(83 Internal Medicine, 22 Surgery, 20 ICU, and 48 Psychiatry), 104 Long Term Care Beds and 24 Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Beds.
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