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VA Healthcare-VISN 4

 

Vision for Excellence

Vision for Excellence
VA staff salute while members of the honors escort transport a flag-draped patient gurney down the hall.

The Last Full Measure of Devotion

“It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.”

As President Abraham Lincoln saw fit to show patriotism and respect for those who have served upon the end of their lives, so do we.

VISN 4 facilities have implemented special programs to honor, recognize, and remember Veterans who have departed while in our care.

Read our cover stories to learn more about the precious gift of a dignified death that our Veterans, volunteers, and employees offer our heroes.

Quarterly Town Hall Schedule

All VA facilities host quarterly Veterans Town Hall Meetings to allow feedback from Veterans, family members and other stakeholders.

"It is critical that we continue to listen and learn directly from those who use our system," says VA Secretary Robert McDonald.

Check out VISN 4's town hall meeting schedule, updated quarterly, and try to make it to a VA Town Hall Meeting near you. Some VISN 4 facilities vary the times and locations to accommodate as many people as possible.

Table of Contents

Vision for Excellence

Issue 21

Executive Editor
David E. Cowgill

Managing Editor
Shelley Kay Nulph

Layout & Design
Louis Scavnicky

Cover Photo Credit

Escorted With Honor:
A fallen Veteran is given a final escort, accompanied by family members, patients, and VA staff.
(Photo by Darin Farr, Vanguard, Nov. 2014)

VA Healthcare-VISN 4

William H. Mills
Interim Network Director

Carla Sivek
Deputy Network Director

David S. Macpherson, M.D., MPH
Chief Medical Officer

James F. Baker
Chief Financial Officer

Kimberly Butler, MPH
Executive Assistant

David E. Cowgill
Communications Manager

Moira Hughes, FACHE
Quality Management Officer

VISN 4 Facility Public Affairs Officers

Fern Billet (Acting)

James A. Coty

Doug Etter

Connie Faluszczak

William Klaips

Amanda Kurtz

Donald Manuszewski

Kathleen Pomorski

Wesley Walls

Andrea Young

We'd Like to Hear from You

Vision for Excellence is published for the employees, volunteers, patients and friends of VA Healthcare-VISN 4. For more information about this publication, contact David Cowgill at 412-822-3318.

VA Healthcare-VISN 4
323 North Shore Drive
Suite 400
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412-822-3316
www.visn4.va.gov

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