Va Palo Alto Health Care Syst

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Name :

Va Palo Alto Health Care Syst

Address  :

3801 Miranda Avenue

Town  :

Palo Alto

State  :

California

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

94304

Phone  :

650 493 5000

Web URL  :

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Specialization
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • General Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Oncologist
  • Psychiatrist
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 900

Description
The VA Palo Alto Health Care System VAPAHCS consists of three inpatient facilities located at Palo Alto Menlo Park and Livermore plus six outpatient clinics in San Jose Capitola Monterey Stockton Modesto and Sonora These facilities provide some of the worlds finest medical care and cuttingedge technology

VAPAHCS is a teaching hospital providing a full range of patient care services with stateoftheart technology as well as education and research Comprehensive health care is provided in areas of medicine surgery psychiatry rehabilitation neurology oncology dentistry geriatrics and extended care

VAPAHCS operates nearly 900 beds including three nursing homes and a 100bed homeless domiciliary all to serve more than 85000 enrolled veterans


Awards

Biographies

Our Mission



Credentialing

VAPAHCS is home to a variety of regional treatment centers including a Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center Spinal Cord Injury Center a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center a Traumatic Brain Injury Center the Western Blind Rehabilitation Center a Geriatric Research Educational and Clinical Center a Homeless Veterans Rehabilitation program and the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD

VAPAHCS maintains one of the top three research programs in the VA with extensive research centers in geriatrics mental health Alzheimers disease spinal cord regeneration schizophrenia Rehabilitation Research and Development Center HIV research and a Health Economics Resource Center

An affiliation with the Stanford University School of Medicine provides a rich academic environment including medical training for physicians in virtually all specialties and subspecialties Over 1300 University residents interns and students are trained each year

Our Mission

VAPAHCS has embarked on a journey to transform our organizational culture The goals subgoals and initiatives reflected within our Strategic Plan are designed to achieve a service oriented user friendly efficient resultsdriven health care organization The course we have charted reflects the goals of VA VHA and VISN 21

VAPAHCS mission statement describes the fundamental purpose of our organization


PUTTING VETERANS FIRST

Mission Statement Honor Americas veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and wellbeing

Vision Statement 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 backup for National emergencies

Core Values Trust respect excellence commitment and compassion
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