Madison East VA Clinic

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We perform noninvasive and minimally invasive tests and procedures that check, support, and improve your heart health. We’ll work with you to develop a personalized treatment plan and treat you with the most effective medications. Our services include:

• Diagnosis and treat heart related conditions including heart disease, high blood pressure, arrhythmias and value problems through a combination of physical exams and specialized tests
• Monitoring you for changes in heart rhythm, using electrocardiograms (EKGs or ECGs), portable Holt monitors, or ultrasound

Services as specific locations include:

• Determining how well blood flows through your heart vessels
• Performing surgical treatments like pacemaker implants or cardiac catheterization (inserting a long, thin tube into an artery or vein)

Our laboratories provide a full range of clinical and diagnostic testing services. Our laboratory and pathology services include:

• Study of blood, urine, and other bodily fluids for illness management
• Testing for infectious diseases
• Cytopathology (study of unusual cells) and surgical pathology (study of tissue removed during surgery)

We promote the health, welfare, and dignity of all Veterans and their families. We focus on ensuring a safe and welcoming environment when providing you with sensitive and high-quality health care services like:

• Hormone therapy in limited circumstances
• Substance use and alcohol treatment
• Testing and treatment for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI)
• Mental health care

Learn more and connect with a care coordinator

The mental health service at the Madison VA Hospital & Clinics provides consultation, evaluation, and treatment for a variety of issues that can impact emotional well-being.

We conduct research and training to ensure state-of-the-art treatment.  Services are available at all locations by video.

Services Offered

Our mental health services include treatments for:

• depression, sadness, grief
• anxiety, worry, nervousness
• addictive behaviors
• relationship problems
• stress from medical problems and/or pain
• post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• emotional problems, such as managing anger

Learn more and connect with a care coordinator

Confidentiality

Our mental health services are confidential. We will not talk to anyone about information you share unless you give written consent. If you have questions, please ask your mental health consultant.

By participating in our MOVE! Weight Management Program, you can adopt a healthy lifestyle, meet your health goals, and manage your weight. If you have a higher body weight, losing 5%-10% of your weight can improve your health and give you more energy. MOVE! is about more than weight. It is about increasing your ability and confidence to achieve a healthy lifestyle.  We work with you to make practical changes for lasting results.

Learn more about our MOVE! Program.

Outpatient Nutrition Services

Our registered dietitians can help you maintain or improve your health with good nutrition tailored to your needs. Through group, individual, and telehealth sessions, we provide nutrition education and counseling in areas such as:

• Cardiovascular and heart health
• Chronic kidney disease
• Diabetes
• Eating disorders and digestive health
• Pregnancy and postpartum nutrition
• Weight management (MOVE! Program)

Learn more about our Outpatient Nutrition Services.

Inpatient Nutrition Services

Healthy and nourishing food is important in recovery. Hospital patients may include a dietitian visiting to discuss food and nutrition, such as:

• Lack of appetite
• Nutrition related disease like diabetes and/or hypertension
• Weight loss/weight gain

Learn more about our Inpatient Nutrition Services.

Physical therapy, occupational therapy and kinesiotherapy can help restore movement and function if you have been disabled by injury or disease.

PT/OT MISSION STATEMENT: We are leaders in rehabilitation services for ALL Veterans and service members using evidence-based approaches to optimize functional health and well-being to enhance the quality of life of those we serve.

We care for Veterans of all ages and abilities, in a variety of settings. Based on the Veteran’s diagnosis, prognosis, and goals, therapists design and implement a customized and integrated plan of care in collaboration with the patient to achieve the individual’s goal-directed outcomes.

Services provided at all locations include:

• Personalized therapy for your rehabilitation
• Pain management
• Rehabilitation from injury: exercise progression, activity modification
• Improvement in functional mobility: gait training, adaptive equipment and durable medical equipment training, balance training, strengthening, prosthetics/orthotics, environmental modifications.
• Treatment may include manual therapy, modalities, therapeutic exercise, dry needling, taping, prosthetics/orthotics.
• Management of age-related issues: balance training, falls assessment, vestibular testing/treatment, medication management, activities of daily living.

