VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics

10/17/2025

🚨Exciting News! White City VA SORCC is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Post Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Residents (PB-RNR)! 🌟
Join us for a 12-month, full-time, paid residency where you'll gain hands-on experience in various clinical settings, including Medical-Surgical, Mental Health, and more.

Benefits include:
• Enhanced clinical and leadership skills
• A supportive, Veteran-centric learning environment
• Increased confidence in complex patient care

Find your calling and explore VA employment opportunities post-residency! Apply now!🎉

10/17/2025

🍂Don’t let flu scare you this Halloween. Get your flu shot. It’s safe, it’s fast, and it’s free for enrolled Veterans. 🍂

10/06/2025

The Southern Oregon VA Health Care System is seeking a qualified, mission-driven Full-Time PACT Registered Dietitian to join our team at the White City VA Medical Center.

If you are a dedicated health professional committed to advancing the health and well-being of our nation’s veterans, we encourage you to apply.

👉 https://www.usajobs.gov/job/847433200

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to....

10/02/2025

Community Alert: Despite the Federal Government Shut Down, All VASORCC and CBOC clinics & services continue healthcare operations as normal.

10/02/2025

https://department.va.gov/ai/building-the-future-vas-strategy-for-adopting-high-impact-artificial-intelligence-to-improve-services-for-veterans/

We are in the early stages of one of the most significant technological transformations in our lifetimes. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are

09/30/2025

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

No matter who you are or where you live, breast cancer may touch your life. It’s necessary to understand the warning signs of breast cancer, your risk of breast cancer and what’s normal for you so you can take action if there are any changes in your breasts or underarm areas.

• Each year in the United States, about 270,000 women get breast cancer and 42,000 women die from the disease.
• Men also get breast cancer, but it is not very common. About 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in the United States is found in a man.

What is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM)?
BCAM is a global campaign to raise awareness for breast cancer, increase screenings, and provide critical support for patients and survivors. Since 1989, increased awareness through campaigns like BCAM has helped reduce breast cancer deaths in the United States by 44%. That’s not a coincidence. For 40 years, Breast Cancer Awareness Month has helped raise awareness of breast cancer across the nation. It has encouraged millions to take action, resulting in increased early detection and advancements in treatment that have saved more than half a million lives.

What are the main dates during Breast Cancer Awareness Month?
• September 28-October 4: National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Week
• October 2: National Previvor Day
• October 10: World Mental Health Day
• October 11: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
• October 13: Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
• October 17: National Mammography Day
• October 17-23: Men’s Breast Cancer Awareness Week

The Women Veterans Program will be sharing information on Breast Cancer and prevention tips with:
Information tables will be out all month at the entrances of 201A and 216
Rock Painting will be available October 14th-16th from 11am-3pm
Weekly emails with facts and questions- a random winner will be selected each week for a small prize
PINK OUT Day will be October 9th

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Tiffany Eberhart RN, BSN
Women Veterans Program Manager
VA SORCC White City, OR
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

09/30/2025

Broadcast on potential Government shut down. Please note that VASORCC & CBOCs healthcare services will not be impacted. All normal healthcare operations at our sites will continue. All VA contact centers (1-800-MyVA411) and the Veteran Crisis Line (Dial 988, Press 1) are open 24/7. Keep updated on news here as well:

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09/29/2025

Football isn’t the only season that kicks off in the fall. Fall is the start of season. Put a flu shot at the center of your defensive line. Veterans enrolled in VA health care can get free flu shots at their local VA health care facility.

09/29/2025

2025 COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT
RESILIENCE IN CHALLENGING TIMES: BENDING WITHOUT BREAKING
Thursday, October 15th, 9:00am to 2:00pm
Virtual Event via Microsoft TEAMS FREE EVENT - See registration instructions on website Register at https://varedcap.rcp.vaec.va.gov/redcap/surveys/
Link ACCESS Code: ACLNFYC7Ror scan QR code below with any cell phone QR reader app
For More Information:
Call: 541-826-2111 Ext. 4514
Email: WCOMHSummitcontact@va.gov

09/25/2025

VA NEWS - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Sept. 25, 2025

VA awards nearly $28 million in grants to fight Veteran homelessness in Oregon

OREGON – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced $27,960,529 in grants to eight organizations in Oregon to help Veterans who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless.

The organizations in Oregon receiving grants are:
• Community Action Team, Inc. receiving $1,138,397
• Central Oregon Veteran & Community Outreach, Inc receiving $653,544
• St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. receiving $2,387,820
• Access receiving $6,230,171
• Easter Seals Oregon receiving $4,360,916
• Community Action Partnership Of Oregon receiving $2,872,402
• Transition Projects, Inc. receiving $7,094,701
• Blue Mountain Action Council receiving $3,222,578

Throughout fiscal year 2026, the grants will fund the organizations as they help Veterans access:

• Housing and housing counseling
• Health care
• Financial planning services
• Childcare
• Legal assistance
• Transportation

“Supportive services like childcare, housing counseling and financial planning can be important catalysts for preventing or resolving homelessness,” said Teresa D. Boyd, Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 20. “These grants will help bring crucial support to thousands of Veterans in need across the nation.”

