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Top stories at Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center.

  • We are transitioning to a new Federal Electronic Health Record (FEHR) in March 2024.

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  • Navy Medical Corps Capt. Afshin Afarin assumed command of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Great Lakes June 12, in a ceremony at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, relieving Navy Medical Service Corps Capt. Chad Roe.

    Two navy officers shake hands on stage in front of an American flag.

  • Army Veteran Erik Schneider said being a part of music therapy and the Veterans Creative Arts Festival at the Lovell Federal Health Care Center has been the “best thing that has happened to me in quite a long time.”

    Seven adults, wearing medals, pose for a photo in a room.

  • As of Jan. 8, Apollo the K9 officer for the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, became a “house dog,” giving up his full-time job in favor of stretching out on the carpet in his favorite sunny spot by the back door of his handler’s home.

    A police officer and three men in suits with dog stand in a room with flags, one holding a plaque.

  • A small, excited crowd gathered early Nov. 19 in the surgery department at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, swapping stories of restless nights spent anticipating an important milestone for the integrated Veterans Affairs and Navy hospital – its first robotic surgery.

    First robotic surgery at Lovell FHCC

  • Army combat Veteran Donald Gianessi never imagined playing golf would help him find peace from PTSD.

    Golfing Veterans at RevelationGolf

  • Army Veteran Dean Biddle first heard about the new Fisher House via a sticky note passed to him by the nurse the night he took his wife, Vivian Biddle, to the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Emergency Department with complications from pneumonia and Parkinson’s.

    Dean and Vivian Biddle at Lovell FHCC Fisher House

  • At 100 years of age, World War II Veteran Elliott Rosenberg still takes the stairs whenever possible. Just ask Alice, his wife of 75 years. She’ll tell you she takes the elevator and then has to wait for him.

    World War II Veteran Elliott Rosenberg and his wife, Alice

  • The American Legion Auxiliary’s annual holiday gift shop at Lovell Federal Health Care Center this year was unique for a couple of reasons, including the fact that for the first time since the pandemic, some of the inpatients “shopped” in person for presents for their family members.

    Veteran holding gift is flanked by two volunteers at the holiday gift shop.

  • In the game of golf, the term “recovery” refers to playing a shot from a difficult situation.

    Veteran Christian Arnedo swings his golf club during RevelationGolf’s Veterans Golf Day on Sept. 4, 2024