Inpatient Gainesville VA Medical Center
Part of the No. Florida/So. Georgia VA Health System
The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System consists of two medical centers, three large multi-specialty outpatient clinics and five small community-based primary care outpatient clinics. Gainesville VA Medical Center is a tertiary care facility that is also an active teaching hospital, with an extensive array of specialty services. Gainesville VA Medical Center combines a full range of patient care services with state-of-the-art technology that is enhanced and supported through education and research. In FY 2002, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System workload exceeded 95,000 unique patients and 858,000 outpatient visits.
The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System has a strong and meaningful affiliation with the University of Florida College of Medicine. Gainesville VA Medical Center is connected both physically and functionally to the University. Over 180 University of Florida medical school residents, interns, and students are trained at the Gainesville and Lake City VA Medical Center each year.
Programs are also in place with the University of Florida for dentistry, nursing, physical therapy, health services administration, and pharmacy. Other affiliations are in place with Florida State University, Valdosta State University, Santa Fe Community College, and Lake City Community College for programs in nursing, social work, physical therapy, medical technology, and health care administration. Through sharing agreements, there is collaboration in the areas of radiation therapy, professional radiology services, sleep lab, electron microscopy, and cardiac catheterization.
For more information about Gainesville VA Medical Center, please call 352-376-1611.
VA Inpatient Psychiatry
This service consists of 38 inpatient beds which are divided among four clinical teams. One team is dedicated to Psychotic Disorders, another to substance abuse and the remaining two to general psychiatry. Clinical teams consist of an attending physician, who is a full-time member of the Department of Psychiatry, a resident, medical students, nurses, a case manager and consultants from psychology, social work, dietetics, occupational therapy, rehabilitation and trainees from other disciplines. The Residential unit services are primarily for evaluation and short-term management of individuals with acute psychiatric problems. In addition, there is a residential Substance Abuse Treatment Unit.
For more information about inpatient psychiatric services at the Gainesville VA Medical Center, please call 352-376-1611.