The grants are among $818 million in total funds VA is awarding nationwide through its Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, which provides case management and supportive services to:
• Prevent the imminent loss of a Veteran’s home.
• Identify new, more suitable housing situations for individuals and families.
• Rapidly re-house Veterans and their families who are homeless and might remain homeless without assistance.

VA awards grants based on several factors, including the grant recipients’ experience and past performance in providing supportive services to Veteran families, and the need in the area or community where the program will be based.

Overall VA improvements during the second Trump Administration
• The backlog of Veterans waiting for VA benefits is down more than 45% since Jan. 20, 2025.
• VA has opened 17 new health care clinics, expanding access for Veterans around the country.
• VA is spending an additional $800 million on infrastructure improvements to ensure department facilities provide safe and effective patient care.
• Since Jan. 20, VA has offered nearly 1 million health care appointments outside of normal operating hours. These early-morning, evening, and weekend appointments are giving Veterans more timely and convenient options for care.
• VA is processing record numbers of disability claims, reaching an all-time fiscal-year high of 2.52 million ratings claims for FY25 as of Aug. 8.
• VA has made it easier and faster for VA-enrolled Veterans to access care from non-VA providers at the department’s expense.
• VA has implemented major reforms to make it easier for survivors to get benefits.
• VA is accelerating the deployment of its integrated electronic health record system.
• VA partnered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to identify and recover $106 million in duplicate billing.
• VA has brought tens of thousands of VA employees back to the office, where we can work better as a team to serve Veterans.
• In fiscal year 2025 through June, VA has housed 37,534 homeless Veterans.

For more information, contact Megan Crowley at megan.crowley@va.gov , (503) 915-8087.

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If you are a Veteran who is experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, call the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 877-4AID-VET (877-424-3838). Visit the VA Homeless Programs website to learn about housing initiatives and other programs for Veterans exitin

09/19/2025

White City VA Medical Center in Oregon has become a leading example of how disciplined standardization and local innovation can transform management of the Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) across VA facilities.
The foundation of White City’s success stems from its adherence to a combination of key enterprise-wide frameworks, including the EHR Tiered Hub Process and Federal EHR VA Baseline. These frameworks have helped minimize variation and improve system performance while enabling consistent, facility-level problem-solving.
The Tiered Hub Process, a component of the EHR Issue Management Process, has been especially effective in reducing ticket resolution times and preventing misrouted tickets through collaboration with facility leaders, Veterans Integrated Service Networks, and national hubs. The process helps manage Federal EHR-related problems by coordinating, dispositioning, tracking, and resolving issues while providing support and escalation pathways.
Within the Tiered Hub Process, the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) process was also adopted to improve issue resolution and workflow efficiency. The SBAR process is a structured communication method that helps staff quickly explain their problem, provide any necessary context, identify possible causes, and then recommend next steps.
Micah Wood, chief health informatics officer at White City, elaborated on SBAR’s role:
“This structured approach was reinforced by targeted education, including locally developed SBAR basics, alongside troubleshooting templates that were developed in collaboration with Dr. Seung Park, who leads the Federal EHR VA Baseline initiative,” he said. “Although SBAR initially added to our team's workload, it enhanced our effectiveness by enabling staff to conduct thorough investigations, identify root causes more accurately, and facilitate faster triage and resolution to tickets.”
“The thought and effort put into each investigation by White City informatics is evident,” Park added. “They very clearly reason through an issue from beginning to end … there is a good synthesis of the clinical and technical issues that lead to identification of the problem. It's clear that they make every effort to consider the Federal EHR VA Baseline and determine whether something is a must-have or a nice-to-have.
White City has also found improvement by implementing a new “30-Second Ticket” process to streamline issue reporting. This approach simplifies the ServiceNow ticket submission process into just seven steps, replacing a previously fragmented system that included phone calls, emails, and in-person conversations. Since adopting this method, White City has reported more efficient workload distribution among health informatics staff and greater confidence in the EHR system.
White City’s approach demonstrates how standardization, when paired with local innovation and structured communication, can significantly enhance the performance and reliability of the Federal EHR. Their model offers a repeatable path forward for other VA medical centers preparing for deployment.

09/18/2025

National POW/MIA Recognition Day – September 19, 2025. Friday, September 19, 2025, is National Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Recognition Day. To honor this day, we share a reminder of historical information and an attached Teams background. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was first established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. Since then, every U.S. president has issued an annual proclamation designating the third Friday in September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. In 1998, Congress authorized the POW/MIA flag to be displayed on certain days as “the symbol of the Nation’s concern and commitment to achieving the fullest possible accounting of Americans who, having been prisoners of war or missing in action, still remain unaccounted for.” One of those designated days is National POW/MIA Recognition Day. That same act authorized VA medical facilities to fly the POW/MIA flag on any day the U.S. flag is displayed.
In 2019, the National POW/MIA Flag Act further required the flag to be displayed every day on federal property. The POW/MIA flag itself was created by the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, an organization formed to advocate for accountability during the Vietnam War. The League continues its mission today. Families of POW/MIAs played a critical role in pressing Congress and the military to increase efforts to recover missing service members. Over time, various military offices working on this mission were consolidated, and in 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) was established. Through DPAA’s ongoing efforts, the remains of missing service members continue to be identified and returned to their families. Thank you for all that you do in service to Veterans, their families, caregivers, loved ones, and survivors. More information about DPAA can be found at their main website https://www.dpaa.mil/.