Va Montana Healthcare System

Details

Name :

Va Montana Healthcare System

Address  :

3687 Veterans Drive
P.O. Box 1500

Town  :

Fort Harrison

State  :

Montana

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

59636

Phone  :

877 468 8387

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • ENT
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Otolaryngologist
  • Pain Management
  • Podiatry
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 50

Other Facilities

  • X-Ray

Description

About VA Montana Healthcare System
The VA Montana Healthcare System provides a VA presence in every major city in the state through a series of community based clinics a nursing home and an acute care medical center

Fort Harrison Helena is a 50bed acute care medicalsurgical facility that offers a broad range of acute chronic and specialized inpatient and outpatient services for both male and female veterans Specialty care includes internal medicine gerontology neurology dermatology cardiology rheumatology palliative care pain management medical oncology surgery general vascular laparoscopic endoscopic urology orthopedics plastic ophthalmology ENT podiatry gynecology chiropractic care psychiatry including outpatient substance abuse treatment and PTSD and MST specific care and ambulatory care primary care Radiology Service provides a broad range of diagnostic and interventional care provided on a full time basis Pathology Services are available on site also provided on a full time basis Telemedicine services are available for psychiatry radiology ophthalmology and telehome health

A 30bed Community Living Center CLC that provides general and ventilator dependent care is located in Miles City Primary care is provided at Billings Bozeman Anaconda Great Falls Missoula Kalispell And Glasgow Staff and contract specialists visit the clinics regularly and provide access to specialty care as needed Two additional primary care sites will be located in Lewistown and Cutbank in early 2008

Montana is the fourth largest state geographically and has one of the largest per capita veteran populations To augment mental health services so they coincide with the other nine out based clinics VA Montana Health Care System contracted mental health care outside Lewis and Clark County location of Fort Harrison to reduce veteran travel This allowed the VA to provide for local care while maximizing funding in rural areas without making the veteran travel

Montana has two state veterans homes located in Columbia Falls northwest and Glendive east VA also uses contract arrangements with private nursing homes to allow veterans to be placed in long term care facilities closer to their families
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