One Future Together

Quality patient care should be a priority along the spectrum of care at UPG/UVA. This includes outpatient therapy services for patient's who have had CVAs, TBIs, vestibular deficits, SCI, neuro-degenerative disorders, pelvic-floor deficits, auto-immune issues, visual deficits, or anything other disability that requires therapy services...Patients come from hours away for this vital service so we have the opportunity to be the only and best provided of specialty/neurological therapy services in the central VA area.

I get my medical care at UVA in Zion Crossroad and I find the facility and care excellent, but my doctor recently left...As I said the care is excellent but I would prefer to be able to stay with one physician.

In order to become a destination for care in the rehabilitation services realm of UVA, upgraded and larger facilities, room for quiet spaces for patients who become overwhelmed, more private spaces available for sensitive communication, improved staffing ratios to meet community demand for these services and investment in additional rehabilitation technologies in order to compete with other facilities in the state.

I believe that the UVA Health System - known for its medical care - should also be known for its support of people living with disability and chronic conditions to live healthy and meaningful lives. I believe that UVA Health should prioritize in all its planning, accessibility and support to make this group of people feel welcome in Health System clinics as well as prioritize rehabilitation services that help these people achieve their highest level of wellness and quality of life. We should become a center where people living with disability and chronic conditions feel welcomed to turn to for assistance and inspiration in facing the challenges of their lives.

recommending urgent care alternatives to people in the ER waiting room if it will be hours before they can receive care at UVA.

UVA Family Medicine is a source of incredible patient care innovation including care of refugees through the International Family Medicine Clinic, integrated behavioral health through the Family Stress Clinic, multidisciplinary care for transgender patients throughout the commonwealth in the Gender Health Clinic, and improved care delivery through the Patient-Centered Medical Home.

I am a patient in the UVA Health network living in Orange County. If you have not already completed the process, I am encouraging you to fully integrate the patient information systems at Culpeper Hospital and medical services so that health records, including test results, are accessible to doctors and patients in real time. Doctors in both emergency and clinical setting should be able to refer to patient conditions and test results to ensure smooth and accurate diagnosis and care.

The UVA Children's Hospital should have a . . . care network distinct from the adult services of the health system. Children and their families come from more than twice the distance of a typical adult patient. Rather than focus on a central physical facility, there should be hubs of pediatric subspecialty services to enable access and continuity.

I’m new to UVA Health (May) and so cannot yet comment on it being “The best place to work”, but I have worked in many organizations in my 30+ year career and I offer two key items: [1] Walk the talk and [2] Follow through

It is crucial to improve nursing compensation, increase their work options, and to see them as key partners as we look at UVA as a premier health system.