Inside the inaugural issue of Healthier Living for Texas Veterans: Director's Message Welcome Home Patriotism Knows No Gender Justice-involved Veterans Get Another Chance Around the Network

VISN 17 Network News - Find out what VISN 17 is doing to improve services for their veterans - news, construction project updates and events.

VA Heart of Texas Health Care Network, or VISN 17, serves a population of slightly over one million veterans residing in 134 counties stretching from the Oklahoma border to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.  The population in this large geographic area range from urban centers such as Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin, to largely rural areas such as Bonham and Kerrville, to the rapidly expanding and largely Hispanic Lower Rio Grande Valley.  Several military installations in Central and South Texas afford the Network many opportunities to collaborate with the Department of Defense.

Our mission is to be a premier Network of integrated health care systems that provide optimal access, scope and quality healthcare to veterans; to be recognized for excellence in medical research and the education of healthcare professionals; to demonstrate continuous improvement and innovation in service delivery that has high patient satisfaction, is cost effective and anticipates changes in technology and the health care requirements of the population served; and to be a resource for national emergencies.  We see ourselves as Veterans’ First Choice in Health Care.