The Home Telehealth Care Coordinator (HTCC) Registered Nurse is a professional who coordinates care telephonically for a panel of patients throughout the continuum of care via the use of telemetry health monitoring.  The HTCC RN ensures that care is timely, appropriate, of high quality and cost effective.  He/she works closely with the Home and Community Based Care (HBPC) staff, the primary care provider (or providers), other healthcare professionals and team members, other clinics, internal and external services and community agencies.  The goal of the program is to use home telehealth equipment to monitor patient's vital signs and blood sugars, intervening early to optimize health and maintain the home environment (versus hospitalization) for the patient.

On October 1st, 2010, the North Chicago VA Medical Center integrated with the Naval Health Clinic, Great Lakes to form the Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC).  The facility is located just 13 miles south of the Illinois/Wisconsin border approximately equidistant between Chicago and Milwaukee.  Offering a choice of three international airports, the excitement of the 'Big City' with the beauty of the rural countryside, there are countless activities to engage a wide variety of personal hobbies and interests.  The facility itself has opened a new parking structure and a new outpatient clinical addition.  Serving inpatient, outpatient, and long term care patients including the unique populations of veterans, eligible military beneficiaries and their family members, the Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center has a unique mission unlike any other facility in the United States.

For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to http://www.vacareers.va.gov/