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

  • As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs nationwide effort to assist Veterans and local community to dispose of unused or expired prescriptions or over-the-counter drugs, VA Puget Sound Health Care System is having a Rx Take-Back Event October 27, 2023 at its Seattle and American Lake campuses.

    Prescription medication take-back event

  • “We, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, pledge to never commit, excuse or stay silent about sexual harassment, sexual assault, or domestic violence against others,” is the White Ribbon VA pledge being taken by employees throughout VA Puget Sound across Western Washington.

    Domestic violence awareness month 2023 graphic

  • September is Suicide Prevention Month. One of the many ways VA Puget Sound Health Care System is raising awareness is the opening its Veterans Art Gallery.

    Photo of artist Jim Anderson

  • The suicide rate among Veterans in 2019 was 52 percent higher than non-Veteran adults in the U.S., according to the 2022 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report (https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/about/data-reporting/suicide-prevention-data.asp).

    VA Puget Sound brings federal, state and local leaders together to focus on Veteran suicide prevention

  • In 2015, the shocking statistic of 22 Veteran suicides each day was cited across the nation. And Veterans continue to be at higher risk for suicide compared to the general population.

    Suicide prevention 2023 call to action

  • Boy Scouts of America Troop 647 (Mercer Island) were onsite at VA Puget Sound Health Care System’s Seattle Campus July 29, creating a computer resource center for Veterans and their families to use while they are visiting the facility.

    Members of Boy Scouts of America Troop 647 (Mercer Island)

  • 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’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.

  • 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

  • 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