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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.
West Texas VA Health Care System – George H. O'Brien Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Dallas: Dallas VA Medical Center Houston: Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center: Kerrville: Kerrville VA Medical Center San Antonio: Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital [3] Temple
By the end of the year the number of patients in residence rose to almost 500 with 260 employees. Up until the end of World War II, most care at the hospital was custodial in nature, but in 1946, the hospital was reorganized and shifted from custodial care to more active treatment.
The George E. Wahlen VA Hospital is a 121-bed short-term acute care hospital and is designated as a medical training and research facility. [1] [2] For the scale of operations in 2021, the George E. Wahlen VA had 2,739 employees, treated 72,303 veterans, and accommodated nearly 703,109 outpatient visits. [1]
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health [2] that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States, providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation ...
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Non-healthcare benefits include disability ...
In 1962, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare transferred 31 acres (13 ha) of the Hines property to the State of Illinois Department of Mental Health so that they could build a new mental health facility. The John J. Madden Clinic took over mental health operations from the hospital, allowing Hines to re-purpose 280 beds to ...
Because the center's full-service hospital closed in 2001, veterans requiring inpatient acute care are referred to the Boston VA Medical Center in Massachusetts, the White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont, or Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. Concord Hospital is Manchester VA's contracted community hospital partner. [2] [8]