American Lake VA Medical Center
Tacoma, WA, 98493
American Lake VA Medical Center
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Next Update: 05/08/2024
Data is updated Daily
Service | New patients | Established patients |
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AUDIOLOGY | 32 days | 10 days |
CARDIOLOGY | 95 days | 29 days |
DENTAL | 19 days | 24 days |
DERMATOLOGY | 65 days | 72 days |
ENDOCRINOLOGY | 103 days | 36 days |
GASTROENTEROLOGY | 77 days | 50 days |
MENTAL HEALTH GROUP | N/A | 3 days |
MENTAL HEALTH INDIVIDUAL | 10 days | 12 days |
NEUROLOGY | 152 days | 27 days |
OB/GYN | 47 days | 24 days |
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY | 47 days | 24 days |
OPHTHALMOLOGY | 101 days | 12 days |
OPTOMETRY | 96 days | 18 days |
PAIN MEDICINE | 57 days | 23 days |
PHYSICAL THERAPY | 66 days | 16 days |
PODIATRY | 77 days | 10 days |
PRIMARY CARE | 35 days | 7 days |
PRIMARY CARE – MENTAL HEALTH INTEGRATED CARE | 7 days | 0 days |
PTSD SPECIFIC GROUP PROGRAMS | N/A | 4 days |
PTSD SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS | 53 days | 6 days |
PULMONOLOGY | 76 days | 31 days |
SLEEP MEDICINE | 64 days | 35 days |
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER GROUP | N/A | 3 days |
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER INDIVIDUAL | 24 days | 2 days |
UROLOGY | 52 days | 9 days |
WOMEN'S HEALTH | 41 days | 7 days |
Appointment availability can vary from the wait times on this site. The best way to find out when your appointment can be scheduled is to call or go online and request an appointment.
If you need to be seen by a provider before your next scheduled appointment, same-day services may be an option. Please contact your local facility. If you or someone you know is in emotional crisis, please call the Veterans Crisis Line at 988 and Press 1 for Veterans. Someone who can help you will answer right away.
VA has upgraded the way average wait times are calculated and displayed on the Access to Care website and now include additional steps in the appointment process that had not been captured in the past. This data comes from Veteran appointments scheduled over the past month that have been completed or scheduled to occur. Click on the link below to learn more about the calculation changes and how VA is measuring timeliness for sites that have fully implemented the new electronic health record system.
* For more information, other options for care, and how wait times are calculated click here.
Access to Care Website Frequently Asked Questions
Next Update: 05/08/2024
Data is updated Daily
Service | Primary care | Mental health care |
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Same day | Yes | Yes |
Walk-in clinic | No | Yes |
Telehealth | No | No |
Emergency and urgent care
Emergency room | No | |
Urgent care clinic | No |
Next Update: 02/13/2025
Data is updated Annually
Appointment type | Percent |
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Primary Care (Urgent needs) | 66% |
Primary Care (Routine) | 73% |
Next Update: 06/01/2024
Data is updated Monthly
Appointment type | Percent |
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Outpatient | N/A |
For more information about this survey on access click here.
How Do We Measure Access?
We measure Access by surveying Veterans using the Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Clinician and Group version 3.0. This is an industry standard survey used across healthcare. The numbers we report are the percent of Veterans saying "Always" or "Usually" to the following questions:
- Urgent Care: In the last 6 months, when you contacted this provider's office to get an appointment for care you needed right away, how often did you get an appointment as soon as you needed?
- Routine Care: In the last 6 months, when you made an appointment for a check-up or routine care with this provider, how often did you get an appointment as soon as you needed?
Access scores reported here are for clinical encounters between Apr 2023 - Sep 2023