Is Walter Reed run by the VA?
VA and Walter Reed Are Two Separate Systems The Veterans Affairs health-care system and Walter Reed Army Medical Center have recently come under scrutiny for substandard care. But they are two different systems: One is run by the Department of Defense and one is run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.Mar 6, 2007
How many VA's are in Florida?
The VA operates seven medical centers in Florida. They are located at Bay Pines, Gainesville, Lake City, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach.
What VISN is Gainesville FL?
VISN 8VISN 8 has VA Hospitals in Lake City, FL; Gainesville, FL; Orlando, FL; Bay Pines, FL (St. Petersburg); Tampa, FL; West Palm Beach, FL; Miami, FL and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
What VISN is Miami VA?
VISN 8: VA Sunshine Healthcare Network.
Where is the best VA hospital in Florida?
Chula Vista ranks No. 1 for veterans health care.
What is the largest VA hospital in Florida?
About The Malcom Randall VA Medical Center The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health Care System is the VA's largest Health Care System spanning 50 counties (40,000 square miles) between North Florida and South Georgia while proudly serving over 130,000 veterans.
What is the largest VA VISN?
VISN 8 is the largest of the 21 healthcare networks, geographically covering most of Florida, South Georgia, and the Caribbean. Additionally, the medical centers and clinics support and train a large number of residents, interns, and trainees in a wide variety of medical specialists and health care occupations.
What VISN is Florida in?
VISN 8 healthVISN 8 health care is delivered through a system of eight hospitals (two of which are integrated). Geographically, the network spans approximately 63,400 square miles that inclues more than 1.7 million veterans throughout Florida, Southern Georgia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What VA VISN is Florida?
The VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8) is the nation's largest system of hospitals and clinics serving a population of more than 1.6 million veterans in a vast 61,101 square mile area spread across 79 counties 8in Florida, South Georgia, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
What VISN is New Mexico VA?
Serving veterans throughout Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California.
What VISN is Washington DC?
The VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5) was established in October 1995, and serves Veterans from economically and demographically diverse areas within Maryland, the District of Columbia, and portions of Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
What VISN is the Phoenix VA in?
The Phoenix VA Health Care System (PVAHCS) -- comprised of the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center and 10 community care clinics -- is categorized as a complexity level 1A tertiary care facility.
Where is the BRRC located?
The BRRC is a part of the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System and is located at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. Basic science laboratory research is conducted in BRRC laboratories at the Malcom Randall VAMC and at its university affiliate, the University of Florida.
What is RR&D in VA?
The Office of Rehabilitation Research and Development (RR&D) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides our funding. VA RR&D Centers attract the brightest minds from health care, academia, and industry into the VA to provide veterans with the best possible rehabilitation.
How to treat neurologic impairment?
To improve the quality of lives of veterans affected by neurologic disease or injury, the BRRC develops and tests neurorehabilitation methods in order to maximize recovery. The ultimate goal is to find treatments that will result in recovery from neurologic impairments affecting daily activities such as: 1 Understanding speech or speaking clearly 2 Remembering words or expressing thoughts 3 Expressing or understanding emotion in speech 4 Reading or writing 5 Swallowing and coughing, which affect eating and breathing 6 Gripping and using objects 7 Reaching and lifting 8 Walking and balancing while walking or standing
What is the purpose of BRRC?
To improve the quality of lives of veterans affected by neurologic disease or injury, the BRRC develops and tests neurorehabilitation methods in order to maximize recovery. The ultimate goal is to find treatments that will result in recovery from neurologic impairments affecting daily activities such as:
What is the purpose of brain imaging?
Brain imaging to detect changes associated with loss of function and with response to therapy. Facilitating exchange between laboratory and clinical science to hasten and improve research findings.
Contact Us
Telephone: To call the BRRC, first call the Malcom Randall Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) in Gainesville, Florida, using one of the phone numbers below. Then use the BRRC extensions, also listed below, to obtain the specific information you need.
Address and Directions
Mail Address: Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (151A)#N#Malcom Randall VAMC#N#1601 SW Archer Rd#N#Gainesville, FL 32608