Stories

In a novel approach to healing, the VA San Diego Healthcare System is introducing a weekly sound therapy intervention to its Experiential and Recreation Therapy Program, offering Veterans a transformative experience to rejuvenate both mind and body.

Flu is highly contagious and anyone can get it. It is especially harmful to the elderly and those who have health problems like asthma, diabetes, and heart disease.

VA San Diego Healthcare System participated in Patient Experience (PX) Week

Three of the nation's 61 living Medal of Honor recipients call San Diego and the VA San Diego Healthcare System home.

Changing Lives, One Veteran at a Time

Veteran hearts ‘overwhelmed with joy;’ VA San Diego Holiday Care & Share

VA San Diego Healthcare System received a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. This is the second year in a row that VA San Diego received a five-star rating from CMS.

Kim Kobayashi-Elliott, a recreational therapist in the Spinal Cord Injury Unit at the San Diego VA Medical Center, has been a source of support and inspiration for countless Veterans navigating life after injury.

The VA Supportive Housing (VASH) program focuses on finding housing for homeless Veterans. VASH just reached a milestone steady-state of housing 2,000 Veterans with housing vouchers at one time.

VA Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Program Awards VA San Diego Scientist.