United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Providence VA Medical Center, Rhode Island

About Providence VA Medical Center

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Outpatient Visits:
(Fiscal Year 2010) 353,509
Patients served:
Total 178,291
(Rhode Island = 73,954) (Southeastern Massachusetts = 104,337)

Medical Center Leadership

Mission & Vision

Network Strategic Plan 

The Providence VA Medical Center is dedicated to providing high quality comprehensive outpatient and inpatient health care to Veterans residing in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Each veteran who comes to the Medical Center for care is assured personalized care by a team of health care providers. A Primary Care Provider coordinates each patient's medical care, patient education needs and referrals to any of the medical centers 32 subspecialty clinics. The Medical Center's Ambulatory Care Program is supported by a general medical, surgical, and psychiatric inpatient facility fully-accredited by the Joint Commission. The medical center delivers a broad range of services in medicine, surgery, and behavioral sciences and is currently operating 73 beds. Veterans can also avail themselves of primary care and some specialty services at the VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) in New Bedford, MA, Hyannis, MA, and in Middletown, RI.  

The medical center has approximately 150 board certified physicians and a total of 1038 full-time equivalent employees who complete the health care delivery team of professional, technical, administrative, and support personnel.

Nationally and internationally recognized clinical research activities enhance patient care in health services, dermatology, mental health treatment, pulmonary/vascular, rehabilitation, post-traumatic stress disorder, and alcoholism and drug abuse.

Academic Affiliations and Partnerships

** Brown Alpert Medical School
** The Harvard School of Dental Medicine 
The University of Rhode Island -** College of Pharmacy
University of Rhode Island Industrial Engineering - Systems Redesign
Approximately 40 health professional school affiliations 

Authorized Beds/Operating Beds

119 Authorized/73 Operating 

Type of Facility

General Medical & Surgical

Special Programs

ADA Recognized Diabetes Patient Self-Management Education Program
Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine
Dialysis
General Intensive Care Unit
Hospital - Based Home Care
Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team
Respiratory Diseases
Speech / Language Pathology
Substance Abuse Treatment Program (outpatient)
TREP - Targeted Research Enhancement Program
VA Regional Office
Vascular Research Laboratory
Vet Center
Veterans Resource and Recovery Center
Veterans Transitional Supportive Program (VTSP)
Visual Impairment Services
Women Veterans Health Program
Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery
Rhode Island Veterans Home
Massachussetts Department of Veterans' Services 

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