Madison East VA Clinic

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Our clinic provides Veterans diagnostic and rehabilitative services and screening for employee hearing conservation. We offer a full range of audiology services like:

• Hearing and balance evaluations
• Selection, management, and repair of hearing aids and assistive listening device assessments
• Implantation, evaluation, programming, and management of cochlear implants and bone-anchored implants
• Evaluation and treatment for auditory processing disorder 

While we only offer in-person services at the Madison VA Hospital and East Clinic, many of our services are offered through telehealth at our clinic locations in Rockford, Janesville, Freeport, Baraboo and Beaver Dam.  Please contact the location of your choice for more details and to schedule a telehealth appointment with our audiology clinic.

Learn more about VA hearing aids

We perform tests and procedures that help check, support and improve your heart health without surgery. We'll work with you to create a personalized treatment plan and provide you with the most effective medications. Our services include:

• Diagnosing and treating heart-related conditions like heart disease, high blood pressure, arrhythmias and valve problems through physical exams and specialized tests
• Monitoring heart rhythm changes using electrocardiograms (EKGs or ECGs), portable Holter monitors or ultrasound

Services at 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 laboratory provides a full range of clinical and diagnostic testing services. 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)

Laboratory and pathology testing is done primarily at Madison VA Hospital, but patient samples can be collected at all of our local clinics. 

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

Our mental health service offers consultation, evaluation, and treatment for various issues that affect emotional well-being.

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 issues like anger management

Services are available at all locations through video telehealth.

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 provider.

Join our MOVE! Weight Management Program to live healthier, reach your health goals, and manage your weight. Losing 5%-10% of your weight can improve your health and boost your energy. MOVE! is more than just weight loss. We help you make lasting, practical changes to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and weight losses, based on the latest nutrition science.

You can sign up yourself or ask your provider for a referral. 

Veterans start with a MOVE! overview to see current options, which may include.

• In-person individual appointments with a registered dietitian are available at:
  • Madison VA Hospital
  • Madison VA East Clinic
  • Madison VA West Clinic
  • Rockford Clinic
• Individual appointments via telephone, VA Video Connect (VVC) or telehealth are available at all locations.
• Group classes (VVC and limited in-person)
  • Weekly- 16 week led by multidisciplinary team including a registered dietitian
  • Monthly Support Group- led by registered dietitian
• Home TeleMOVE!
  • A 90-day weight management program that aligns with the core MOVE! curriculum
  • Weight management support is provided by a registered dietitian

Learn more about MOVE!

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.

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.

Services 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.
• 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.

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 offers eligible Veterans easy access to health care professionals who understand their needs. We provide long-term patient-provider relationships, coordinate care across different health services, and educate on disease prevention.

Primary care is your first contact point if you are enrolled in VHA health care. Contact your primary care physician for these services and more:

• Cancer screening (colon, breast, cervical, prostate, and others)
• High blood pressure and cholesterol screening and treatment
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment
• Diabetes prevention and treatment
• Flu and other recommended vaccines
• Mental health, drug and alcohol screening
• Lab tests 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.

Learn more about women Veteran care.