Veterans Affairs Med Center

Details

Name :

Veterans Affairs Med Center

Address  :

921 Ne 13th Street

Town  :

Oklahoma City

State  :

Oklahoma

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

73104

Phone  :

405 456 1000

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Dentistry
  • Neurologist
  • Oncologist
  • Psychiatrist
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 192


Description

The Oklahoma City VAMC consists of a 192operating bed VHA facility located in Central Oklahoma serving fortyeight Oklahoma Counties and two counties in North Central Texas Wilbarger and Wichita with a veteran population of over 225000 The Oklahoma City VAMC also includes Community Based Outpatient Clinics CBOC in Lawton Ardmore Stillwater Altus Konawa Enid Blackwell Oklahoma and Wichita Falls Texas The Oklahoma City VAMC also has an annex clinic in north Oklahoma City

The Oklahoma City VAMC is a tertiary care facility classified as a Clinical Referral Level III facility VA complexity level rating of 1b The Oklahoma City VAMC is a teaching hospital providing a full range of patient care services with stateoftheart technology as well as education and research Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care tertiary care and longterm care in areas of medicine surgery psychiatry physical medicine and rehabilitation neurology oncology dentistry geriatrics and extended care

Specialized Programs The Oklahoma City VA Medical Center has specialized programs including Mental Health Intensive Case Management MHICM Reaching Out to Educate and Assist Health Care Families REACH Homeless Program Compensated Work Therapy regional referral center for OpenHeart surgery Telehealth Care Coordination Center for Alzheimer and Neurodegenerative Diseases Cando Animal Assisted Therapy and a High Risk Foot Program
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