{"id":306139,"date":"2024-10-20T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=306139"},"modified":"2024-10-20T20:59:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T20:59:40","slug":"27-i-care-awards-in-one-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=306139","title":{"rendered":"27 \u201cI CARE\u201d awards in one year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Robinson is a physician assistant working in primary care at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/saginaw-health-care\/\">VA outpatient clinic<\/a> in Cadillac, Michigan. In a single calendar year, he was recognized by Veterans, caregivers and coworkers with 27 \u201cI CARE\u201d awards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/Marc_r1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marc Robinson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>I CARE awards recognize VA employees who have gone above and beyond in their role to care for Veterans, families, caregivers, survivors or fellow employees by exhibiting <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/icare\/\">VA\u2019s Core Values<\/a> of Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect and Excellence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI CARE awards are special because they reflect not only great care that we give to Veterans but that the Veterans recognize the great care,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we hear enough from Veterans who are happy with the great care we provide.\u00a0I tell my Veterans in their initial visit that I wouldn\u2019t be a care provider at VA if the care wasn\u2019t superior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robinson is an Air Force Veteran and has also been honored with certificates of appreciation, high reliability organization awards and a local ceremony to thank him and his team for providing crucial assistance during a medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured above are Robinson, nurse Sally Ingraham, medical support assistant Janet Rauch and licensed practical nurse Ron Chadwick, from the patient aligned care team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery ICARE write-up is special and meaningful to me, but the ones that recognize the entire team and mental health, specialty care and community care really stand out,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A win for the team and VA<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cRecently, we had a Veteran who had been treated poorly upon return to the U.S. from Vietnam. He had several physical and mental health issues and we were able to get a good plan of care established for him.\u00a0He wrote that the, \u2018Entire team was very professional\u2026 and made me feel at ease.\u2019 He put in separate ICAREs for each person that was involved on his initial visit here.\u00a0That was a win for the entire team and for VA. We get a fair number of walk-in patients and some of them are from out of the region.\u00a0 We get a relatively high number of acute [and] potentially life-threatening medical emergencies in the clinic due to our proximity to the freeway and the local summer vacation hotspots in northern Michigan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac is a rural town of about 10,000 people with about one million visitors each year who enjoy fishing, boating, hiking, skiing, snowmobiling, hunting and golfing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel strongly that taking care of my brothers and sisters is my calling in medicine. I worked through neurosurgery, trauma, medical-surgical acute care, emergency department and Intensive Care Unit positions before I got to my primary care position.\u00a0We are blessed to have a great team here in Cadillac, [with] so many great nurses, medical support assistants, audiology and mental health providers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robinson also serves as the education coordinator for physician assistants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Robinson is a physician assistant working in primary care at a VA outpatient clinic in Cadillac, Michigan. In a single calendar year, he was recognized by Veterans, caregivers and coworkers with 27 \u201cI CARE\u201d awards. 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