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Central Texas Veterans' Health Care Center |
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www.centraltexas.va.gov
In 1995, three Central Texas VA Centers were merged into the present consolidated health care system. The Olin E. Teague Veterans' Center in Temple cares for the majority of general medicine and surgery patients. Other centers are in Waco, Marlin, and an out-patient center is in Austin.
The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System is the largest VA medical consortium in Texas and 4th largest in the United States, with 7,847 in-patients and 829,000 (FY2007) out-patient visits annually. In a 1997 JCAHO survey, the CTVHCS recived accreditation with commendation which places it in the top 9% of all hospital and health care organizations in the United States.
The VA Center in Temple:
- Supports research in the fields of Neuropsychiatry (Scizophrenia, Depression and Alzheimer's Disease) and Cardiovascular research.
- Cares for the majority of general medicine surgery patients within the CTHCC System.
- Employs 2,800 healthcare professionals and service providers, physicians and researchers and has hundreds of community volunteers.
- Is located on 185 acres about 1 mile from Scott & White Memorial Hospital.
- Has a 300+ bed acute care hospital, a 408-bed dmiciliary and 120-bed nursing home care unit ($50+M projects), with a total of 70 buildings on the campus, including medical education and research facilities.
- Is closely affilitated with the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center/College of Medicine and, together with Scott & White, provides the clinical training for 3rd and 4th year medical students.
- Participates in TAMU-Scott & White residency training programs in general surgery, orthopedics, internal medicine, radiology, urology, ophtamology, anesthesiology, and in fellowships in medical sub-specialties.
- Administers its own dental residency program and its own APA accredited psychology internship, maintains a mental hygiene clinic, and specialized programs in substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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