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Combined Assessment Program Summary Report – Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Safety in Veterans Health Administration Facilities
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15-03804-38

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/3/2016
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network and facility senior managers, ensure that employees consistently conduct initial magnetic resonance imaging patient safety screenings.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/3/2016
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network and facility senior managers, ensure that Level 2 magnetic resonance imaging personnel consistently document when they review the second magnetic resonance imaging patient safety screening forms.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/3/2016
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network and facility senior managers, ensure that Level 2 magnetic resonance imaging personnel document resolution of all identified potential contraindications prior to the magnetic resonance imaging exam.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/3/2016
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network and facility senior managers, ensure that facilities routinely conduct contrast reaction drills in magnetic resonance imaging areas.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/2/2017
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network and facility senior managers, ensure that all designated Level 1 ancillary employees receive annual level-specific magnetic resonance imaging safety training.
Review of Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Other Outpatient Clinics of Oklahoma City VA Health Care System, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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15-00157-39

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/15/2016
We recommended that managers ensure review of the hazardous materials inventory occurs twice within a 12-month period at the Stillwater VA Clinic.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/11/2016
We recommended that signage is installed at the Stillwater VA Clinic to clearly identify the location of the fire extinguisher in the lobby area.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/15/2016
We recommended that clinic staff position monitors or use privacy screens to prevent viewing of personally identifiable information on computers in public areas at the Stillwater VA Clinic.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/15/2016
We recommended that clinic staff consistently document the offer of further treatment to patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/15/2016
We recommended that Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers receive motivational interviewing and health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/15/2016
We recommended that providers and clinical associates in the outpatient clinics receive health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/15/2016
We recommended that clinicians consistently notify patients of their laboratory results within 14 days as required by VHA.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/15/2016
We recommended that clinicians consistently document in the electronic health record all attempts to communicate with the patients regarding their laboratory results.
Combined Assessment Program Summary Report – Evaluation of Acute Ischemic Stroke Care in Veterans Health Administration Facilities
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15-03803-26

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/30/2016
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health improve the availability of expertise in stroke treatment across the system.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/6/2017
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network and facility senior managers, ensure compliance with stroke care requirements, including prompt and thorough assessment, treatment, and patient education, and ensure the gathering and reporting of required stroke data elements.
Healthcare Inspection – Quality of Care Concerns at a Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program, VA Maryland HCS, Baltimore, MD
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14-01910-459

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/1/2015
We recommended that the System Director ensure that Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program medical providers document pertinent information related to medical decision-making in the electronic health record and monitor compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/1/2015
We recommended that the System Director ensure that Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program managers review and address medical provider staffing needs in the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/8/2016
We recommended that the System Director ensure that Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program staff complete all required elements of the safe medication management program.
Healthcare Inspection – Point of Care Testing Program Concerns, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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14-02576-40

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/1/2015
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that point of care testing policies related to proper identification of patients and test operators comply with Veterans Health Administration requirements including all accreditation and regulatory standards incorporated in these requirements.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/1/2015
We recommended that the Facility Director enforce point of care testing policies to include the management process to track issues of error and system misuse and follow them to resolution.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/1/2015
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that all users of point of care testing equipment complete orientation and ongoing training and competency assessments in accordance with facility and Veterans Health Administration policy, to include contract employees and students.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/1/2015
We recommended that the Facility Director evaluate circumstances when sharing or misuse of barcode identifiers became an ongoing practice, in violation of policy, and confer with the Office of Human Resources and the Office of General Counsel to determine appropriate administrative action, if any.
Review of Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Other Outpatient Clinics of VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, North Las Vegas, Nevada
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15-00179-34

