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Veterans Affairs Med Center

3710 SW U S Veterans Hosp Road
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 220-8262

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

Hospital type:	General medical and surgical
Operated by:	Veterans Affairs
Total beds:	221
Administrator:	JAMES TUCHSCHMIDT, 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

Key services: General medical and surgical care General intensive care Cardiac intensive care Neurology department Physical rehabilitation Orthopedics department Emergency department

Inpatient: Burn care Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care) End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care) Infection isolation room Oncology services Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)

Outpatient Burn care Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care) End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care) Infection isolation room Oncology services Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)

Patient/family support services: Alzheimer center Assistance with government services Chaplaincy/pastoral care services Oncology services Patient support groups Patient representative/ombusdman Transportation for elderly/handicapped

Community outreach: Health fairs Health screenings

Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic) CT scanner Diagnostic radioisotope facility Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT) Ultrasound

Admissions:	7,866
Inpatient surgeries:	2,243
Outpatient visits:	525,337
Outpatient surgeries:	2,771
Emergency room visits:	28,024
Births:	0
Number of beds:	221

Full-time registered nurses:	383
Part-time registered nurses:	75
Full-time licensed practical nurses:	72
Part-time licensed practical nurses:	6
Total full-time faculty personnel:	2,044
Total part-time faculty personnel:	318

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