Va New Jersey Hlth Care Syst

Name :

Va New Jersey Hlth Care Syst

Address  :

151 Knollcroft Road

Town  :

Lyons

State  :

New Jersey

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

07939

Phone  :

908 647 0180

Fax  :

973 676 4226

Web URL  :


Description

The Director of the VA New Jersey Health Care System may be contacted at 973 6761000 x1211 The Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System VANJHCS is a consolidated facility comprised of two main campuses one in East Orange the corporate office located in Northeastern New Jersey within the greater New York metropolitan area and one in Lyons 22 miles to the west of the East Orange Campus

A satellite outpatient clinic is located in Brick and access points are located in Elizabeth Fort Monmouth Hackensack Jersey City Morristown Newark New Brunswick Paterson and Trenton Primary care is emphasized at the VANJHCS Veterans are assigned their own health care providers whom they see on a regular basis Access to a wide variety of specialists is available through the primary providers In addition to general medical psychiatry and longterm care a full range of medical and surgical subspecialty care is provided to veterans of the VANJHCS in a variety of special programs as listed below Because the VANJHCS is dedicated to developing programs that meet all veterans needs teams of physicians nurses therapists social workers and others all work together to develop programs of distinction that often become models for the health care field

The Systems Diabetes Education Pulmonary Rehabilitation Prosthetics Homeless Outreach Programs and others have been recognized for outstanding achievement both within the Department of Veterans Affairs and the general health care community A recognized leader in research the VANJHCS maintains a very active research program with over 60 investigators conducting pioneering work in areas such as infectious disease cardiovascular disease and the health effects of smoking The East Orange Campus was selected as one of two new research centers that are looking at ways to care for active duty patients and veterans with warrelated illnesses

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

Vision
To be a patient centered integrated health care organization for veterans providing excellence in health care research and education an organization where people choose to work and active community partner and a backup for national emergencies

Values
Trust Compassion Commitment Respect amp Excellence
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