VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System

02/05/2026

02/05/2026

The VA Safety Plan app helps you find ways to manage stress, identify important supports, and recognize warning signs in just a few taps.

Learn more: mobile.va.gov/app/safety-plan.

02/04/2026

UPDATE - WE’VE ADDED TWO EMPORIA STOPS to our My HealtheVet Tour within our Eastern Kansas Health Care System. We continue to offer Veterans in-person help who prefer assistance setting up a VA Sign-In account. It allows access our unified health portal “My HealtheVet on VA.gov”. We’re aware some individuals have technical issues getting accounts verified. Our EKHCS My HealtheVet Coordinator is ON TOUR during 2026 / Locations & info can also be viewed at https://tinyurl.com/EKHCS-VA-Sign-In-Info

Create an account anytime at www.va.gov and verify your identity using Login.gov or ID.me. These verification sites increase cybersecurity while protecting your health data. If you plan to visit us at a tour stop, YOU MUST BRING YOUR SMARTPHONE 📱 (or a tablet/laptop 💻) with the ABILITY TO ACCESS YOUR EMAIL during the visit, as well as A VALID STATE ID / driver’s license.

Consider creating a VA Sign-In account a part of your fresh start for 2026!

02/03/2026

Help us Welcome the newest team members to VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System.
February 2026 New Employees on the Leavenworth campus!

02/03/2026

Secure your future, honor their care. Primary family caregivers can receive legal and financial planning services through VA’s Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers. https://www.caregiverfinanciallegal.va.gov/legal-and-financial-planning-services/

01/31/2026

We are very excited to help bring this tribute to service and remembrance to Leavenworth and continuing our 140+ year partnership with the City of Leavenworth. Honoring the service and sacrifice made by our Service Members is more than just a display- it is action. That action can be witnessed each and every day on our historic campus. More to come on this, and we are very honored to be asked to partner in this incredible opportunity to honor those this world lost in the Vietnam War. We will not forget.

America's Freedom Tribute would like to inform the people of Leavenworth and the surrounding area that The American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) Vietnam Wall and Cost of Freedom Tribute will be on display October 14-18, 2026 for the public at Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, 4101 S. 4th Street Leavenworth, KS 66048. For more information visit: https://www.visitleavenworthks.com/visitors/page/traveling-vietnam-wall-tribute

01/30/2026

We continue offering Veterans one-to-one assistance creating their VA Sign-In accounts to access our unified health portal “My HealtheVet on VA.gov”. We understand individuals sometimes have technical issues getting accounts verified. Want IN-PERSON ASSISTANCE? Find our Eastern Kansas My HealtheVet Coordinator ON TOUR / details below for locations near you – NEWLY ADDED DATES! All tour stops and details can be viewed at https://tinyurl.com/EKHCS-VA-Sign-In-Info

You can start creating your account anytime at www.va.gov and verify your identity using Login.gov or ID.me. These verification sites increase cybersecurity while protecting your health data. If you plan to visit us at a tour stop, YOU MUST BRING YOUR SMARTPHONE (or a tablet or laptop) with the ABILITY TO ACCESS YOUR EMAIL during the visit, as well as A VALID STATE ID card/driver’s license.

Consider creating a VA Sign-In account a part of your fresh start for 2026!

01/29/2026

Kansas has always led the way for Veterans, and VA Eastern Kansas is proud to carry that legacy forward every day. On Kansas Day, we honor GI Bill architect Harry Colmery, mental health pioneer Dr. Karl Menninger, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Capt. Elwin “Al” Shopteese, Lt. Gen. Richard “Dick” Seitz, early VA research leader Dr. Philip Matz, Civil War General William Hawley, and Topeka VA nurse Sue Kinnick, whose barcode innovation helped transform medication safety worldwide. Kansas leads the way and VA Eastern Kansas is holding the guidon.

01/29/2026

VA will spend $4.8 billion in fiscal year 2026 to modernize, repair and improve health care facilities as part of the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-Recurring Maintenance program, which makes infrastructure improvements to health care facilities to ensure safe and effective patient care.

01/28/2026

Post-9/11 Veterans: Your service shaped your health—and can shape the future of care.

VA’s Million Veteran Program (MVP) invites you to take the new Military Experiences and Toxic Exposures Survey to help researchers understand how your unique experiences impact health and wellness.

Help us unlock answers. Already part of MVP? Sign in and take the survey today.

Veterans can join MVP at www.mvp.va.gov.

01/26/2026

Operational Update: 1/26/26 Our Capt. Edwin Shopteese Outpatient Clinic in KCK is closed today due to a major utility outage. Patients will be contacted with available options.

01/26/2026

❄️Winter Weather Update 25 January ❄️A cold spell is arriving; exercise caution while traveling and watch for icy spots. If travel is unsafe for an appointment, contact your clinic to reschedule. In emergencies, call 911 or visit the nearest ER. Staff should inform supervisors early about weather-related issues; liberal leave and telework approvals will be considered based on circumstances and mission needs.