Colmery-O’Neil 

VA Medical Center

Topeka, Kansas

Dwight D. Eisenhower 

VA Medical Center

Leavenworth, Kansas

VA EASTERN KANSAS

Report to the

Community

Annual 
Integrity

Commitment

Advocacy

Respect

Excellence

Mission

To provide accessible, courteous, 

comprehensive, and quality health 

care to veterans in an environment of 

excellence.

Vision

• Promote the health and wellness of

the veteran population we serve.

• Achieve distinction as a quality

patient-driven health care system

that provides the full range of

medical, behavioral, rehabilitative,

and preventive services to veterans

and others.

• Improve our clinical care through

research, education, and creative

administration to become a model

for the future.

VA Eastern Kansas
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Director’s Message

Dear Friends,

First, let me thank each of you for 

your support of VA Eastern Kansas 

Health Care System (VAEKHCS) in 

achieving many of our goals this year 

in taking care of our nations’ heroes 

who have willingly sacrificed their 

time and shared their talents for our 

Freedoms. The Price of Freedom 

is visible here—throughout the 

halls of Leavenworth and Topeka 

hospitals and within our nine 

Community Clinics. It is our privilege 

to serve these men and women 

and to partner with you in this most 

noble service.

For VAEKHCS, 2016 focused on 

access to quality health care. 

MyVA Access introduced a new 

transformational initiative placing 

veterans more in control of how 

and where they receive health care. 

MyVA Access is a declaration from 

VHA employees to the veterans 

they care for; a call to action and the 

reaffirmation of the Core Mission: 

“to care for him who shall have borne 

the battle and for his widow and 

his orphan.” 

We have provided increased access 

through advanced planning. We 

have expanded the number of 

appointments, become more 

efficient in clinic utilization, 

increased staffing, added more 

clinic days, increased provider 

agreements, expanded telehealth 

and many other strategies. We 

consistently complete 95 percent of 

our appointments within 30 days. 

Additionally, VAEKHCS has 

consistently achieved 4-Star ratings 

at both Topeka and Leavenworth 

campuses under VA’s Strategic 

Analytics for Improvement and 

Learning (SAIL) evaluation system. 

This continues with our sound focus 

around our key driver of providing 

high quality and safe patient 

care to all our veterans through 

quality measures.

I am proud to share with you this 

report on our achievements. They 

are, after all, not just the successes 

of our dedicated staff, but also of 

the community, that plays a vital 

role in supporting our veterans. 

These achievements reflect the 

tremendous dedication of over 

1700 employees. It is an honor for 

me to lead them. Together, with 

them, we are committed to building 

stronger relationships with you; our 

supporters and community partners. 

I thank you for this partnership and 

look forward to affecting an even 

brighter future for our VA in the 

years to come.

Sincerely, 

A. Rudy Klopfer, FACHE

Director, VAEKHCS

Rudy
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Health Care 

System Goals

VA Eastern Kansas Health Care 

System goals are developed 

from the Blueprint for Excellence 

(BPFE) and the VISN 15 Link to 

Excellence. The BPFE serves as 

the strategic plan for the Veterans 

Health Administration. VISN 15 

implements the BPFE at 

the operational level.

GOAL 1

Enhance Communication with 

Internal and External Stakeholders.

Eastern Kansas Health Care System 

(EKHCS) will expand and disseminate 

information in all forums and as 

frequent as possible through posters, 

electronic boards, web sites, Twitter, 

Facebook, face to face meetings, and 

town hall forums.

GOAL 2

Improve Patient Aligned Care Teams 

(PACT) Performance

EKHCS PACT Oversight Committee 

will evaluate gaps, initiate compliance 

strategies and report compliance 

to Executive Leadership Team 

(ELT) monthly, to include rural 

health clinics.

GOAL 3

Expand Virtual Care

Virtual Care is the delivery of healthrelated services and information via 

a myriad of technology solutions. 

Virtual Health includes the use of 

telehealth services such as secure 

messaging, pharmacy refills, etc. The 

goal is to expand TeleDermatology, 

TeleRetinal and TeleMental Health as 

a mode of psychotherapy.

GOAL 4

Deliver a 5 Star Health Care 

Experience.

