VA Butler Healthcare

About this Facility

VA Butler Healthcare is located in the heart of Butler County, on the bus line, and convenient to community support services for Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio-area Veterans. We have been attending to Veterans’ total care since 1947 and are the health care choice for over 18,000 Veterans – providing comprehensive Veteran care including primary, specialty, and mental health care – as well as health maintenance plans, management of chronic conditions, preventive medicine needs and social support services. We proudly serve America’s Veterans at our main campus as well as at our five VA Primary Care Outpatient Clinics in Armstrong, Southern Butler County (Cranberry Township), Clarion, Lawrence and Mercer Counties. At VA Butler Healthcare we are Making Lives Better© for America’s Veterans every day in every way.

"At VA Butler Healthcare, we have the great privilege and responsibility to care for the men and women who have served our nation. Our goal is to provide high quality care to Veterans – care that is patient centric, data-driven, continuously improving, and team-based. With everything we do, we will ask the question: ‘How is this Veteran—centered?’ If we cannot answer that question, we’ll go back to the drawing board! Putting Veterans first is what we are all about at VA, everyday." - John Gennaro, Director

VA Butler Healthcare History
VA Butler Healthcare began in 1937 as a Tuberculosis Sanitarium. During WWII, the hospital served as a Soldier's hospital and in 1942, the U.S. Army Medical Department leased the property and renamed it Deshon General Hospital. At one point the facility hosted 1,000 beds for military patients. In April 1946, the Veteran Administration started its operation and purchased the facility in 1948. To read about VA's history, visit www.va.gov/about_va/vahistory.asp.

VA Mission Statement
To fulfill President Lincoln's promise “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans.

VA Core Values & Core Characteristics
VA has adopted Core Values and Characteristics that apply universally across the Department. The five Core Values define "who we are," our culture and how we care for Veterans, their families and other beneficiaries. The Values are Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect and Excellence ("I CARE"). The Core Characteristics define "what we stand for," and help guide how we will perform our core mission; they shape our strategy, and will influence resource allocation and other important decisions made within VA. The Characteristics are Trustworthy, Accessible, Quality, Agile, Innovative, and Integrated. Learn more at www.va.gov/icare/.  

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