James A Haley VA Primary Care Annex

dr. tara l gibson is a dangerous doctor who almost killed me by poisoning me with the number one drug in america that causes drug induced liver failure a antibiotic called augmentin even after she was notified by her pharmacist not to give it to me because of it being contraindicated meaning it could kill me or permenately injure me for life and it did she was such a cold hearted lady when i came back the next day after only 2 doses i was in liver failure right in front of her she blamed my adverse symptoms of a large red rash on my chest causeing severe itching and sharp pains in my new liver from a transplant i had several years earlier and my throat started tighting up she blamed it on laundry detergent and told me tp go home and finish the medicene while i was dying in front of her and to apply benadryl 3 x a day on it i said you should of listened to your pharmacist who told you i couldn’t have it so instead of going home like she said trying to kill me because she knew what she had done i went straight to the james a haley v a hospital and got my blood drawn right away because i did not trust her then i got a emergency call to the speciality clinic and was told by physician assistant steve caro who told me i was in liver failure and i was dying he also sent me home no treatment for 10 months untill my new liver was destroyed by hepatic injury causeing hep c to go completely viral which attacked my new liver causeing cirrhosis of the liver now they put me on harvoni once i sued them for 5,000,000 now because i did not die and filed suit they are trying to back track and repair all of the damages they caused stay away from these dangerous doctor’s who are now under investigation by our congressman and senators and fbi as well as office of inspector general be safe my fellow brothers and sisters who are veterans god bless you all SHE ALSO TRYED TO COVER-​UP HER CRIMES AND MEDICAL MALPRACTICE BY FALSIFYING MEDICAL RECORDS SHE IS ABSOLUTELY A REAL DANGER TO ALL OF MY FELLOW VETERANS DO NOT BE FOOLED BY HER APPEARANCE REAL TALK IM CURRENTLY WORKING WITH INVESTIGATORS TO SEND HER AND HER CO CONSPIRATORS TO A FEDERAL PRISON

I can’t write about all of the services at this location, just the ones I use. I have been to the new Primary Care Annex three times now and I L.O.V.E. IT.
Let’s start with the Women’s Center. IT IS GORGEOUS in there, the lobby is beautiful, quiet and well appointed. There seem to be lots of exam rooms and a great check in process now too. I will not miss the years and years inside that sad, shabby trailer at the main hospital. We suffered a long time in that pitiful trailer, we deserved some happiness in our visits! I have encountered three different doctors in the Women’s center and they were all amazing and kind and patient.
The non-women’s areas are very nice as well (tho, not ‘quite’ as nice, the Alpha — Foxtrot teams didn’t have to be in trailers at the main hospital). Very spacious lobby, everything is open and inviting and clean, clean clean. I had my labwork done before my appointment, the data wasn’t ready in time for my doctor tho, so that’s something that is better at the main location. The tech was AWESOME, she was kind and sweet and got me in the elbow on her first attempt (rare!).
The café on site doesn’t open until 7:30, so I wasn’t able to use that either.
Parking is MUCH better here than the main hospital. My only complaint is that it takes me eight thousand years to get there. But, I dare say it is worth the drive!

I’ve had a much better experience at the Primary Care Annex than I did at the James A. Haley main hospital. The building is nice and new, but not too big.
There seems to be a different feel at the Primary Care Annex. Parking is close and plentiful and getting lost is not easy. I could walk around at the main hospital for hours and never find what I was looking for. I will just keep getting sent in different directions by people who probably had no idea what I was looking to find. That is not the case at the Primary Care an Annex. I parked less than a hundred feet from the entrance. I was greeted upon walking in, and directed where to go without any problems. I was seen, quick in and quick out.
My only complaint is they are missing a pharmacy. Once my physician ordered my prescription I then had to walk downstairs to call the prescription in to the pharmacy. The pharmacy is at a separate location a few miles away. Nothing was very difficult, but it just seems like some unnecessary steps.
Overall, my experience was much better than any VA encounters I’ve had in the past. Hopefully, they can keep up the momentum.
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I was very fortunate to visit this new building on its opening day last summer. Here we are almost a year later and it is so well kept that it still looks almost as clean as day one did. Every part of it is just beautiful. I still say now what I did back then, «Wow! This is the VA? I wish everyone could have a nice VA like this one.»
My primary care physician is here after years spent working out of an office trailer at the other main facility’s grounds. Both her and her staff have said they enjoy coming to work much more now that they feel like this space is better suited and more respectful for them and their patients and their visitors.
Some may not like that it is a few miles from the main facility, but that is because like much of developed Tampa, there was no more room to build there. The parking at this one is so much easier to find and faster to get. For those who do not drive, there are VA shuttles that constantly go back and forth, and the public bus comes up to it as well.
On the bright side (pun intended), having this annex where it is allows for a lot of natural light and well kept grounds. The staff appears to be much less stressed out and that means much more respectful and well tailored service. I still haven’t heard any patients complain about it once they are there. It’s so nice that most don’t even complain when they have to spend a few minutes longer in the waiting rooms.

A very nice state of the art building that recently opened this week for the James Haley VA Primary Care Annex or better known as the PCA. At this place once you walk inside of the building you’ll see on the left and right side some POW items in glass cases like you’ll see at the James Haley VA Hospital. They offer the following care for the VA patients at this location:
Handicapped parking, Valet parking, Patient Centered Care Teams (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie & Delta, Homeless PACT and Women’s Center (includes, Gynecology and Breast Clinic. Ancillary services including Behavioral Health (Psychiatry, Psychological and Psycho Social consultation and Social Work), Clinical Pharmacy Consultations (prescriptions: routine prescription processed through the mail or My HealtheVet), Dental Services, Dietician (nutritional consultations), Laboratory (including phlebotomy services), Nursing, Tele-​Health, Physical Therapy Consultation, Podiatry, Prosthetics, Radiology, Patient Library and Café Service Handicapped Accessible: full and easy access for all veterans. Patient Centered Care with a Personal Care of highly qualified primary care providers, specialty care referrals to the VA Hospital in Tampa.
Also they offer stairs and elevators for the patients, staff and visitor’s to use when they are here at this location plenty of seating and Starbucks (back of the building).

I have not been there yet, but am scheduled to go for an appt next week. So I can only comment on location. While I understand that crowding and limited parking required some services to be moved, this creates an further inconvenience for any who live in Tampa and most who require services other than pr imary care, such as blood/​lab work at the main Haley Hospital. One would have hoped they could have found land a bit closer, but I will withhold judgement until I have been there, and hope vets living to the East and north find this location more convenient for them.