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VISN 19 — Rocky Mountain
Network
4100 E. Mississippi Avenue, Suite 510
Glendale, CO 80246
Phone: (303) 756-9279
Fax: (303) 756-9243
http://www.visn19.va.gov/
The VA Rocky Mountain Network was established in March
1996 and is one of 21 Veterans Integrated Service Networks
(VISN). The Rocky Mountain Network Office is located
in Glendale, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. The Network
spans over 470,000 square
miles across several states and is one of the largest
networks in terms of geographic area. Its service area
covers the entire state of Utah; and nearly all of Colorado,
Montana and Wyoming; and portions of Idaho, Kansas,
Nebraska, Nevada and North Dakota. Network topography
includes the Rocky Mountains, and areas subject to extreme
winter weather. From late fall through spring, travel
in the area is often difficult and sometimes impossible
due to severe snow, wind and occasional road closures.
Health care delivery is influenced by many factors,
including the large geographic area, a wide range in
population density and socioeconomic conditions. The
population varies from large urban areas such as Denver,
Colorado Springs, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah
to rural and even frontier areas, especially in Montana
and Wyoming. Significant portions of the Rocky Mountain
Network population have an income below the poverty
level and much of the service area is designated as "Health
Manpower Shortage Areas," especially for primary
care and mental health services.
The Network facilities include:
• VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System and VAMC
Grand Junction, Colorado.
• VA Montana Healthcare System, Montana
• VAMC Salt Lake City, Utah
• VAMCs Cheyenne and Sheridan, Wyoming
Four facilities/Health Care Systems; Cheyenne, WY; Denver,
CO; VA Montana HCS, MT; and VA Salt Lake City HCS, UT,
have active academic affiliations with medical schools
and graduate medical education practice programs. These
relationships allow for the education and training of
medical students and house staff in VA healthcare facilities.
The hospitals at Denver, CO and Salt Lake City, UT are
large highly affiliated tertiary facilities.
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