ABOUT HARRY S. TRUMAN VA MEDICAL CENTER, COLUMBIA, MO:
- Truman VA is 120 miles from St. Louis and Kansas City and 30 miles from Jefferson City.
- We have 1,600 staff, provide care for 40,000 Veterans, and the VHA hospital complexity level is 1c.
- Truman VA operates 8 Community-Based Outpatient Clinics.
- We have a highly active affiliation with The University of Missouri.
- Truman VA offers training in nursing, psychology, audiology, social work, dietetics, pharmacy, chaplaincy, health care administration, and optometry, as well as residency training in all major medical and surgical Subspecialties.
- Truman VA has a large research mission, with $6 million annual expenditures in human, animal, and bench programs, including 60 active research protocols conducted by 65 investigators. Major research areas include radiopharmaceuticals, oncologic, ophthalmologic, cardiovascular and neurosciences.
- Truman VA is a referral center for heart care services including open heart surgery.
- Truman VA partnered with the National Center for Patient Safety to complete an intensive 3-year journey as a Highly Reliable Organization, engaging every Clinical Service in Clinical Team Training and Just Culture. We are sustaining this work to engage all employees in safe patient care with effective communication, tools, simulation, and clinical improvement initiatives.
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