4/5 Melissa J. 7 months ago on Google
For
any
veteran
not
registered
at
the
VA
hospital
or
local
clinics
I
highly
recommend
you
sign
up,
get
your
ID,
and
use
primary
care
for
at
least
your
annual
blood
work
and
health
evaluations.
Most
of
the
time
I
get
really
good
care.
Good
to
get
assigned
doctors
that
stick
with
you.
See
note
below
on
Women's
Clinic.
I
only
have
problems
when
it's
a
doctor
training
for
their
specialty:
either
they
want
to
try
something
completely
new
or
if
your
symptoms
are
mild,
they
have
a
tendency
to
explain
them
away
and
not
do
anything.
Make
sure
to
try
to
make
appointments
to
see
the
same
overseeing
specialty
doctor
for
consistency,
and
bring
a
copy
of
your
records
from
the
visit
before
to
review
with
the
"New"
student
doctor.
(Neurology
is
the
worst
in
consistency....
Ugh.)
If
you
are
female,
I
**HIGHLY**
recommend
signing
up
for
the
Women's
Clinic
for
your
Primary
Care.
Dr
Jagtap,
and
every
other
backup
doctor
I've
seen
there
are
awesome!
Also,
vision,
Mental
Health
classes,
and
dental
are
worth
visiting,
especially
if
you
are
eligible.
If
you
aren't
sure,
go
talk
to
the
departmental
front
desk.
:-)
For
those
complaining
about
the
building
itself:
They
have
slowly
started
getting
funding
and
have
been
doing
upgrades
so
it's
not
a
scary
1950-1960
building
where
electroshock
therapy
might
have
been
done.
Modernizing
as
they
go.
(We
have
nice
gray
"wood"
laminate
and
new
floor
trim
now.)
Also,
the
hospital
was
not
built
all
at
once,
so
they
have
had
to
get
creative
on
upper
floors
with
connecting
the
new
hallways
to
the
old.
The
popular
departments,
they
have
been
working
on
moving
to
the
ground
floor,
or
consolidating
on
a
multifunction
clinic
area
upstairs.
I
also
recommend
getting
registered
for
the
MyHealthEVet
portal.
Once
they
get
your
departments
registered
with
your
profile,
you
can
send
"secure
messaging"
(emails
in
the
portal)
instead
of
leaving
voicemails
by
phone
that
might
get
lost.
:-(
You
can
also
submit
travel
pay
claims,
renew
your
medications,
look
up
your
appointments,
message
your
primary
care
doctor
for
referrals
to
other
departments
without
going
in,
if
you
stay
updated
with
them.
(Sometimes
they
still
need
to
see
you
in
person.)
They
also
have
a
24/7
nurses
line
you
can
call,
and
telehealth
video
appointments
are
available
for
some
departments,
just
ask.
You
may
be
able
to
have
a
video
call
with
your
provider.
Also,
some
VA
clinics
outside
the
hospital
can
see
you,
depending
on
the
department
you
need,
and
can
see
you
faster.
There
is
a
North
general
clinic,
and
a
North
Dental
clinic,
one
on
the
South
side,
and
one
in
Yukon.
Finally,
if
it
will
be
longer
to
see
someone
than
you
want
when
scheduling,
when
getting
a
referral
from
your
doctor,
ask
if
there
are
community
care
providers
that
can
review
and
treat
your
issue.
There
are
many
options
for
treatment
I
didn't
know
about
for
20
years,
and
it's
taken
me
forever
to
figure
it
all
out,
but
maybe
this
review
can
help
someone.
Don't
give
up.
If
nothing
else,
get
registered,
sign
up
for
MyHealthEVet
portal,
get
logged
in
and
verified,
and
request
patient
advocate
and
social
worker
be
added
to
your
list
so
they
can
help
direct
you.
<3
Be
well.