FARGO, N.D. (AP) - The VA medical system in North Dakota has managed to keep appointments for most military veterans on a timely schedule, despite the fact that recruiting doctors to the state is an ongoing challenge.
An Associated Press analysis of wait times at VA facilities shows that North Dakota is doing better than the national average at meeting the health system's timeliness goal of seeing patients within 30 days.
Of the system's main hospital in Fargo and five outpatient clinics that reported wait times from September through February, none had more than 2.5 percent of scheduled appointments delayed by more than 31 days.
Fargo Medical Center Director Lavonne Liversage says the hospital has seen a study improvement in wait times since November, but it historically has done better than most other states.