Jackson VA committed to quality health care

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September 3, 2010

Anonymous Laurel Leader-Call The Laurel Leader-Call Fri Sep 03, 2010, 10:15 AM CDT

LAUREL — To the editor:

The G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center has a reputation of outstanding success thanks to the hard work and dedication of VA clinicians and the entire workforce. Recently, the Jackson VA’s performance in clinical quality ranked second compared to all VA Medical Centers nationally.

The survey, reported in the August 30 article (LL-C, The fight for veterans’ rights), was created and administered by a local union and included participation from about 20 percent of the physicians at the Medical Center.

I would like readers to know that almost 90 percent of employees responded a recent national VA survey. Jackson ranked fourth in job satisfaction compared to the other nine medical centers in our regional network of hospitals. We plan to use information from both surveys in our ongoing dialogue with physicians and other staff to ensure Veterans receive top notch care.

I would also like to point out that issues related to the court case mentioned in the article began in August 2007 long before the tenure of our current Medical Center Director.

Jackson VA employees are committed to ensuring the men and women who served our nation in the military receive high quality health care.

– Mario Rossilli

Public Affairs Officer

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery

VA Medical Center

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