VA Puget Sound upgrades health care infrastructure

These projects are part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair and improve department health care facilities in fiscal year 2026 via the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-Recurring Maintenance program.

VA Puget Sound improvement projects for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 are:

• Phase 2 of VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization across VA Puget Sound, including improvements to IT infrastructure.
• Installation of three new outdoor condenser units at the American Lake VA Medical Center.
• Installation of new roofing across the Seattle VA Medical Center.
• Renovations at the Seattle VA Medical Center to install new Urology Fluoroscopy equipment.

• Renovations at the warehouse in Fort Lawton to convert space into an Education Training Simulation Laboratory.

   

“Improved facilities, equipment, and infrastructure mean better care for Veterans, and these funds will enable VA Puget Sound Health Care System to achieve that goal,” said Executive Director Dr. Thomas Bundt. Better care for Veterans is our goal, and these projects will enable us to achieve just that”. .”

These infrastructure investments are part of a host of important initiatives to improve VA during the second Trump Administration. Since Jan. 20, 2025, VA has:

• Reduced the backlog of Veterans waiting for VA benefits by 60%
• Processed record numbers of disability claims, reaching an all-time fiscal-year high of three million claims processed Sept. 30.
• Opened 25 new health care clinics, expanding access for Vets around the country.
• Offered Veterans more than 1.9 million appointments outside of normal operating hours. These early-morning, evening, and weekend appointments are giving Veterans more timely and convenient options for care.

For more information, contact Public Affairs at publicaffairspugetsound@va.gov

Hunter Gordian, Public Affairs Specialist