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/24/2016
We recommended that staff protect patient identifiable information on laboratory specimens during transport from the Southeast VA Clinic to the parent facility or contracted processing facility.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/19/2016
We recommended that panic alarm testing documentation includes specific testing locations at the Southeast VA Clinic.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/19/2016
We recommended that managers at the Southeast VA Clinic maintain attendance records to verify staff participation during emergency management training and exercises.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/19/2016
We recommended that clinic staff provide education and counseling for patients with positive alcohol screens and alcohol consumption above National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism limits.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2016
We recommended that clinic staff consistently document the offer of further treatment to patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2016
We recommended that managers ensure that patients with excessive persistent alcohol use receive brief treatment within 2 weeks of the screening.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/24/2016
We recommended that Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers receive motivational interviewing and health coaching training and that providers and clinical associates in the outpatient clinics receive health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2016
We recommended that clinicians provide human immunodeficiency virus testing as part of routine medical care for patients and that compliance is monitored.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2016
We recommended that clinicians consistently document informed consent for human immunodeficiency virus testing and that compliance is monitored.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/9/2017
We recommended that clinicians consistently notify patients of their laboratory results within 14 days as required by VHA.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2016
We recommended that clinicians document in the electronic health record all attempts to communicate laboratory results with the patients.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, North Las Vegas, Nevada
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15-00625-37

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/11/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that licensed independent practitioners who perform emergency airway management receive the appropriate training.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/11/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure that licensed independent practitioners' folders do not contain non-allowed information.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/26/2016
We recommended that Environment of Care Committee meeting minutes consistently document discussion of environment of care rounds deficiencies and specifics, including the deficiency, location, action, and resolution and any trends.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/11/2016
We recommended that facility managers monitor the use of clean biohazard bags to ensure they are used appropriately.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/26/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure designated employees receive emergency evacuation device training and competency assessment and revise the local policy to define expectations for competency assessment.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/11/2016
We recommended that the facility use special medication labeling for look-alike and sound-alike medications and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/11/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that oral syringes are available for liquid medications in the Emergency Department and on the intensive care-step down unit and that they are stored separately from parenteral syringes to minimize the risk of wrong-route medication errors.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/11/2016
We recommended that requestors consistently select the proper consult title and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/11/2016
We recommended that the facility revise the local policy to address advance directive notification, screening, and discussions.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/11/2016
We recommended that employees screen inpatients to determine whether they have advance directives and document the screening and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/26/2016
We recommended that employees ask inpatients whether they would like to discuss creating, changing, and/or revoking advance directives and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/3/2016
We recommended that Radiology Service revise its policies to require a 30-minute on-call reporting time for computed tomography scans and a 30-minute on-call response time for radiology interpretation.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/3/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure clinicians complete all required emergency airway management competency reassessment elements prior to providing emergency airway management coverage and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/3/2016
We recommended that the facility have appropriate emergency airway management coverage during all hours the facility provides patient care and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/7/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that identified deficiencies from the annual pharmacy physical security survey are corrected and monitor compliance.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center, Clarksburg, West Virginia
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15-00624-31

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that licensed independent practitioners who perform emergency airway management have the appropriate training.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that Intensive Care Unit Committee code reviews include screening for clinical issues prior to the code that may have contributed to the occurrence of the code and that the committee documents the reviews.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that the Surgical Work Group meet monthly.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that the Safe Patient Handling Committee gather, track, and share patient handling injury data.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/13/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure all health care occupancy buildings have at least one fire drill per shift per quarter.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that employees ask inpatients whether they would like to discuss creating, changing, and/or revoking advance directives and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that employees on the medical-surgical and intensive care units and in the Emergency Department have 12-lead electrocardiogram competency assessment and validation completed and documented.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that intensive care unit employees have post-anesthesia care competency assessment and validation completed and documented.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure emergency airway management competency is completed at the time of initial privileges and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure clinicians complete all required competency elements prior to the granting or renewal of privileges or scope of practice and that facility managers monitor compliance.
Review of Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Other Outpatient Clinics of John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
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15-00142-35

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No. 1
Closed and Implemented Recommendation Image, Checkmark
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that managers ensure review of the hazardous materials inventory occurs twice within a 12-month period at the Pocahontas VA Clinic.
No. 2
Closed and Implemented Recommendation Image, Checkmark
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that managers ensure that safety data sheets are current at the Pocahontas VA Clinic.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the information technology server closet at the Pocahontas VA Clinic is maintained according to information technology safety and security standards.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that clinic staff consistently complete diagnostic assessments for patients with a positive alcohol screen.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that clinic staff provide education and counseling for patients with positive alcohol screens and alcohol consumption above National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism limits.
No. 6
Closed and Implemented Recommendation Image, Checkmark
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that clinic staff consistently document the offer of further treatment to patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers receive motivational interviewing training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 8
Closed and Implemented Recommendation Image, Checkmark
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that clinicians provide human immunodeficiency virus testing as part of routine medical care for patients and that compliance is monitored.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that practitioners document a relevant history of the illness or injury and physical findings when the patients are first admitted for VA outpatient care.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that clinicians consistently notify patients of their laboratory results within 14 days as required by VHA.
Healthcare Inspection – Access and Oversight Concerns for Home Health Services, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
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14-03823-19