Utilize the Strategic Analytics for 

Improvement and Learning (SAIL) 

reports published quarterly to 

assess areas and implement plans of 

improvement. Of the 28 measures in 

the SAIL model, 14 relate to inpatient 

care quality, 8 outpatient care quality, 

and 6 cover overall care quality.

VA Eastern Kansas

End of the 

Year Employee 

Data 

(FY16) EK

Employees 1844

Cumulative FTEE 1776.75

Avg Onboard Physician 105.1
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GOAL 4A

Ensure access to healthcare is 

convenient and effective for all 

veterans with particular interest to 

rural veterans.

Maximize use and participation in 

the Choice program and Care in the 

Community for all eligible veterans. 

Build relationships with providers to 

enhance the veterans’ experience.

GOAL 5

Initiate a 10-year Rural Health Clinic 

(RHC) Plan.

Plan shall identify specialty and 

virtual services needed to serve 

our veteran population in outreach 

communities.

GOAL 6

Engage Employees in Work 

Environment

Develop action plans in all Service 

Lines to address issues identified 

in the All Employee Survey (AES). 

Psychological Safety will be a focus 

for workgroup supervisors whose 

scores fall below a 3.5 rating. Senior 

Leaders will attend Service Line staff 

meetings to exchange information.

GOAL 6A

Implement LEAN (White Belt) 

Training for all employees 

during FY16.

A Lean culture involves improvement 

and ownership at all levels of the 

organization. Lean streamlines 

processes by eliminating waste, 

while continuing the delivery of high 

quality care.

OPERATING EXPENSES

Salary and Benefits $188,102,502.00 

Other Expenses/Supplies $93,522,709.00 

Consolidated Mail-out Pharmacy $18,388,521.00 

Drugs and Medicine $12,257,836.00 

Total $312,271,568.00

End of the 

Year Budget 

Data (FY16) EK
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Patient Safety Gold 

Cornerstone Award

The VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System is 

pleased to announce that our facility has received 

the 2016 VA National Center for Patient Safety 

Gold Cornerstone Recognition Award. For the 7th 

year in a row, Eastern Kansas has obtained the 

highest recognition in patient safety. This award 

is given based on staff-reported adverse events 

and close calls, as well as the number and quality 

of root cause analyses conducted throughout the 

year. The award is intended to promote a culture 

of safety throughout the organization, as well as 

to encourage the identification of systems-based 

improvement opportunities.

Joint Commission

Last year, VA Eastern Kansas 

Health Care System earned The 

Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of 

Approval® for accreditation after an exhaustive 

evaluation process.

As an independent, not-for-profit organization, The 

Joint Commission (JC) accredits and certifies nearly 

21,000 health care organizations and programs in 

the United States. Joint Commission accreditation 

and certification is recognized nationwide as a 

symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s 

commitment to meeting certain performance 

standards. 

To earn the Gold Seal of Approval, all facilities 

within the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System, 

were subject to a rigorous on-site survey August 

24-26. A team of nine Joint Commission expert 

surveyors evaluated the facilities for compliance 

within the highest standards of care throughout 

the Hospital, Home-Based Care, Behavioral Health, 

Long-Term Care, and Ambulatory Care and Rural 

Clinics. The Surveyors were positive in their 

comments of VA Eastern Kansas staff highlighting 

the great team of employees who live the mission 

every day. The Director of VA Eastern Kansas, 

Mr. Rudy Klopfer, shared with his staff that “Each 

employee played a part in the preparation and 

execution of a great JC Visit.”

The Surveyors mentioned many employees by 

name and the great work being done in: Sharing 

information, explaining processes followed in 

the provision of care, and expertise in individual 

positions. The Lead Surveyor stated, “Everyone 

who works here at VA Eastern Kansas is engaged 

and loves and respects veterans. It is felt and 

it is real.” 

CARF

VA Eastern Kansas Receives 

“CARF Gold Seal” and 3 Year 

Accreditation 

The VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System is 

pleased to announce we received accreditation 

in 2016 for a period of three years for our mental 

health residential programs and services. The latest 

accreditation survey was the best in the history 

of VA Eastern Kansas resulting in ZERO findings. 

Surveyors from the international accrediting 

body, CARF (the Commission on Accreditation 

of Rehabilitation Facilities), made mention that 

the VA Eastern Kansas survey is also the first one 

they have completed in which zero findings were 

recorded. By pursuing and achieving accreditation, 

VA Eastern Kansas has demonstrated that it 

meets international standards for quality and is 

committed to pursuing excellence.

