VA South Texas Health Care

The South Texas Veterans Health Care System operates from the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, on the South Texas Medical Center campus, with a second hospital in Kerrville and outpatient clinics extending across a service area that reaches toward the Rio Grande Valley and the Hill Country. San Antonio's military density shapes the system's work. With Joint Base San Antonio nearby and one of the country's largest concentrations of active-duty personnel, retirees, and veterans, demand runs high and the patient population includes many who transitioned directly from military medicine.

Services include inpatient medical and surgical care, intensive care, surgery, primary care, and an extensive range of outpatient specialty clinics, alongside mental and behavioral health programs covering outpatient treatment, PTSD care, substance use treatment, and outreach to veterans experiencing homelessness. Rehabilitation services carry particular weight, including care for veterans with complex injuries from recent conflicts. Extended care supports an aging population. An affiliation with UT Health San Antonio makes the system a teaching site for residents and health professions students. Nurses practice across critical care, medical-surgical, perioperative, rehabilitation, outpatient, and mental health settings, with a largely Hispanic patient population.