By: bigzigfitness

bigzigfitness — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:49:04 +0000

treading lightly here….I’ve been employed by the VA for nearly 6 years. While the services that we provide to our Veterans is not without pitfalls, I firmly believe that it is at an even par or in some cases a HIGHER standard of care than i have seen in private sector hospitals. Is there red-tape? Yes. Are there performace measures and standards? Of course! We use some bleeding edge technologies in EMR, physiological monitoring, medication administration, and safe patient handling, to name a few.
Appointments are made as soon as possible; perhaps not always when the patient wants it, but what industry DOES THAT 100% of the time? I can’t speak to all of the locations out there, but as far as the facility I work for, we strive daily to do our best for our Veterans and their families in terms of managing their health care. It saddens me that the recent narrow-spectrum news converage might scare away some Veterans who were on the fence about seeking care at a VA hospital. For many of our Veterans, especially those with Service Connected injuries and ailments, seeking care in the private sector is beyond reach financially. The VA system offers them an affordable (and sometimes free) place to get the care that they need. setting them loose in the private sector would only serve to overtax an already (and increasingly) overwhelmed system.
-Opinion is my own, and not at all reflective of my employer, my supervisor, or any of my colleagues-

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By: bigzigfitness