Have you heard that veterans can receive healthcare at GLWACH?
Veterans living in the Fort Leonard Wood vicinity may now receive medical care at the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital and spare the commute to Columbia, Missouri, for Veterans Affairs approved treatments once approved by a Truman VA primary care team.
Under an agreement, signed Sept. 8, 2014, between the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital and the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, in Columbia, Missouri, inpatient and some outpatient healthcare visits can be approved and coordinated by a Truman VA patient’s primary care physician for the VA patient to be seen here at General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, including surgery.
"The new agreement will allow us to enhance access to certain specialty care services for many veterans in that portion of our service area. We are excited about our expanded relationship with the Department of Defense," said Wade Vlosich, director of the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital.
Previously, veterans who live in and around Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Camden, Dallas, Dent, Laclede and Miller counties had to make a nearly two-hour drive, depending on their residence, for all of their VA patient care in Columbia.
"Our veterans deserve excellent care closer to their homes and Family," said Col. (Dr.) Peter Nielsen, GLWACH commander. "While primary care enrollment is fundamental, our goal is to fully engage the hospital's capability and capacity, including specialty and inpatient services, to effectively improve the health of all beneficiaries."
"Making approved care available to veterans here also provides enhanced wartime clinical skills for the Fort Leonard Wood hospital staff and its medical team," Nielsen said. "The agreement will better serve the medical needs of patients at both facilities."
For detailed information about this agreement, please listen to Col. (Dr.) Peter Nielsen's radio interview recorded podcast here:
https://www.facebook.com/GLWACH/videos/818032901550890/