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/20/2016
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health require facilities to developaction plans to address the care needs of patients on home health services electronic wait lists.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/15/2016
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that staff comply with all elementsof national and local policies regarding quality of care, communication, and documentation related to purchased home and community based services.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/26/2016
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that oversight and managementof purchased home and community based services is adequate and in compliance with Veterans Health Administration policies.
Audit of the Seismic Safety of VA’s Facilities
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14-04756-32

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No. 1
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to Acquisitions, Logistics, and Construction (OALC)
Closure Date: 11/2/2017
We recommended the Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction establish policy requiring medical facilities to conduct detailed seismic studies for all critical and essential buildings located in high and very high seismic zones that have not already undergone detailed seismic studies.
No. 2
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to Acquisitions, Logistics, and Construction (OALC)
Closure Date: 4/21/2016
We recommended the Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction revise its Facility Condition Assessment guidance to require Facility Condition Assessment contractors to review structural design documents for buildings that have completed seismic retrofit projects.
No. 3
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to Acquisitions, Logistics, and Construction (OALC)
Closure Date: 4/21/2016
We recommended the Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction revise its Facility Condition Assessment guidance to ensure conditions of seismically unsafe buildings are properly reported on assessment reports.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/22/2016
We recommended the Under Secretary for Health ensure medical facilities submit construction project applications, in a timely manner, for all identified seismically unsafe structural and nonstructural deficiencies.
No. 5
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to Acquisitions, Logistics, and Construction (OALC)
Closure Date: 4/21/2016
We recommended the Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction ensure that Facility Condition Assessment contractors include specific and detailed descriptions of nonstructural seismic deficiencies in their assessments.
No. 6
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to Acquisitions, Logistics, and Construction (OALC)
Closure Date: 4/21/2016
We recommended the Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction ensure its contracting officers obtain copies of seismic certificates or plans to mitigate seismic deficiencies from lessors prior to executing lease agreements or renewals.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/3/2016
We recommended the Under Secretary for Health ensure its contracting officers obtain copies of seismic certificates or plans to mitigate seismic deficiencies from lessors prior to executing lease agreements or renewals.
No. 8
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to Office of Management (OM)
Closure Date: 11/2/2017
We recommended the Acting Assistant Secretary for Management revise VA Directive 7415 to mandate that enhanced use lease agreements require developers to certify the seismic safety of buildings or to have a plan for mitigating identified seismic deficiencies prior to renewal or execution of new facility use agreements with VA organizations.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/21/2020
We recommended the Under Secretary for Health develop policies and procedures requiring VHA medical facilities to develop and test Continuity of Operations Plans, to include documenting the testing performed, in accordance with Federal Continuity Directive 1 requirements.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Charles George VA Medical Center,Asheville, North Carolina
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15-00621-23

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/10/2015
We recommended that the facility ensure that licensed independent practitioners' folders do not contain non-allowed information.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that the Surgical Work Group meet monthly.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that the facility include most services in the review of electronic health record quality.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure all health care occupancy buildings have at least one fire drill per shift per quarter and monitor compliance.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure negative air pressure systems on the surgical intensive care unit are functional and monitor compliance.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that locked mental health unit stationary and portable panic alarm testing includes documentation of VA Police response times.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure monthly medication storage area inspections are completed and monitor compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that the facility consistently implement corrective actions for issues identified during monthly medication storage area inspections and that facility managers monitor the corrective actions until fully resolved.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that the facility revise the policy for safe use of automated dispensing machines to include training and minimum competency requirements for nursing employee users and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that employees ask inpatients whether they would like to discuss creating, changing, and/or revoking advance directives and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that employees hold advance directive discussions requested by inpatients and document the discussions and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure clinician reassessment for continued emergency airway management competency is completed at the time of renewal of privileges or scope of practice and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that the facility revise the local policy to include that all designated non-anesthesia providers receive training in emergency airway management.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that the facility complete a root cause analysis for the event to determine why this vulnerability existed and initiate appropriate system improvements.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, Honolulu, Hawaii
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15-00626-28

