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Read about what's happening in our VA Puget Sound health care community.

VA Puget Sound nationally recognized for its commitment to providing high-quality stroke care for fourth consecutive year

For the fourth year in a row, VA Puget Sound Health Care System received the American Heart Association Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll quality achievement awards.

American Heart Association 2023 get with the guidelines, gold plus, target: type 2 diabetes honor roll, stoke graphic

VA Puget Sound raises the Progress Flag in celebration of Pride Month

Embraces this year’s theme: Health Care for the Veteran You Are

Pride counts at VA - Celebrating, honoring, serving the Veteran you are.

May is Women’s Health Month: VA Puget Sound offers comprehensive care to 17,500 women veterans

VA Puget Sound’s Women’s Health Program is the largest in the VA’s Northwest Health Network, with approximately 17,500 women enrolled for care.

Smiling woman holding a small child.

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education accredits VA Puget Sound’s new Post Baccalaureate Registered Nursing Residency Program

With a 75-year history of cutting-edge academic partnerships, VA Puget Sound Health Care System’s five-year Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education accreditation for its new Post Baccalaureate Registered Nursing Residency Program comes as no surprise.

Official Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accredited logo

VA Puget Sound Vietnam Veteran helps other Veterans through research

Tom Mano was a 22-year-old college student at the University of Washington when his life changed forever.

Vietnam Veteran Tom Mano is the 24,000th Veteran from the Seattle area to join VA’s largest research effort ever

VA Puget Sound promotes healthy and safe relationships during Domestic Violence Awareness Month

VA Puget Sound Health Care System is promoting healthy relationships during Domestic Violence Awareness Month as part of the national call to action to prevent and eliminate sexual harassment, sexual assault, and domestic and intimate partner violence.

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You are invited to our Women Veteran Town Hall

VA Puget Sound Health Care System will hold a Women Veteran Town Hall September 14, 2022, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

VA Puget Sound Women Veteran Town Hall

You are invited to our Everett Clinic Grand Opening Celebration!

VA Puget Sound Health Care System will hold a grand opening ceremony (includes tours) for our new Everett Clinic August 30 from 10 to 11 a.m.

VA Puget Sound Health Care System will hold a grand opening ceremony (includes tours) for our new Everett Clinic August 30 from 10 to 11 a.m.

VA Puget Sound Health Care System back on the road with its Mobile Medical Unit

SEATTLE (July 29, 2022)—VA Puget Sound Health Care System is hitting the road again with its Mobile Medical Unit with a dedicated weekly visit to Chehalis Veterans Museum beginning August 3, 2022. Care is by appointment only (no drop-in availability).

VA Puget Sound's Mobile Medical Unit

VA Puget Sound leader credited for positive change

When VA Puget Sound Health Care System Executive Director Michael Tadych moves into his next job with VA’s Office of Inspector General, a key part of his job will be on promoting efficiency, effectiveness and integrity across the Department of Veteran Affairs.

VA Puget Sound Health Care System Executive Director Michael Tadych