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Written by Hospital Commander on 1/19/2012 3:10:30 PM | 5 Comments
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Last week, I had the opportunity to travel to Rock Island Arsenal to visit our clinics there, along with the CBWTU. We normally focus so much on Ireland Army Community Hospital that I thought it would be a good time to mention our outlying clinics. Rock Island Arsenal is located on an island in the Mississippi River and has immense amounts of history associated with it. We operate two clinics located there, the small but growing primary care clinic and the occupational health clinic. They are doing great things in taking care of the Rock Island population. They have built a great partnership with the garrison, who has recently helped renovate the building and will be adding extra space to continue growing. An all-new pharmacy area is expected to open in the very near future. I’d like to say thank you to the Rock Island clinic staff for a job well done, as well as being great hosts. In addition to our health clinic, we have the Community Based Warrior Transition Unit-Illinois (CBWTU). This CBWTU conducts operations to effectively evaluate, treat, return to duty, and/or administratively out-process Soldiers with identified injury or illness developed while mobilized. As of December 2011, they have entered more than 2,000 Soldiers into the program since it began in 2004. I attended the Change of Command for the CBWTU and would like to say once again thank you to CPT Munoz, the outgoing commander, and welcome to LTC Jones, the incoming commander. I look forward to the work the CBWTU cadre and staff will do each day to take care of our Soldiers.
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On 2/6/2012 9:39:20 AM, Public Affairs Officer wrote: Ms. Donnell, Thank you for your comment. The commander's direct number and email are typically not published online. However, a previous commenter asked the same question, and he did post his email. He can be reached at Cornelius.maher@amedd.army.mil.
On 1/28/2012 11:41:40 AM, Lisa Donnell wrote: I am trying to find an email address or phone number for Colonel Maher, but can find nothing on Ireland Army Community Hospital site.
On 1/25/2012 10:42:20 AM, Margaret Cecil wrote: I am very happy with the service my children have received in IACH pediatric clinics. I was worried about the timeliness of appts as I have a special needs toddler but their pcm has taken great care of them. I do have one recommendation though. It would be nice to be able to connect to the internet through wifi with smart/cell phones and ipads while waiting for appointments.
On 1/23/2012 4:12:45 PM, Cornelius Maher wrote: COL Knutson, thank you for taking the time to read and comment on my blog. I apologize that you've had difficulty in reaching someone in the hospital. As commander, I do not want to come across as inaccessible, or anyone in my hospital to be difficult to reach. Since I am not sure of the phone numbers or emails you have tried, here is the link to the Patient Representative page on our Web site, with phone numbers and emails. http://www.iach.knox.amedd.army.mil/body.asp?M=0&PI=105&HS=True&HL=False In addition, I am happy to provide my email for your use: Cornelius.maher@amedd.army.mil I understand the frustrations when you have an issue you'd like to raise with the command, and again, I apologize that you've had difficulties reaching someone. Thank you for taking the time to point out these difficulties so that my staff can take a look at the best ways to remedy the issues.
On 1/19/2012 4:05:03 PM, COL Bob Knutson wrote: How do we get in touch with Patient Services or the Hospital Commander now? On this post, in HRC, and on Enterprise Email, I cannot send anything to either Mr. Willie Johnson, or COL Maher, due to who knows the reason Email issues. There is no posted Hospital Commander phone number either, and there needs to be one. If anyone sends an Email to the posted Email address of Mr. Johnson, it bounces. There are many issues with hospital communications, but not being able to go up channel to solve a problem should not be one of them. Bob Knutson