Sheridan VA

Suicide rates for female veterans are more than double that of non-veteran women in the U.S – and suicide rates among female vets have also increased at a much higher rate than their male counterparts. The Sheridan VA is trying to combat those statistics by organizing more opportunities for female veterans to create community, heal and give feedback about their health care needs.

As part of October’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Sheridan VA Medical Center is highlighting their assistive veteran programs

Wyoming VA officials are raising awareness of the expanded benefits for veterans under the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, a law enacted last August. It expands VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to Agent Orange, burn pits, and other toxic substances from the Vietnam era to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

There are currently about 60 nursing positions that VA officials are seeking to fill, both in Sheridan and in their outpatient clinics.

The Sheridan Veteran's Administration Health System is working on growing its telehealth services. With this expansion, the Sheridan VA will connect patients with doctors in other VAs. By keeping it within the VA system, a patient's files can easily transfer between hospitals and the veteran can go into their local VA clinic or sometimes stay in their home for appointments.

The new telestroke services help VA providers when a veteran comes into the Sheridan VA urgent care with stroke-like symptoms.

The Sheridan VA has begun to vaccinate employees and high-risk veterans with a COVID-19 vaccine.The health system in Sheridan received its first shipment…

A new health clinic for veterans in Casper has room to serve more veterans after moving to a new location. The community-based outpatient clinic is a part…

As COVID-19 puts stress on the country's healthcare system, Wyoming medical workers are heading to overwhelmed places with high amounts of cases to help…

A new partnership will allow veterans enrolled in the Montana and Sheridan VA Health Care Systems will provide veterans access to an onsite VA nurse when…