United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Louisville VA Medical Center

Customer Service

Louisville VAMC strives to always provide the highest quality of care to the veterans of our nation who call the Louisville area home. We recognize there may be times when a patient or family member has an issue which requires our attention. Because the best time to let us know of any concern or question is at the time it happens — so we can resolve it as quickly as possible — we have established several programs to assist you.

Service Level Patient Advocates

No matter which service you visit when you come to the Louisville VA Medical Center, you will always be able to find one of our many service level patient advocates. The service level patient advocate can address and resolve your concern at the point of contact.  You can easily identify our service level patient advocates by a red, white, and blue lanyard.

Service Level Patient Advocate Lanyard

Patient Advocates

Louisville VAMC has two highly-skilled patient advocates on staff who are eager to help you with your concern in a timely manner. The Patient Advocates —

  • serve as liaisons between patients and the medical center
  • act on the patient's behalf
  • help patients understand their rights and responsibilities

Our patient advocates are located on the 1st floor of the medical center in Room A113.

Patient Feedback Tools

We also have a number of feedback tools for you to provide information about the care and service you receive. Please take the time to participate in and use these feedback tools. Our goal is to provide compassionate, quality care in a timely manner.

Tell the Director Boxes

Your feedback about the care and services you receive while in the medical center provides us an opportunity to make changes and improvements. There are 'Tell the Director' boxes with comment cards located throughout the medical center for you to express a concern, make a suggestion, or give a compliment.

Survey of Healthcare Experience of Patients (SHEP)

After your visit, you may receive a confidential questionnaire in the mail asking you about your most recent outpatient or inpatient treatment at our medical center.

Please use the survey to let us know of any concerns, complaints, or questions you have about your care, so that we can resolve them. We also appreciate compliments about what we are doing right.

 


Information for Patients

Information for Patients
Eligibility
Make, Change, or Cancel an Appointment
DAV Transportation
Advance Directives
Patient Education
Reporting Safety or Quality Care Issues
Customer Service
Discharge
Billing and Insurance
Release of Information

Patient Advocates

 

Gail O'Bannon
Phone: (502) 287-5325
1st floor, Room A113

Jacqueline Rector
Phone: (502) 287-5386
1st floor, Room A113

 

Related Links

Patient Rights and Responsibilities

 

4th Quarter FY 2007 Outpatient SHEP Results

Facility Name
Access 
Cont. of Care
 Courtesy
Educ. & Info.
Emotional Support
Overall Coord. 
Pharmacy (Mailed)
Pharmacy (Pickup) 
Prefs. 
Specialist Care 
Visit Coord. 

 NATIONAL

80.6

 76.8

94.7

71.9 

82.4 

74.9 

82.3 

66.4 

81.4 

81.3 

84.5 

 VISN 9

81.1

75.4

94.0

74.2 

83.5 

76.1 

82.5 

74.1 

81.9 

82.8 

85.7 

 Louisville Overall

80.1 

58.5-

93.9 

68.6 

78.8 

68.6 

76.7 

61.7 

76.6 

86.4 

82.3 

 Louisville Outpatient Clinic

75.6 

49.8 

92.5 

67.0 

76.9 

64.8 

72.5 

55.4 

73.2 

89.7 

80.8 

 Ft. Knox

86.2 

62.0 

94.5 

74.7 

79.2 

73.2 

80.5 

80.2 

78.4 

84.3 

 New Albany

85.6 

70.3 

95.0 

69.2 

79.1 

72.7 

80.9 

79.4 

86 

81.2 

 Shively

84.9 

65.5 

96.9 

74.5 

87.2 

71.3 

76.2 

81.6 

83.9 

86.0 

 Dupont

84.3 

75.3 

97.2 

70.1 

79.0 

75.1 

73.0 

80.1 

88.1 

89.9 

 Standiford/Newburg

81.1 

61.8 

93.3 

63.4 

78.8 

69.6 

90.5 

78.8 

74.5 

80.7 

* = Less than 30 Respondents 

 

4th Quarter FY 2007 InpatientSHEP Results

Facility Name
Access 
Coord. of Care
 Courtesy
Educ. & Info.
Emotional Support
Family Invovement
Physical Comfort
Prefs.
Transition 
Overall Quality
 

All Sections

National

81.18

78.69

90.05

68.11

65.98

76.05

83.50 

74.81

70.06

--

 

 

VISN 9

80.80

78.20

90.30

68.90

67.00 

76.10

81.90

75.10

70.90

--

 

 

 Louisville

83.6 

77.30

91.60

67.00

68.20

76.50

84.60

74.80 

68.00

--

 

Psychiatry

National

75.14 

74.28

83.14

59.16

52.93

70.65

76.61

64.06

57.62

65.14

 

 

 VISN 9

74.30 

72.40

83.50

55.00

51.40

69.00

72.50

63.40

52.10

64.10

 

 

Louisville

69.6

67.4

86.7

45.1

39.7

67.5

69.1

56.4

37.6

49.6

 

Medicine

 National

 80.21

 77.24

90.10

66.38

 65.40

75.26

84.03

74.53

68.71

77.56

 

 

VISN 9

79.5

76.5

89.9

67.2

66.0

75.20

82.00 

74.50 

69.70

 78.8

 

 

Louisville

83.5

75.20

91.1

65.90

68.30

76.00

86.50

74.90

68.20

79.80

 

Surgery

National

85.89

83.99

92.40

75.63

71.87

79.68

84.76

79.33

77.91

82.29

 

 

VISN 9

87.2

84.8

93.7

77.9

74.6

80.9

84.8

80.7

80.3

84.4

 

 

Louisville

89.0

87.7

94.6

79.4

79.0

81.4

84.8

81.7

83.3

93.6

 

Neurology

National

76.10

75.60

88.40

64.66

62.73

75.77

83.90

73.19

65.96

76.59

 

 

VISN 9

74.0

75.7

88.8

68.6

67.4

74.9

80.8

75.10

73.0

81.5

 

 

Louisville

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

Rehab

National

86.78

82.46

91.51

74.00

73.19

80.83

82.26

76.11

78.21

83.45

 

 

VISN 9

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

 

Louisville

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

Spinal Cord Injury

National

80.96

81.26

88.15

70.15

65.87

79.81

75.77

72.83

66.30

70.81

 

 

VISN 9

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

 

Louisville

*

*

 *

 *

 

* = Less than 30 Respondents