We continue to Excel
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2016 had our Secretary of the VA, Robert 

McDonald, visit with tremendous recognition to 

our employees and veterans.

No organization can succeed without values to 

match its mission. Our mission, as the Department 

of Veterans Affairs, is to care for those “who shall 

have borne the battle and for their families and 

survivors.” Our core values focus our minds on our 

mission of caring and thereby guide our actions 

toward service to others.

These values — Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, 

Respect, and Excellence — define our culture and 

strengthen our dedication to those we serve. They 

provide a baseline for the standards of behavior 

expected of all VA employees. They remind us and 

others that “I CARE”.

SECVA Visits

VA Eastern Kansas
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A letter

from the family of our late 

friend and veteran hero, 

Mr. Ben Lohman. 

Over five years, I had the privilege of taking 

part in being a caretaker for my father-in-law, 

Benedict L. Lohman Sr., who recently passed 

away in June of 2016. As we researched the 

right care facility for Ben, those involved 

came to the realization that finding the 

right place is nearly impossible. We tried 

about four or five facilities all ending with 

disastrous circumstances due to the staff 

not being equipped to handle someone 

with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Ben was a 

veteran of the United States Marine Corps 

and was a POW in Japan during WW II 

for a little over three and a half years. 

There seems to be many aspects to this 

disease that I can’t even explain but one 

thing I do know, it takes a very exceptional 

individual to pull off the proper care for these 

patients. It seemed to us that it could be 

accomplished with the right training from the 

right individuals. As family and caregivers, 

we learned what we could about the disease 

and how to handle people with this disease 

that made our stay with Ben and his wife, 

more enjoyable for us and them. After his wife 

Frieda passed, Ben progressed into the disease 

quickly. He was 96 years old at the time and 

with PTSD as part of the added concerns, we 

really struggled with finding the right fit. Some 

facilities could care for him to a certain point 

and then as incidents began to happen, we 

seemed on a tour of one facility after another 

which isn’t good for these patients either. 

We would be called to a facility because “your 

father is not listening to us” only for us to arrive 

and see him sitting in a hallway on the floor 

surrounded by nurses who would not let him 

leave the area. I would give him a chocolate 

donut and we would go to his room and talk 

until he fell asleep. I never understood how a 

facility that claimed to “deal with Alzheimer 

patients all the time” couldn’t understand it 

wasn’t that he didn’t understand them, and 

being combative with him would cause the 

same reaction in return. I don’t have a medical 

background but even I knew enough to know 

that wherever he was, I went with it and all 

turned out fine. I could go on with other 

stories but the main reason for my letter is to 

brag about a unit at the VA Eastern Kansas in 

Topeka VA that completely understands and 

lives the way of treating patients, and veterans 

in particular, that have Alzheimer’s, Dementia, 

and PTSD and other behavioral diseases. 

Unit 4B is led by Dr. Maritza Buenaver and her 

staff of angels. This unit should be duplicated 

all across America and be available to each 

and every veteran who suffers from any type 

of behavioral issues. They made it a point to 

treat every patient they had in their wing as 

if they were their own relative. One could not 

only see the love and passion they had for their 

jobs, but you could feel it in the atmosphere. 

Ben was sent to Topeka from the VA in Kansas 

deserves care.

Every family
City on his birthday 12/31/2015, only due to 

a lack of rooms available in the Kansas City 

facility. I would like to add that the Kansas 

City VA did a great job with taking care of Ben 

also. A request was made for him to remain in 

Topeka until his passing 6 months later and 

though it wasn’t around the corner, due to the 

tremendous care he was getting, I personally 

was very happy to make the drive to visit 

Ben. My wife and I cried the day we learned 

that he would be able to stay with this unit 

until he passed. The ladies and gentlemen 

of Unit 4B wear the love of their jobs on the 

outside. We knew early on that we have been 

led to the best of the best in what they do 

and I can only hope that our government 

finds a way for this to be used as a standard 

treatment course for behavioral matters 

with our veterans. Every family deserves to 

have their loved ones cared for as Unit 4B 

did for Ben and his family, and myself. 

Unless you are fortunate enough to experience 

it, I would say it is very hard to put into a few 

words what the VA Eastern Kansas and Dr. 

