Situation Update - VA Puget Sound Health Care System

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VA Puget Sound Health Care System Update
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Situation Update - VA Puget Sound Health Care System
05/11/2021 07:09 PM EDT

COVID-19 Update - May 11, 2021

Walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations are now available to Veterans, spouses, and caregivers at our main campuses: Seattle (Monday-Friday, 8 to 11 a.m.) and American Lake (Tuesday, 3 to 3:30 p.m.) through May 27.

Appointments are still required at our outpatient clinics at Mount Vernon (Wednesday & Friday, 1 to 3 p.m.), and Silverdale (Tuesday & Thursday, 1 to 2:20 p.m.) care sites. Individuals should call 206-716-5716 to schedule a vaccine at one of our clinics.  

If you don't receive care at VA, we encourage you to sign up here (https://www.va.gov/health-care/covid-19-vaccine) to save time when you arrive. While at VA you will need to wear a face mask, and physical distancing measures will be in place.  

As we transition from high-volume vaccine clinics to vaccines in our primary and specialty care clinics, we will only be vaccinating (J&J Janssen vaccine only) individuals 18-years and older through May. 

Starting in June we will be transitioning to our normal operations vaccine clinic and will have new locations and hours for offering vaccine clinic. Please check back later for more details. 

You can also get updates on social media: https://www.facebook.com/vapugetsound and https://twitter.com/VAPugetSound. If you would like to receive automated updates via email, please sign up with your email address on our website - https://www.pugetsound.va.gov/index.asp - look under the social media icons on right for "Subscribe to Receive Email Updates."

We also continue to maximize personalized virtual care options. We know these services have been a valuable link to our Veterans during this challenging time, providing increased access to care regardless of where you live. Here are some examples of ways you can access care from home:

  • Telephone or Video Appointments: Receive care at home—either over the phone or via video using VA Video Connect on your computers, smartphones or tablets. To set up virtual appointments, send your health care team a secure message on My HealtheVet by visiting myhealth.va.gov. While Veterans may also call us at 1-800-329-8387, VA is requesting that Veterans only call with urgent needs at this time.
  • Prescription Refills: Veterans can request prescription refills, order and ship medications home using My HealtheVet or Rx Refill mobile app. Download the app at mobile.va.gov/app/rx-refill.
  • Secure Messaging: With a free My HealtheVet Premium account, Veterans can send secure messages to their health care team online to ask non-urgent health questions, request referrals and send updates about medical conditions. Other tools and services available to Veterans with the Premium account include, ability to access health records, view military service information and ability to join video visits using the VA Appointments tools. There are two ways to register, online or in-person at a VA facility. With the threat of COVID-19, the in-person option has been suspended.

To upgrade online using a VA HealtheVet sign-in partner (DS Logon and ID.me), follow these steps: From the My HealtheVet sign in page, sign in to your Advanced My HealtheVet account using a sign-in partner. Select the Upgrade Now button. Check the certification box to verify account owner. Select Continue. Check the Accept My HealtheVet Terms & Conditions box. Select Continue to complete the upgrade.