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The VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) Honolulu provides a broad range of medical care services, serving an estimated 127,600 veterans throughout Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. The VAPIHCS provides outpatient medical and mental health care through a main Ambulatory Care Clinic on Oahu (Honolulu) and through five Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) on the neighboring islands including: Hawaii (Hilo and Kona), Maui, Kauai, and Guam. Traveling clinicians also provide episodic care on Lanai and American Samoa. A fee basis Internist residing on Molokai provides medical care eight hours/week at the Molokai Rural Health Center. Mental health care is provided by traveling clinicians from the Maui CBOC. The VAPIHCS Honolulu provides outpatient primary medical care, mental health care and dental care, and specialized outpatient treatment through programs such as Substance Abuse, Day Treatment, Geriatric Evaluation and Management, and several medical specialty clinics staffed by VA and University of Hawaii faculty specialists. Medical specialty and mental health care is also provided through telehealth clinics, linking all of the CBOCs, the Ambulatory Care Clinic and VA facilities located within Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 21) at Palo Alto, San Francisco and the Northern California System of Clinics at Martinez.
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Long term and transitional rehabilitative care services are provided by the VA 60 bed Center for Aging, located on the Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) grounds. VA staffed inpatient psychiatric care and partial hospitalization care are also provided within a 20 bed VA operated ward in Tripler Army Medical Center. A 16 bed VA Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Residential Rehabilitation Program formerly in Hilo, on the island of Hawaii, has been successfully relocated to a VA Ward with TAMC on Oahu in December 2005. Medical inpatient care for veterans is provided by VA hospitalists and Department of Defense (DoD) physicians in TAMC through a VA/DoD sharing agreement, or through non-VA care providers in the community. Home Based Primary Care is provided on the islands of Oahu, Hawaii (Hilo and Kona) and Kauai (Lihue). Community Based Outpatient Clinics In addition to the Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center and the Geriatrics, Rehabilitation, and Extended Care Center, the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System also has community based outpatient clincs (CBOCs) located in: Mission Our mission is to provide integrated and innovative health care services and benefits to eligible veterans and their beneficiaries. Vision Our vision is to be the preferred VA model for the 21st century, successfully anticipating and meeting the needs of its customers. Value The VA Pacific Islands Health Care System values excellence in patient care, patient satisfaction, and the provision of benefits is what drives our efforts. we also value Excellence in Customer Services as perceived by our patients, beneficiaries, and our employees is fundamental to our success. We strive to continuously foster an environment of Trust, Respect, Excellence, Compassion, and Commitment. |
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