Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

Description

About this Facility
The Jesse Brown VA Medical Center consists of a 200bed acute care facility and four community based outpatient clinics CBOCs Jesse Brown VAMC provides care to approximately 58000 enrolled veterans who reside in the City of Chicago and Cook County Illinois and in four counties in northwestern Indiana In FY10 the medical center had over 8100 inpatient admissions and 560000 outpatient visits A budget of over 355 million supports approximately 2000 fulltime equivalent staff including 200 physicians and 450 nurses with 500 volunteers providing service and care at Jesse Brown VAMC and CBOCs

In May 2008 the medical center opened its new inpatient bed tower pavilion which includes seven surgical suites cystology intensive care inpatient dialysis an outpatient surgical center and a chapel The medical centers strategic priority is the heart of the Veterans Community and as Provider of Choice for veterans in the Chicago area JBVAMC established a We Are Here outreach campaign to inform veterans about the health care benefits they have earned through their service to our country and the specific services available to them at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

Formerly known as the West Side VA Medical Center the facility was renamed in 2004 for the Honorable Jesse Brown who served as Secretary for Veterans Affairs from 1993 to 1997

Affiliations Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School with over 900 program residents caring for our veterans yearly

Mission
Honor Americas veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well being

Vision
To be a patientcentered integrated health care organization for veterans providing excellent health care research and education an organization where people choose to work an active community partner and a back up for National emergencies

Core Values
VA embraces five quotCore Valuesquot for all of our employees These five core values ICARE are

Integrity Act with high moral principle Adhere to the highest professional
standards Maintain the trust and confidence of all with whom I engage

Commitment Work diligently to serve Veterans and other beneficiaries Be
driven by an earnest belief in VAs mission Fulfill my individual
responsibilities and organizational responsibilities

Advocacy Be truly Veterancentric by identifying fully considering and
appropriately advancing the interests of Veterans and other beneficiaries

Respect Treat all those I serve and with whom I work with dignity and
respect Show respect to earn it

Excellence Strive for the highest quality and continuous improvement Be
thoughtful and decisive in leadership accountable for my actions willing to
admit mistakes and rigorous in correcting them