About us
At the VA Wichita Healthcare System, we’re dedicated to improving the lives of Veterans and their families every day.
About the VA Wichita Healthcare System
The VA Wichita Healthcare System provides you with outstanding health care, trains America’s future health care providers, and conducts important medical research.
Health care and services
We provide you with health care services at 7 locations in Kansas. Facilities include our Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita and 5 community-based outpatient clinics located in Dodge City, Hays, Hutchinson, Parsons, and Salina. We also operate a low-vision rehabilitation clinic in Wichita, and a mobile care unit for Veterans who can’t easily visit our facilities. To learn more about the services each location offers, visit the VA Wichita health services page.
We provide evidence-based services for low-vision rehabilitation, spinal cord dysfunction, traumatic brain injury (TBI), homelessness, mental health care, prosthetics, orthotics, and extended care.
The VA Wichita Healthcare System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the VA Heartland Network. We’re an innovative care center within the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 (VISN 15), which includes medical centers and clinics in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, and Arkansas.
Research and development
At Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, we conduct research to discover knowledge, develop VA scientists and health care leaders, and create innovations that advance health care for Veterans and the nation. We offer Veterans the opportunity to participate in and benefit from our work. Our goal is to use research to promote better health and health care for all.
Major research areas include:
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Teaching and learning
Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center is a general medicine and surgery teaching hospital that provides a full range of health services for Veterans, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. We’re proud of our partnerships with top institutions and organizations that support the educational mission of the VA.
We maintain affiliations with:
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Fast facts
- VA Wichita health care serves Veterans in 59 counties in Kansas. We treated more than 30,000 Veterans in 2020 and completed more than 350,000 outpatient visits.
- We expanded the emergency department at Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in 2019. We now have 11 treatment beds and can serve 20,000 Veterans who need emergency care each year.
- Our substance abuse residential rehabilitation facility will open in 2021. The unit has 12 beds, group counseling areas, and clinical treatment rooms.
- Nearly 23% of our patients used our telehealth services in 2020 to speak to doctors from the comfort of their homes.
- Our hospital opened Nov. 16, 1933. In 2002, it was renamed in honor of former U.S. Senator Robert Joseph Dole of Kansas. As an Army lieutenant, Dole was severely injured by gunfire in World War II. As a senator, he was a staunch advocate for Veterans and those with disabilities.
Accreditations and achievements
Our facilities and programs have received accreditation from:
- The Joint Commission
- Ascellon
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
- Office of Inspector General: VHA directive compliance oversite
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Five Star rating
- American College of Emergency Physicians: Geriatric Emergency Department
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Association for Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies Blood Bank
The VA Wichita Healthcare System has received the following awards:
- Designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Pathway to Excellence facility
Annual reports, newsletters, and Veteran town halls
Annual reports
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Newsletters
Welcome to the Dole News, the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center's quarterly newsletter for Veterans and stakeholders.