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure that licensed independent practitioners’ folders do not contain non-allowed information.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that Environment of Care Committee meeting minutes consistently document tracking of identified deficiencies to closure and that monthly meetings consistently include community based outpatient clinic representation.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that Infection Control Committee meeting minutes consistently reflect discussion of identified high-risk areas.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/23/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure furnishings and equipment in patient care areas are in good repair and have upholstery that is easily cleaned.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure employees routinely inspect Center for Aging privacy and shower curtains and initiate actions to replace those with stains.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure heavy-use public restrooms in the ambulatory care center have frequent inspections and receive cleaning as needed.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that facility managers initiate corrective actions to repair the ceiling leak in the ambulatory care center.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that employees store clean and dirty items separately and promptly remove cardboard boxes from storage areas and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/30/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure negative air pressure systems are functional in all designated rooms and monitor compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure all chairs in the acute psychiatry unit 3B2 dining/activity room are weighted.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that the facility’s Emergency Operations Plan include all required Joint Commission elements.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that the facility implement an adequate back-up plan for a Suicide Prevention Coordinator.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/29/2016
We recommended that the facility implement a process for responding to referrals from the Veterans Crisis Line and for identifying and tracking patients who are at high risk for suicide
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure new employees receive suicide prevention training and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that the facility implement a process to follow up on patients who miss MH appointments and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that clinicians include patients and/or their families in safety plan development and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that mental health providers ensure outpatients flagged as high risk for suicide have a suicide prevention safety plan completed within the first 72 hours of contact and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that mental health providers ensure outpatients flagged as high risk for suicide are evaluated at least four times within 30 days of flag placement if an outpatient or at least four times within 30 days of discharge from the inpatient psychiatric unit and that facility managers monitor compliance.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
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15-00600-33

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that licensed independent practitioners who perform emergency airway management have the appropriate skills and training.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that licensed independent practitioners who perform emergency airway management have the privileges to do so.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure emergency airway management privileges for licensed independent practitioners are reviewed, signed, and dated prior to granting the privileges.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2016
We recommended that the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Committee review all episodes of care where resuscitation was attempted.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/16/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure the recently established Safe Patient Handling Committee continues to meet and provide oversight of the safe patient handling program.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure all sharps containers are sealed tightly at the point of collection and monitor compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/16/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure evacuation devices are immediately accessible in patient care areas and monitor compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2016
We recommended that for all construction projects, the facility initiate Interim Life Safety Measures as required and post any needed alternative exit signage and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/23/2016
We recommended that requestors consistently select the proper consult title and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/16/2016
We recommended that consultants consistently complete inpatient consults within the specified timeframe and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/16/2016
We recommended that the facility revise the computed tomography policy to include a quality control program.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/16/2016
We recommended that the facility revise the emergency airway management policy to include a plan to manage a difficult airway.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure initial clinician emergency airway management competency assessment includes all required elements and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure a clinician with emergency airway management privileges or scope of practice or an anesthesiology staff member is available during all hours the facility provides patient care and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2016
We recommended that facility managers strengthen processes to minimize a repeat occurrence in which a non-privileged clinician performs an intubation, and in instances of occurrence, initiate root cause analyses.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/16/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure all home oxygen patients are assessed for continuation of home oxygen within 90 days of the initial order and that facility managers monitor compliance.
Healthcare Inspection – Alleged Program Inefficiencies and Delayed Care, Veterans Health Administration’s National Transplant Program
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15-00187-25