Buenaver have done and mastered for many 

families. I believe we need to find a way to 

reach out to other facilities caring for other 

loved ones, maybe even your own, and spread 

the VA Eastern Kansas and Unit 4B way of 

treating patients to them all. I still get sad 

today thinking of what Ben lived through all 

his life, and the struggles we faced until that 

day they decided to send him to Topeka, 

Kansas and Unit 4B. This band of ANGELS will 

always be a special part of our life for the care, 

understanding, and love they gave Benedict 

L. Lohman, Sr. They are soldiers of a different 

kind and we love each and every one of them. 

We appreciate them and I will always consider 

them a friend and a huge part of my family.

Caregivers like Unit 4B are rare, 

but they don’t have to be!! 

With sincere thought and love for all of Unit 4B 

and the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System,

David and Teri Seibold

“

”

No reach too far.

I was in a deep, dark 

hole until a hand 

reached in to pull me 

out and saved my life. 

That ‘hand’ was VA 

Eastern Kansas.

– Michael Fellman
Honor, Respect, 

and Remembrance

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Vietnam Wall 

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary 

of the Vietnam War the Community of 

Leavenworth, in association with the VA Medical 

Center and others, brought the American Veterans 

Traveling Tribute (AVTT) to our location in October of 

2016. The AVTT is a multi-division nationally recognized 

veteran owned and operated small business which began 

through the improved construction of an 80% replica of the 

Traveling Vietnam Wall. 

AVTT prides itself on the support of our Armed Forces and 

continues the mission of Honor, Respect, and Remembrance 

for our fallen and serving men and women in uniform. 

Additionally, AVTT allows those without the means or ability 

to travel to our great national memorial sites to pay respect 

and share in the experience of honoring our heroes. 

The event saw nearly 10,000 visitors and will last a lifetime 

in the memories of those who traveled to capture its beauty 

and purpose.
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Over 1,500 more 

behavioral health 

appointments 

and over 10,000

more specialty 

care appointments 

scheduled in FY16 

compared to FY15.

“Back Stage Salute – Front Row Honor” 

Leavenworth High School drama team honors Vietnam veteran 

during their performance of “Letters Home From Vietnam.” 

Veteran states: “This is the first time since returning from Vietnam 

I have felt this kind of love and support from a community.”
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Sunflower Memory 

Center and Cottonwood 

Community Living Centers

We are very proud of our staff who give their utmost 

love and time to our veterans who have Dementia. At 

our VA, there is a dementia steering committee which is 

composed of an interdisciplinary team of VA staff whose 

main passion is caring for the elderly population. The

focus of care at the Sunflower Memory Center (6-1D) 

and Cottonwood CLC (4-2B) is a non-pharmacological 

approach to behaviors associated with dementia with 

the goal to provide an environment that is like home. 

The Sunflower Memory Center had its official ribbon 

cutting in February of 2016 and though opened during 

the cold days of February, has a courtyard for gardening,

picnics, watching nature life, enjoying the sun and 

relaxing or walking around to help improve Vitamin D 

levels during our warmer days.

When a veteran comes to the Sunflower Memory 

Center or the Cottonwood CLC, a “Getting to Know 

Me” note is completed to provide a way for staff to 

understand the veteran now and get to know what they 

were like in their youth. The gift of having a large and 

integrated team which includes a Geriatrician, a Geriatric 

Psychiatrist, a Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician, 

a Geriatric NeuroPsychologist and very passionate 

nursing staff, has made caring for the veterans who have 

dementia a success at the Topeka VA.
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Professor from the University of St. Mary 

writes: “It has been an honor for USM 

DPT Program and the Leavenworth VA 

to join forces and allow the students to 

learn while gaining experience interacting 

with a unique patient population while 

serving their community through fall and 

balance prevention screens as well as a 

community health fair. I look forward to 

future endeavors of servant leadership 

that allow us to give back to our veterans.” 

