VA Northern Indiana employees go above and beyond
This week, we celebrated our September ICARE ceremony. VA ICARE values describe how VANIHCS will accomplish its mission and inform every interaction with our customers.
Every month employees are recognized for demonstrating ICARE values by going above and beyond for their Veterans and teammates.
Congratulations to the September ICARE Employeesof the Month.
ICARE Co-2nd Runner-Up, September Employee of the Month
Ashley Nelson, Administrative Officer
A Veteran arrived at Fort Wayne Hospital after 4:00pm, the Veteran was enrolled but hadn’t been assigned a primary care doctor. The Veteran had lost his outside insurance and was recently discharged from another hospital after a stroke and could no longer afford his medication. Nelson contacted the patient advocate to assign him a doctor so he could immediately be seen in the Emergency room. The Veteran was seen by 5:00pm and received all his medications.
ICARE 1st Runner-Up, September Employee of the Month
Maury Alter & Jody Foos, Radiology
A Veteran his son arrived for his CT scan. Jody began to check him in and confirm the type of CT scan. The Veteran expressed that it was incorrect. Maury and Jody began looking closer at the veterans CT order and found some discrepancies. They quickly located the ordering Physician and placed the correct order.
ICARE September Employee of the Month
Gayla Ables, MSA
Ms. Ables was finishing up her workday when she received a call from a Veteran who was short of breath and in a lot of pain. She tried to contact his PACT Team, but they had left for the day. The Veteran stated he could not drive himself to the ER, so she called 911 and stayed on the phone with him until the ambulance arrived. The Veteran ended up needing emergency surgery for a ruptured Hernia.