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The building, originally named "Athol," was constructed in 1880 as a residence for Charles J. Baker and designed by Baltimore architect T. Buckler Ghequier. [ 1 ] It was purchased in 1900 by Dr Alfred Gundry as a private sanitarium for the "care of nervous disorders of women that required treatment and rest away from home."
The hospital officially opened for patient care in 1943. [2] Starting in 1958, the hospital was a major health services research site in the VA's early effort to increase care and efficiency in its hospital system in what became known as the Fort Howard Program. The program was the initiation of the Health Services R&D Service (HSR&D).
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Veterans' health care in the United States is separated geographically into 19 regions (numbered 1, 2, 4–10, 12 and 15–23) [1] known as VISNs, or Veterans Integrated Service Networks, into systems within each network headed by medical centers, and hierarchically within each system by division level of care or type.
In fall of 2007, Mercy Medical Center received the largest philanthropic gift in the hospital's history to construct a new, $400+ million, 20-story hospital. Three years later, construction of that hospital-—The Mary Catherine Bunting Center—would be complete and officially opened its doors on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010.
The first phase of the mission change was completed in September 2002, with the relocation of Fort Howard's inpatient programs and administrative functions to the Baltimore VA Rehabilitation & Extended Care Center and the Perry Point VA Medical Center. On April 7, 1998, a new inpatient mental health care building was dedicated at Perry Point.
VA Medical Center: Anchorage: Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System Community Based Outpatient Clinic: Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson: Elmendorf-Richardson VA Clinic Fairbanks: Fairbanks VA Clinic Homer: Homer VA Clinic Juneau: Juneau VA Clinic Wasilla: Mat-Su VA Clinic Soldotna: Soldotna VA Clinic
The hospital also features a geriatric medicine program, as well as three facilities for seniors: Belvedere Green and Woodbourne Woods, independent living facilities, and the Good Samaritan Nursing Center. The hospital was at one time attached to the Women's Medical College of Baltimore. In 1994, the hospital joined the Helix Health Network. [4]