Madigan Army Medical Center
| Madigan Army Medical Center | |
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| Active | 1944 - present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type | Hospital |
| Role | Inpatient and Outpatient Care |
| Size | 205 beds |
| Garrison/HQ | Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington |
| Motto | "Care With Compassion" |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Dallas W. Homas, M.D. |
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Madigan Army Medical Center, located on Joint Base Lewis-McChord just outside Tacoma, Washington, is a key component of the Madigan Healthcare System and one of the largest military hospitals on the West Coast of the USA.
The hospital was named in honor of Colonel Patrick S. Madigan, an assistant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General from 1940 to 1943 who was also known as "The Father of Army Neuropsychiatry." On September 22, 1944, Madigan General Hospital was named in his honor.
The hospital today is a 205-bed Joint Commission-accredited facility, expandable to 318 beds in the event of a disaster. Major services include general medical and surgical care, adult and pediatric primary care clinics, 24-hour Emergency department, specialty clinics, clinical services, wellness and prevention services, veterinary care, and environmental health services.
Madigan Army Medical Center is one of three designated trauma centers in United States Army Medical Department (AMEDD). In 1999, Madigan became the second military hospital to ever receive a perfect score of “100” from Joint Commission.
Construction of the current facility was completed in the early 1990s. Prior to the opening of the building, the hospital consisted of a network of connected single-story buildings that are still utilized by the Madigan Healthcare System.
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[edit] Deployment and Readiness Medicine
Madigan Army Medical Center and other Madigan Healthcare System facilities provide medical support to the Army and Air Force units of Joint Base Lewis-McChord at home and abroad.
PROFIS [1] is only for medical Soldiers, and mostly affects doctors and commissioned nurses. The system designates qualified active Army AMEDD personnel working in non-deployable units like Madigan, and directs them to fill a unit activated to deploy. The tour length is different for every PROFIS Soldier, with most doctors and nurses going overseas for six months to a year.
[edit] Graduate Medical Education (GME)
Graduate Medical Education (GME)[2] training programs at Madigan Army Medical Center are offered only to military officers in the Armed Forces. This institution does not participate in the National Resident Matching Program.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "Madigan Army Medical Center".
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Coordinates: 47°6′31.5″N 122°33′7.46″W / 47.10875°N 122.5520722°W
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