Syracuse VA Medical Center Guide to Guest and Patient Services - VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York - VISN 2

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United States Department of Veterans Affairs

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York - VISN 2

Syracuse VA Medical Center Guide to Guest and Patient Services

Patient Information

Admissions

Blood Donor Program (Donating your own Blood for Surgery)
Clothing (What you need to bring)
Co-Payments
General Information (About Admission)
Identification (ID) Wrist Bands
Insurance Coverage
living will and/or Health Care Proxy
Medications
Pain Management (About your Pain)
Off Ward Notification Rules

Care Issues

Advance Directives
Advanced Illness/Palliative Care
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
Ethics Committee (End of Life Care Guidance)
Health Care Proxy and Living Will
Organ Donation

Discharge

Discharge Procedures (Pharmacy, Social Work, diet, appointments, cash)
Home Care Services
Community Living Centers/Community Resources
Survey (48 Hour Post Discharge)

Outpatient

For Your Safety

Services

Staff

Syracuse VA Medical Center

Reviewed/Updated Date: October 10, 2008