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VA Richmond health care top stories.

  • Several Veterans representing Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVHCS) are in St. Louis attending the 42nd annual National Veterans Creative Arts Festival April 10-16. Entrants who take 1st place in their respective categories at the national level in the National Veterans Creative Arts Competition are invited to attend the yearly festival.

    james curry holds one arm up as he sings on a stage with a microphone

  • The PACT Act is a historic new law that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. The law empowers VA to provide generations of Veterans—and their survivors—with the care and benefits they’ve earned and deserve.

  • Central Virginia VA Health Care System has launched the Patient Check-in (PCI) tool at our main facility and community clinics.

    PCI Graphic

  • Annie Thomas reached into a photo album and produced an old, yellowed news article to show her daughter. The bold headline read, “Small Girls with Big Ideas Plan Sale to Aid Soldiers.” The Richmond News Leader published the story in 1944 about Thomas and her friends doing a good deed for Veterans.

    A group of girls posing with their donation

  • Future health care decisions may not be at the top of everyone’s to-do list, but in the case of a significant life changing event, it could turn out to be one of the most important decisions to make for yourself and your loved ones.

    Three employees at a table

  • National Salute to Veteran Patients Week is a long-standing VA tradition in which members of the community and Veterans Affairs employees come together to show gratitude to Veteran patients.

    Artists Jason Ford and Ed Trask (not pictured) recently completed a mural dedicated to Veterans named “The Journey of a Veteran.” The mural was unveiled February 14, 2022

  • More than 100 health care workers wore red for the Go Red for Women walk, February 4 at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVHCS).

    VA staff walking down hallway

  • Virtual health care can offer patients a sense of comfort, while never leaving home. During the pandemic, these virtual options have grown in popularity too. At the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVHCS), a wide range of virtual services are available to address the unique needs of Veterans.

    Andrew Morehouse practices a song with Hope Kumme

  • Over the past few weeks, a new employee engagement program has caught the attention of staff at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVHCS).

    Dr. Dominique Boone has served as an organizational health psychologist at Central Virginia VA Health Care System for the past four years.

  • Ed called it. He said he would return to meet and thank the staff who cared for him. Although everyone hoped this would come true, the odds at times were stacked against him.

    Ed Coleman, Vietnam Veteran, hugs a staff member from the Central Virginia VA Health Care System.