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Dorn Veterans Medical Center

6439 Garners Ferry Road
Columbia, SC 29209-1639
(803) 776-4000

For more information on this hospital, visit the Dorn Veterans Medical Center

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Veterans Affairs
Total beds: 109
Administrator: BRIAN HECKERT, MED DIR
Parent system: Department of Veterans Affairs
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO);

Services Provided Glossary

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

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Elderly/disabled:(Acute long-term care, Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • Elderly/disabled:(Acute long-term care, Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support 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)
  • Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 4,138
Inpatient surgeries: Not reported
Outpatient visits: Not reported
Outpatient surgeries: Not reported
Emergency room visits: Not reported
Births: 0
Number of beds: 109

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 282
Part-time registered nurses: 19
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 44
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 1
Total full-time faculty personnel: 1,303
Total part-time faculty personnel: 103

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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