The Middletown Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) opened November 13, 2000, to provide comprehensive primary health care to U.S. military veterans residing in Newport, Bristol and Washington counties. Patients are assigned a primary care provider who coordinates all health care needs through the medical center's 32 subspecialty clinics.

Services include:

• Primary Health Care: Patients retain their own health care provider, who coordinates health care needs within the VA New England Healthcare System.
• Mental Health Services: Social workers and mental health professionals provide psychosocial evaluations, individual, group and family counseling, and substance abuse counseling.  Assistance can be provided to access local community resources.
• Pharmacy: All prescriptions for medications are transmitted by computer to the Providence VA Medical Center daily and then mailed directly to the patient's home. Refills are obtained either by sending a signed refill slip to the Providence VA Medical Center or by  phone. The clinic also works with a local pharmacy to provide emergency prescriptions.

For more information on how to enroll in the Middletown Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, please call patient services at (401) 457-3300 or the Telephone Assistant Point (TAP) line at (401) 457-3336.