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Read about what's happening in our Columbia VA Health Care System community.

  • COLUMBIA, South Carolina – The Columbia VA Health Care System has been awarded eight Certified Zero Harm Awards for 2023. These awards recognize units with an extraordinary commitment to quality of care who have successfully eliminated some of the most common medical errors in healthcare today.

    Zero Harm banner

  • The Columbia VA Health Care System (VAHCS) is proud to introduce the Mobile Prosthetic and Orthotic Care (MoPOC) program, marking a significant milestone in providing essential prosthetic and orthotic (P&O) services for Veterans in rural areas.

    Dolores Sauceda, MoPOC administrative support assistant (Left), Madison McLemore, a Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist (CPO) and the MoPOC clinician (Center), and Sonia Scott, MoPOC site manager (Right), pose for a photo in front of the MoPOC van.

  • SC Housing & the Columbia VA Health Care System (VAHCS) have joined forces to make 50 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers available to homeless veterans in Lexington County. The program will go into effect Dec. 1, 2023, for the fiscal year 2024.

    Homeless encampment of tents with U.S. flags posted on them.

  • Following the unexpected loss of Christ Central as a transitional housing option for Veterans, the Columbia VA Health Care System (VAHCS) sprang into action to ensure that these Veterans had access to safe and stable housing.

    Columbia VAHCS HUD VASH Team pose for a photo

  • COLUMBIA, S.C. – Instructors and students from the Esmeralda Dance Studio put on a demonstration of several dances as part of Hispanic Heritage Month at the Dorn campus of the Columbia VA Health Care System on September 20, 2023.

    Dance instructors

  • Veterans and their family members often send numerous letters of praise and gratitude to the Columbia VA Health Care System. These letters serve as a true testament to the compassionate care provided daily by the medical center's hard working staff to our nation's heroes.

    Text atop VA logo and blue gradient background

  • In a tribute to the heroes of the Post-9/11 era, the Columbia VA Health Care System’s (VAHCS) Post-9/11 Military2VA (M2VA) Program, held a commemorative event to honor the service, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment of our nation's Veterans, service members, and dedicated healthcare staff.

    A Columbia VAHCS Employee Assists a Veteran with 9/11 Poster in the Foreground

  • COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Columbia VA Health Care System hosted a Summer Student Program with 74 middle and high school students this year. The group included 10 sets of siblings.

    The CVAHCS Summer Student Program hosted 74 students for 2023.

  • COLUMBIA, S.C. – Volunteers have been valued partners of the Department of Veterans Affairs for more than 75 years, giving thousands of hours of support to Veterans. The VA currently has more than 22,000 volunteers.

    CVAHCS graphic of volunteers who are now employees

  • Dr. Brandon Brooks, a staff podiatrist at the Columbia VA Health Care System (VAHCS), has emerged as a trailblazer in the field of podiatric medicine. His groundbreaking research project, titled "Opioid Prescribing Approaches in Limb Salvage Surgery," earned him first place at the American Podiatric Medical Association's Annual Scientific Meeting, July 16.

    Dr. Brooks 1st Place Poster/Study