Specialty services provided at specific locations include:

• Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Diabetic Foot Care and Management
• Pelvic Health
• Long Haul COVID rehabilitation
• Lymphedema
• LSVT for Parkinson’s Disease
• Gerofit
• Amputee Clinic
• Transplant Clinic
• Hand rehabilitation
• Power mobility and wheelchair assessment
• Cognitive drivers evaluations (no road testing/training)

Your VA primary care provider will work closely with you to plan for all the care you need to stay healthy and well throughout your life, including immunizations and vaccinations. They will also work with family members or caregivers who support you.

Primary care gives eligible men and women Veterans easy access to health care professionals familiar with their needs. We provide long-term patient-provider relationships, coordinate care across a spectrum of health services, and offer education on disease prevention programs. 

Primary care is your first point of contact for Veterans enrolled in VHA health care. Contact your primary care physician if you need any of these or other services:

• Colon, breast, cervical, prostate and other cancer screening
• High blood pressure and cholesterol screening and treatment
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment
• Diabetes prevention and treatment
• Flu vaccine and other recommended vaccines
• Screening for mental health, drug and alcohol concerns
• Labs and blood work

All exams MUST be scheduled, and not all services are available at all locations. Our services include:

• Fluoroscopy Exams 
• Ultrasound (US) 
• Bone Density (DEXA) 
• Computer Tomography (CT) 
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 
• Interventional Radiology (IR) 
• General X-ray 
   

If you have any questions about your exams or availability, please call us and we will be happy to assist you.

Social workers can help Veterans and their families with referrals for:

• assistance in the home
• caregiver support
• transportation
• housing
• community services

Social work offers counseling:

• to veterans with drug, alcohol, and emotional problems
• to help veterans and their families understand and adjust to an illness or disability
• to veterans and family members who want to prepare advance directives for health care
• to help veterans and their families cope with terminal illness

Counseling is conducted through:

• one-on-one discussions
• family conferences
• group classes

We use secure digital technology to offer remote visits with our health care providers through onsite video conferencing and home telehealth services, allowing you to share your health information with VA experts. Telehealth visits are available with providers in:

• Primary care
• Mental health
• Rehabilitation
• Outpatient nutrition services
• Audiology
• Geriatrics
• Dermatology
• Hematology
• Teleretinal imaging
• Caregiver support
• Spirometry
• Neurology
• Palliative care
• Sleep medicine
• Cardiology

Learn more about telehealth

Every Veteran enrolled in VA health care will receive an initial screening and a follow-up screening at least once every 5 years from their primary care team. Veterans who are not enrolled and who meet eligibility requirements will have an opportunity to enroll and receive the screening.  

During the screening, your health care provider will ask you if you think you were exposed to any of these hazards while serving:

• Agent orange
• Airborne hazards and open burn pits
• Gulf War exposures
• Ionizing radiation
• Depleted uranium
• Toxic embedded fragments
   

Ask about getting a screening at your next VA health care appointment and learn more about VA Health Registries.

Whole Health empowers individuals to take charge of their health and well-being, focusing on what matters most to each person. It emphasizes mindful awareness, self-care, and the importance of nutrition, activity, sleep, relationships, and surroundings.

Whole Health supports person-centered, proactive care by integrating conventional treatment with Complementary & Integrative Health approaches, promoting self-empowerment, self-healing, and self-care.

Learn more about Whole Health.

We offer women’s health services to meet your specific needs such as disease screenings, mental health treatment, recovery from military sexual trauma, maternity care and female-specific medical equipment.

Women Veteran services provided at all clinics:  

• Cervical cancer screening (Pap & HPV testing)

Learn about additional women Veteran care provided at the Madison VA and connect with the women Veteran program manager.