About us
At the VA North Texas Health Care System, we’re dedicated to improving the lives of Veterans and their families every day.
VA North Texas Health Care System
Service Coverage & Scale
- Serving more than 235,000 Veterans across 38 Texas counties and 2 southern Oklahoma counties
- Over 25,000 enrolled Women Veterans
- 1.65 million outpatient visits completed (2023)
- 835 operating beds
- Approximately 6,800 employees and 750 community volunteers
- Annual operating budget: $1.6 billion
Facilities & Historical Significance
Dallas VA Medical Center
- Federal coordinating center for emergency response
- One of five VHA Centers of Innovation for Patient Centered Care
- First VA medical facility and second U.S. hospital to implement v-BLOC therapy
Sam Rayburn Veterans Center (Bonham)
- Named after Sam Rayburn, longest-serving Speaker of the House (1913-1961)
- Notable for Rayburn's support of Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960
Medical Services & Programs
- Full spectrum of whole health options:
- Yoga
- Tai Chi
- Acupuncture
- Recreational therapy
- Art therapy
- Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program serving approximately 4,000 Veterans (2024)
Active LGBTQ+ initiatives support
Accreditations (2024)
- Full Joint Commission accreditation
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
- American College of Radiology
- Intersocietal Commission for Nuclear Medicine Laboratories
- American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation
- American Psychological Association
- COPD CARE Team: Implementation team
Awards & Recognition
Healthcare Excellence
- Target BP: Gold Level Recognition (2019-2023)
- American Nurses Credentialing Center Designated Pathway to Excellence
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence
- Check. Change. Control. Cholesterol™ Gold Level Recognition (2019-2023)
- Target: Type 2 Diabetes™ Participant level recognition (2021-2023)
Environmental Leadership
- Emerald award (2020)
- Environmental of Excellence award (2021-2023)
- EPA R6 2020 FGC Narrative Award for:
- Innovation
- Electronics
- Transportation
- Education and Outreach