About this Facility

The Oklahoma City VAMC consists of a 169-operating bed VHA facility located in Central Oklahoma serving forty-eight Oklahoma Counties and two counties in North Central Texas (Wilbarger and Wichita) with a veteran population of 224,696.  The Oklahoma City VAMC also includes a community based outpatient clinic  in Lawton, Oklahoma and North Oklahoma City (VA staffed), and contract community based outpatient clinics  in Konawa, Ponca City, Ardmore, Oklahoma and in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Oklahoma City VAMC is a tertiary care facility, classified as a Clinical Referral Level III facility. The Oklahoma City VAMC is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research.  Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care, tertiary care, and long-term care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, and extended care.  The Oklahoma City VAMC is a part of VA Network 16, which includes facilities in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The Geriatric Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center, a 20-bed facility, serves the metropolitan area. The Center's services include extended care rehabilitation, psycho-geriatric care, and general nursing home care. In addition to our main facility in Oklahoma City, we offer services in community-based outpatient clinics. These clinics are located in — Lawton/Ft.Sill, OK   Konawa, OK Ponca City, OK  Wichita Falls, TX  Ardmore, OK  North May Clinic, OK 2915 Pine Ridge Road OKC, OK 73120 (405) 752-6500  Mission, Vision, and Values VHA Mission Statement Honor America’s veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being. VHA Vision Statement To be a patient centered integrated health care organization for veterans providing excellence in health care, research, and education; an organization where people choose to work; an active community partner and a back-up for National emergencies. Core Values                  Domains of Value - Trust                              - Quality  - Respect                        - Access - Excellence                    - Function - Compassion                - Satisfaction - Commitment                - Cost Effectiveness                                            - Healthy Communities

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Endostent Repair): In 2000, the Vascular Surgery Department and the Interventional Radiology Department began performing stent-graft repair for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). This minimally invasive surgery, which is performed by physician specialists from Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery, requires no time in intensive care, no blood transfusions and only an overnight stay in the hospital. The latest advance of aortic aneurysms is placing aortic stents through an endovascular approach. The stent excludes the aneurysm from the general circulation and this minimally invasive procedure avoids the complications associated with open operative repair. The Oklahoma City VA Medical Center is one of only two hospitals in Oklahoma City and one of three in the State of Oklahoma offering this procedure. This interdisciplinary team approach benefits patients because it combines the expertise of two specialties, Vascular Surgery and Interventional Radiology. The future for this procedure is to be performed on an outpatient basis. In 2000, 10 and 12 of these procedures were performed during 2000 and 2001 respectively. That number has increased to 26 procedures performed in 2002.

Tri-Fab: Tri-Fab is a program designed to build state of the art prosthetic devices for veteran amputees. The goals of the Tri-Fab program are to develop a system for the provision of artificial mobility aids that is cost-effective, customer driven, and consistent with the goals of the Vision for Change. Tri-Fab stands for the triangular configuration of fabrication sites. This includes three primary central fabrication sites equipped with Automated Fabrication of Mobility Aids (AFMA) systems in Oklahoma City, Houston, and Little Rock. In addition, two secondary (one-person) labs will be located in Jackson and New Orleans. A rotating Prosthetist/Orthotist will service Alexandria, Biloxi, Fayetteville, Muskogee, and Shreveport. To date the program has been very successful based on feedback from users. The program is designed to increase veteran awareness of the latest treatment methods available, and to take existing services a step further by reducing application times, increasing time spent in the evaluation process and improving patient satisfaction. Established in 1998, this program has generated a cost avoidance for VISN 16 in the millions of dollars.

State Veterans Homes: This medical center has jurisdictional responsibility for four of six Veterans State Homes (Vet Centers) in Oklahoma, including Ardmore, Clinton, Norman, and Sulphur. We have established a very positive rapport and integration with these facilities. Specific achievements have been made in the area of Pharmacy for the provision and dispensing of medications for VA eligible veterans, consultation for specialized treatment/care needs of Alzheimer patients and the coordination of placement and long-term treatment needs of chronic psychiatric patients. We have developed and implemented sharing agreements for Diagnostic Radiology Interpretations for all four facilities. A fifth facility was recently completed in Lawton, Oklahoma with plans for VA contract and sharing agreement services. 

Academic Partners

As a teaching hospital, Oklahoma City VAMC provides a full range of services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research.

Affiliations: The Oklahoma City VAMC has active affiliations with the University of Oklahoma Medical School. The Oklahoma City VA Medical Center is connected both physically and functionally to the University.  Over 300 University residents, interns, and students are trained at the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center each year.  There are also nursing student affiliations as well as affiliations involving dentistry, pharmacy, social work, Department of Radiologic Technology, audiology and speech pathology and psychology with the University of Oklahoma. Clinical experiences are provided through affiliation agreements with more than 15 state, community, and private institutions, including Metro Tech, Oklahoma City Community College, Rose State College, Oklahoma State University Technical Branch, the University of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma Baptist, Southwestern Oklahoma State, Langston, and several out of state universities.  Through these programs, the Oklahoma City VAMC makes a significant contribution to both the development of qualified health professionals and the economic growth of the state.  The facilities and programs available through the VAMC enable the colleges of the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center to provide many of the needed clinical experiences for students enrolled in their programs.  Through sharing agreements there is collaboration in the areas of Radiation Therapy, Professional Radiology Services, Sleep Lab, and Electron Microscopy.