Thursday, August 7, 2008

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Veterans Affairs Med Center

1601 Kirkwood Highway
Wilmington, DE 19805-4989
(302) 994-2511

For more information on this hospital, visit the Veterans Affairs Med Center

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Veterans Affairs
Total beds: 120
Administrator: CHARLES DORMAN, DIR
Parent system: Department of Veterans Affairs
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO); ; Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • General medical and surgical care
  • General intensive care
  • Neurology department
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Burn care
  • Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Oncology services
Outpatient
  • Burn care
  • Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Oncology services
Patient/family support services:
  • Assistance with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 2,790
Inpatient surgeries: 394
Outpatient visits: 175,519
Outpatient surgeries: 951
Emergency room visits: 4,705
Births: 0
Number of beds: 120

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 100
Part-time registered nurses: 19
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 35
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 3
Total full-time faculty personnel: 640
Total part-time faculty personnel: 65

Notes

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated December 2007.

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