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Read about what's happening in our VA Bay Pines health care community.

Across Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, healthcare quality means ensuring Veterans receive world-class care, and that can only be achieved through becoming a High Reliability Organization (HRO).

Dr. Joann Badget (back row, far right) and the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System Quality Systems team gather before heading out to meet with staff at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Oct. 18.

Physician assistants (PA) serve in one of the broadest roles in health care. To get a better understanding of the PA role in supporting Veterans and their health care journey, we're proud to introduce you to one of Bay Pines VA Healthcare System's PA staff, Elizabeth Robinson.

A young woman in a lab coat stands in a medical exam room and speaks to an older gentleman.

Across the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, when staff strive to deliver timely and world-class health care, they are embodying the ideal of honoring those who served.

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Bay Pines VA Healthcare System is the latest recipient of the Ron Hesch Mission First Award.

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Bay Pines VA Healthcare System has reached its latest achievement, surpassing 23,000 Veterans registered as part of the U.S. Department of Affairs’ Million Veteran Program (MVP).

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Bay Pines VA Healthcare System has spent the last nine months raising awareness of women Veterans as part of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ year-long celebration of 100 years of health care to women.

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The need for health care doesn’t stop just because it’s 5:00 p.m., the weekend, or a holiday. In fact, the busiest time for both urgent care clinics and emergency rooms is early afternoon and evening hours.

VISN 8 Clinical Contact Center hired two nocturnists, or physicians who work overnight, to truly become the 24/7/365 virtual urgent care service leaders aspired it to be.

For the second time in 11 months, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System activated emergency operations to prepare for the potential impact and aftermath of a hurricane headed for the western coast of Florida.

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To strengthen our readiness, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System’s Police Service is hosting virtual active threat training sessions for all employees. The hour-long sessions provide staff with the tools they need to appropriately respond to an active threat.

A man sits at his computer and facilitates a virtual active threat training session.

Bay Pines VA Healthcare System’s Police Service has added another element to support their ongoing mission to protect those who served.

Two male police officers from the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System's Police Service are pictured here with their body cameras. They are standing shoulder to shoulder, in front of a wall in the police station. The gentleman on the left is wearing a dark navy ball cap.