DPT Director of Clinical Education at 

St. Mary writes: “The Stefani Doctor 

of Physical Therapy Program at the 

University of Saint Mary feels blessed to 

have an academic partnership with the VA 

Eastern Kansas Health Care System to aid 

in the education of our students. Having 

high quality clinical partners to team with 

in preparing future physical therapists 

is essential in preparing our students to 

help others. The unique opportunity our 

students participate in at the VA offers 

our students a new perspective into the 

world of rehab. The variety of individual 

challenges and chronic pains each patient 

at the VA presents with combined with a 

rich history of service allows our students 

to truly appreciate both the patients they 

work with and the experience gained 

from the VA System. It genuinely is a one 

of a kind experience from which they 

learn a tremendous amount.”

Ryan, a senior in the Doctor of Physical 

Therapy Program as St. Mary writes: 

“Completing a clinical rotation at VA 

Eastern Kansas was a fantastic learning 

experience. Being able to help those who 

have given so much to our country truly 

encompasses the idea of ‘giving back.’ It 

allows me to go home at night and be 

proud of what I do for a living.”

Classroom 2 Career

VA Eastern Kansas is proud to host the 

next generation of servant leaders during 

the annual Classroom 2 Career event. 

Giving them a glimpse of not only the 

largest integrated health care system in 

the country, but also showing them what 

taking care of America’s Heroes looks like.

University 

of St. Mary
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The Garden – 

Growth and Healing

VA Eastern Kansas uses gardening as therapy

Lauren, a 27-year-old Army veteran, agreed that a little sweating 

in the garden is the perfect way to release tension and anxiety. 

“I can get my hands in the dirt and work off some of the 

steam that builds up inside me,” she said. “Gardening is very 

therapeutic for me. You take a seedling, something so small and 

tiny, and then you end up with something so great. It’s not just 

food for your body. It’s nourishment for your soul.”

Aggravation is something Angela, a 42-year-old Marine Corps 

veteran, is learning to leave behind. “It’s hard sometimes to relax 

my mind,” she admitted, “but gardening allows me to express 

myself in a way that’s peaceful. I can’t change the things that 

have happened to me, but I’m learning that I can change how 

I respond to them. Now, instead of focusing on my trauma, 

I focus on nurturing something. It reminds 

me that I’m still a person.”
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PGA HOPE

The Midwest Section PGA Foundation 

and PGA REACH Kick-Off Midwest PGA 

HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere). 

VA Eastern Kansas linked up with Tom 

Watson to launch this initiative in Kansas 

City paving the way for free golf clinics 

for veterans with disabilities.

355,137 appointments 

were completed in FY16 for 

33,450 unique veterans in 

VA Eastern Kansas. 

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MMA Fighter 

MMA Fighter Rome Lindsay gives back to veterans. He desires his fight inside the ring 

to represent our veterans fight throughout their military careers. Rome provided free 

tickets to our veterans and took VA Eastern Kansas inside the ring with him by wearing 

our new logo on his shorts and banner. We are proud to call you our neighbor, Rome.
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Equine Assisted Therapy 

The 142nd Kentucky Derby was run in 2016 

at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. 

But a Run for the Roses also took place in 

Leavenworth Kansas. VA Eastern Kansas 

Health Care System introduced an equine 

therapy program for veterans suffering 

from post-traumatic stress disorder. There 

is no actual horseback riding involved 

in the Equine Assisted Psychotherapy 

program. Instead, patients are encouraged 

to interact with horses while working on 

a special goal or program. “I think the 

time is right for a lot more alternative 

treatments to come to the forefront,” said 

Monica Shipps, a clinical social worker at 

the VA who was instrumental in starting 

the program in Leavenworth. The equine 

program began in 2012 in Topeka as an 

alternative treatment for veterans with 

PTSD and approximately 125 veterans have 

participated in the program since.

In Fall of 2015, the program began at 

the Eisenhower VA Medical Center in 

Leavenworth. The first group of veterans 

completed the program in Leavenworth 

in 2016, including Tom, a Navy airman who 

served 18 months in Vietnam, who said 

he suffers from PTSD. “When the horse 

therapy came up, I decided to try it and 

see if it would give me some kind of stress 

relief,” Tom said.

At first he was skeptical of the benefits of 

the therapy. “But every time I went, I got 

a little better,” he said. “I got a little more 

trust in the horses, more trust in the people 

I was surrounded by. They (the horses) 

consoled me,” he said. “These horses 

maybe understand me better than some 

people. This works for me.”

