The West Texas VA Health Care System (WTVAHCS) is a 95-authorized bed (55 acute and 40 extended care) medical center, which serves 58,000 veterans in an area spanning 33 counties in West Texas and New Mexico.  The WTVAHCS is a part of Veterans Integrated Service Network 18 (VISN 18), and is a complexity level 3 facility.  It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education.  Comprehensive outpatient health care is provided in areas of medicine, surgery, mental health, physical medicine and rehabilitation, oncology, and dentistry.  Inpatient care is provided in medicine and extended care, with referrals to other VISN 18 facilities and community.  Care is provided at the parent facility in Big Spring, Texas, and through six community based outpatient clinics (CBOC).

Affiliations

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

          Ophthalmology Resident Program

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Odessa, Texas

          Internal Medicine Resident Program
          Physician Assistant, Medicine
          Physician Assistant, Psychiatry

Howard College, Big Spring, TX

School of Nursing (RN and LVN)
Phlebotomy
Dental Hygiene

Midland College, Midland, Texas

           Health Information Technology

Odessa College, Odessa, Texas

Medical Laboratory Technology
Phlebotomy

Southeastern Career Institute, Midland, Texas

Dental Assistant

Texas State Technical College, Abilene, Texas

          Health Information Technology

University of Utah

          Social Work Resident

University of Houston College of Optometry

            Optometry Student

      
Operating Beds

25 VA Hospital
40 VA Nursing Home

Type of Facility

Veterans Rural Access