Health is a large word. It embraces not the body only, but the mind and spirit as well; and not today's pain or pleasure alone, but the whole being and outlook of a man.
-James H. West-

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA’S HEALTH CENTER

Brief Background Information
District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) Health Center is a not for profit, 100­bed hospital, acute care, and teaching facility based in Northwest Washington, DC. It is a medium sized private hospital in the nation’s capital and among the top 30 teaching hospitals in the United States. The Hospital Center was founded in April 1990 and is the flagship facility for the DMV Healthcare System. It offers primary, secondary and tertiary care to adult and neonatal patients. The clinic is owned by DMV healthcare System but operates independently of the parent organization. The facility provides inpatient and out-patient care and located at 1210 Johnson Street, NW, Washington DC, 20012. The culture of the organization is “Patient first” and the promise is to embody the concept in all aspect of care. The building houses the hospital, a primary care and a subspecialty care section with eighteen (18) examination rooms with a total of approximately six (6) attending doctors and three (3) nurse practitioners at any one time, approximately twenty (20) residents serving for at least three years at a time. A Registered Nurse serves as the director with the help of an administrative manager. Three (3) nurses serve as supervisors with one charge nurse for each section. Below the nurses in terms of hierarchy of twenty (20) medical assistants (MAs­clinical), approximately eight (8) medical office assistants (MOAs­clerical). The doctors and nurse practitioners provide diagnostic and therapeutic services, interdisciplinary care coordination, patient education and community support