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/22/2016
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health review the extent of delays in responses to referrals for transplant evaluations; assess the risk, if any, posed by those delays; and, take appropriate action to ensure timely responses to referrals for liver transplant evaluations.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/22/2016
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health review the extent of delays in initial patient evaluations for transplantation; assess the risk, if any, posed by those delays; and, take appropriate action to ensure timely initial patient evaluations.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/16/2016
We recommended that, after reviewing the circumstances of delays in responses to referrals and initial patient evaluations for transplantation, the Under Secretary for Health take action to confirm that any patients who experienced delayed care that presented risks received appropriate care.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Alaska VA Healthcare System, Anchorage, Alaska
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15-00618-02

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Facility Director and other key members required by local policy attend Quality Committee meetings or have a delegate represent them.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility ensure that licensed independent practitioners’ folders do not contain non-allowed information.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility establish a committee to provide oversight of the safe patient handling program.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility analyze electronic health record quality data at least quarterly.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the quality control policy for scanning include the quality of the source document, an alternative means of capturing data when the quality of the source document does not meet image quality controls, a complete review of scanned documents to ensure retrievability, and quality assurance reviews on a sample of the scanned documents.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Chief of Staff complete an audit of all licensed independent practitioners’ privileges to ensure they are current and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that facility managers ensure the health care occupancy building has at least one fire drill during administrative hours per quarter and monitor compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that employees store clean and dirty items separately and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility revise the tuberculosis prevention plan policy to reflect current status of negative air exchange rooms in the primary care clinic and ensure employees are aware of procedures to care for infectious patients in lieu of negative air exchange rooms.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that facility managers ensure correction of all deficiencies identified during annual physical security surveys.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that controlled substances inspectors consistently complete a physical count of all primary care clinics during the 1st month of each quarter and a physical count of 10 line items for all primary care clinics during the 2nd and 3rd months of each quarter and that the Controlled Substances Coordinator monitors compliance.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that controlled substances inspectors consistently complete pharmacy inspections on the same day initiated and that the Controlled Substances Coordinator monitors compliance.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that clinicians link mammogram results to the radiology order in the electronic health record and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility send written lay mammogram results to patients within 30 days of the procedure, that electronic health records reflect this, and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that clinicians communicate incomplete or “probably benign” results to patients within 14 days from availability of the results and document this in the electronic health record and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility ensure new employees receive suicide prevention training and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 17
Closed and Implemented Recommendation Image, Checkmark
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that clinicians ensure all patients assessed to be at high risk for suicide have documented safety plans that specifically address suicidality and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that clinicians ensure that patients and/or their families receive a copy of the safety plan and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility implement an Employee Threat Assessment Team and a centralized disruptive behavior reporting and tracking system.
No. 20
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that facility managers ensure that monthly self-inspection documentation includes safety, security, and privacy.
No. 21
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility Risk Manager continue the recently implemented peer review corrective action tracking process and ensure actions are completed and reported to the Peer Review Committee.
No. 22
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that facility managers consistently initiate Focused Professional Practice Evaluations for newly hired licensed independent practitioners at the time or before they begin providing patient care.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Marion VA Medical Center, Marion, Illinois
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15-00623-18

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that licensed independent practitioners who perform emergency airway management have the appropriate skills and training.
No. 2
Closed and Implemented Recommendation Image, Checkmark
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/4/2016
We recommended that the interdisciplinary committee include a physician to review all episodes of care where resuscitation was attempted.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure monthly medication storage area inspections are completed and monitor compliance.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/4/2016
We recommended that requestors consistently select the proper consult title and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that the facility develop a computed tomography policy that includes all required elements.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/4/2016
We recommended that a medical physicist inspect computed tomography scanners that have repairs or modifications that affect dose or image quality before return to clinical service and document the inspection and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/17/2016
We recommended that employees ask inpatients whether they would like to discuss creating, changing, and/or revoking advance directives and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/17/2016
We recommended that employees hold advance directive discussions requested by inpatients and document the discussions and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that the facility revise the electrocardiogram, blood bank, respiratory therapy, and radiology policies to clearly define appropriate availability for support services.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure Emergency Department and inpatient medical/surgical unit employees have 12-lead electrocardiogram competency assessment and validation included in their competency checklists and completed and documented.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure post-anesthesia care competency assessment and validation is included in competency checklists and completed for employees on the intensive care unit.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/4/2016
We recommended that facility managers implement a defined plan or policy to have a qualified surgeon available 24/7 on call within 60 minutes.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/4/2016
We recommended that the facility revise the emergency airway management policy to include a plan to manage a difficult airway.
No. 14
Closed and Implemented Recommendation Image, Checkmark
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/4/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure initial clinician emergency airway management competency assessment includes all required elements and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure clinician reassessment for continued emergency airway management competency includes completion of all required elements at the time of renewal of privileges or scope of practice and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/4/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure that a qualified, non-Emergency Department clinician is assigned inpatient emergency airway management coverage and that facility managers monitor compliance.
Healthcare Inspection – Poor Access to Care Allegedly Resulting in a Patient Death at the Oxnard Community Based Outpatient Clinic, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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14-02890-497