Program specialists say equine therapy 

is effective in helping veterans deal with 

stress. “If you ask any of the veterans, they 

will say that the therapists in the (equine) 

sessions are not us,” said Marci Bilynsky, a 

suicide prevention case manager in Topeka 

who was instrumental in beginning the 

program. “The therapists are the horses.”
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Volunteer Services

• Tonganoxie KS Family honors the memory of 

their father, lost to cancer, by hosting a benefit 

softball classic. Proceeds were donated to Mr. 

Donald, a veteran battling cancer, and an Eagle 

Scout Gazebo Project to launch in spring 2017 

on the Leavenworth Campus

• Voluntary Service conducted National Salute 

to Veteran Patients Week during February 

2016. During the event 30 dignitaries visited 

each campus.

• Volunteer Recognition Ceremonies were held at 

each campus during April 2016 and consisted of 

presenting various awards for volunteer hours 

and years of service.

• Gifts were provided to veterans for 

Independence Day prior to July 4, 2016.

• Voluntary Service retained 600+ volunteers 

during 2016.

• Voluntary Service received more than 2 million 

dollars in donations for 2016.

• There were more than 45,000 volunteer hours 

recorded for 2016.

• American Legion Auxiliary/American Legion 

Christmas Gift Shops were held at each campus 

during November 2016 enabling veterans to 

enjoy the holiday season by sending presents 

to family members. Each gift shop amounted to 

between $35,000 and $50,000.

• The American Legion Riders Post 400 sponsored 

a motorcycle ride that ended at the Topeka 

Campus. They raised over $16,000 directly 

benefiting all inpatient units in the hospital. 

• The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary filmed 

a short documentary on the “Pink Ladies” at 

both campuses. Voluntary Service staff was 

responsible for recruiting “Pink Ladies” to 

participate and VS staff participated as well. 

• Richard Thomas and Randy Whelpley sponsored 

the R & R Smoke Out and provided a smoked 

meat dinner along with sides for inpatients, 

outpatients and staff. 

• Coordinated the 50th Anniversary 

commemoration event for our 

domiciliary residents.
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VA Eastern Kansas 

currently has over 

3,400 women 

veterans enrolled.

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VA Eastern Kansas covers over 19,000 square 

miles with over a 105,000 veteran population.

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Neosho

Bourbon

Anderson

Douglas

Buchanan

Platte

Wyandotte

Leavenworth

Shawnee

Lyon

Geary

Kansas

Missouri

1

4

7

2

5

8

3

6

9

2

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Over 32,000 more appointments scheduled in FY16 

compared to FY15 and over 48,000 more than FY14. 

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Chanute CommunityBased Outpatient Clinic

Chanute, KS 

Unique veterans: 343 / 

Total visits: 937

Garnett CommunityBased Outpatient Clinic

Garnett, KS 

Unique: 160 / Total: 429

Platte City CommunityBased Outpatient Clinic

Platte City, MO 

Unique: 382 / Total: 915

Emporia Community 

Based Outpatient Clinic

Emporia, KS

Unique: 354 / Total: 754

Junction City CommunityBased Outpatient Clinic

Junction City, KS

Unique: 2,205 / Total: 9,052

St. Joseph CommunityBased Outpatient Clinic

St. Joseph, MO

Unique: 2,861 / Total: 11,255

Ft. Scott CommunityBased Outpatient Clinic

Ft. Scott, KS

Unique: 521 / Total: 2,004

Lawrence CommunityBased Outpatient Clinic

Lawrence, KS 

Unique: 1,364 / Total: 3,619

Wyandotte County 

Community-Based

Outpatient Clinic

Kansas City, KS

Unique: 1,374 / Total: 4,501

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7

2

5

8

3

6

9

Shawnee County

Colmery-O’Neil VA 

Medical Center

Topeka, KS

Leavenworth County

Dwight D. Eisenhower VA 

Medical Center

Leavenworth, KS

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Director

Anthony “Rudy” Klopfer, 

FACHE

Executive Editor

Joseph L. Burks

Photographers

Joseph L. Burks 

Joe Roe

Frances Smith

Editorial Support

Belinda Adusah Bonsu

Kerrilyn Forse

John Murray

Designer

Jessica Craney

VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System

Dwight D. Eisenhower VA 

Medical Center

Leavenworth, Kansas 

www.leavenworth.va.gov

Colmery-O’Neil VA 

Medical Center

Topeka, Kansas

www.topeka.va.gov