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2016
We recommended that the Veterans Integrated Service Network Director ensure that the system provides neurology consults within timeframes required by patients' clinical conditions and current Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/2/2016
We recommended that the System Director monitor provider compliance with timeframes for acting on and closing consults in accordance with the current Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2016
We recommended that the System Director ensure that providers categorize consults based on urgency and that program managers verify the accuracy of categorizations.
Review of Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Other Outpatient Clinics of Battle Creek VA Medical Center, Battle Creek, Michigan
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15-00155-16

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/5/2016
We recommended that staff protect and secure specimens and patient-identifiable information at the Muskegon VA Clinic.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/5/2016
We recommended that the doors to the examination rooms designated for women veterans are equipped with electronic or manual locks at the Muskegon VA Clinic.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/5/2016
We recommended that staff position monitors or use privacy screens to prevent viewing of personally identifiable information on computers in public areas at the Muskegon VA Clinic.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/2/2016
We recommended that clinic staff consistently complete diagnostic assessments for patients with a positive alcohol screen.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/2/2016
We recommended that clinic staff provide education and counseling for patients with positive alcohol screens and alcohol consumption above National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism limits.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/2/2016
We recommended that managers ensure that patients with excessive persistent alcohol use receive brief treatment or are evaluated by a specialty provider within 2 weeks of the screening.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/5/2016
We recommended that Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers receive motivational interviewing training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/5/2016
We recommended that Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers, providers, and clinical associates receive health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/22/2016
We recommended that clinicians provide human immunodeficiency virus testing as part of routine medical care for patients and that compliance is monitored.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/22/2017
We recommended that clinicians consistently notify patients of their laboratory results within 14 days as required by VHA.
Review of Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Other Outpatient Clinics of VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey
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15-00163-01

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/17/2016
We recommended that managers ensure a safe, clean, and well maintained environment of care at the Morristown VA Clinic.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/17/2016
We recommended that managers ensure review of the hazardous materials inventory occurs twice within a 12-month period at the Morristown VA Clinic.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/20/2016
We recommended that all employees at the Morristown VA Clinic receive the required training on hazardous materials.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/17/2016
We recommended that managers ensure that all safety inspections on medical equipment are performed as required by facility policy at the Morristown VA Clinic.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/17/2016
We recommended that staff minimize the risk of infection when storing and disposing of medical (infectious waste) at the Morristown VA Clinic.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/17/2016
We recommended that staff are trained to properly disinfect non-critical medical equipment as required at the Morristown VA Clinic.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/17/2016
We recommended that Morristown VA Clinic staff protect patient-identifiable information on laboratory specimens during transport.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/20/2016
We recommended that the information technology server closet at the Morristown VA Clinic is maintained according to information technology safety and security standards.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/20/2016
We recommended that managers ensure that all staff at the Morristown VA Clinic are trained to safely evacuate using all exit routes from the building.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/8/2016
We recommended that clinic staff consistently complete diagnostic assessments for patients with a positive alcohol screen.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/17/2016
We recommended that Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers receive motivational interviewing and health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/17/2016
We recommended that providers and clinical associates in the outpatient clinics receive health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/20/2016
We recommended that clinicians provide human immunodeficiency virus testing as part of routine medical care for patients and that compliance is monitored.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/4/2017
We recommended that clinicians consistently notify patients of their laboratory results within 14 days as required by VHA.
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