All Reports

Combined Assessment Program Review of the Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, Florida
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14-00689-142

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that FPPEs for newly hired licensed independent practitioners are completed within the timeframe required by facility bylaws.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that EOC Committee and Administrative Executive Committee minutes reflect sufficient discussion of deficiencies, corrective actions taken, and tracking of actions to closure.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that medication/supply carts are secured at all times and that compliance be monitored.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that Nursing Service is represented at Radiation Safety Committee meetings.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/25/2014
We recommended that managers initiate timely actions to address deficiencies identified during annual physical security surveys.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that pharmacy inspections are consistently completed on the same day they were initiated and that compliance be monitored.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that monthly MH RRTP self-inspections, daily public area inspections and bed checks, and weekly contraband inspections are completed and documented and that compliance be monitored.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that medications in resident rooms on the MH RRTP units are secured and daily inspections for this are documented and that compliance be monitored.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that written agreements acknowledging MH RRTP resident responsibility for medication security are documented and that compliance be monitored.
Healthcare Inspection - Improper Procurement and Billing Practices for Anesthesiology Services, George E. Wahlen VA Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, Utah
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13-01819-133

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/20/2015
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health develop and implement a plan of action to ensure that VA purchase of medical services from affiliated academic institutions is in compliance with VA Directive 1663 and procurement laws and regulations.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/20/2015
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health ensure that VA prohibits the use of purchase orders to obtain contract provider services unless the purchase orders contain the required clauses identified in the report.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/19/2015
We recommended that the Veterans Integrated Service Network Director ensure that the procurement of specialized medical services is in accordance with VA Directive 1663.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/8/2014
We recommended that the Veterans Integrated Service Network Director ensure that Interim Contract Authority is appropriately granted and used as outlined in VA Directive 1663.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/12/2015
We recommended that the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System Director develop and implement as necessary an alternate source plan for the provision of anesthesiology services that complies with VA Directive 1663.
Healthcare Inspection – Alleged Excessive Wait for Emergency Care and Staff Disrespect, VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, Las Vegas, Nevada
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14-01104-134

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/1/2014
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that action plans are developed and implemented to facilitate meeting and maintaining the facility's target of not more than 10 percent of emergency department patients should experience a length of stay exceeding 6 hours.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/6/2014
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that nursing staff reassess emergency department patients according to facility policy.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic and Primary Care Clinic Reviews at Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
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14-00227-131

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that staff consistently complete diagnostic assessments for patients with a positive alcohol screen.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that staff consistently document the offer of further treatment to patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
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. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that staff document that medication reconciliation was completed at each episode of care where the newly prescribed fluoroquinolone was administered, prescribed, or modified.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that staff consistently provide written medication information that includes the fluoroquinolone.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that staff provide medication counseling/education that includes the fluoroquinolone.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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14-00684-132

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that actions from peer reviews are consistently completed and reported to the PRC.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that the MEC discuss and document its approval of the use of another facility's physicians for teledermatology services.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/26/2015
We recommended that the facility obtain teledermatology physicians' professional practice evaluation information from the providing facility.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that continuing stay reviews are consistently performed on at least 75 percent of patients in acute beds.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/31/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the Acute Care Committee reviews each code episode and that code reviews consistently include screening for clinical issues prior to the code that may have contributed to the occurrence of the code.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that the recipient list for the automated e-mail notification for the patient incident reporting process is kept current.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/28/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the quality of entries in the EHR is reviewed at least quarterly.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that the quality control policy for scanning include how a scanned image is annotated to identify that it has been scanned.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that a member from Anesthesia Service attends Transfusion Utilization Committee meetings and that the blood/transfusions usage review process consistently includes the results of proficiency testing and the results of peer reviews when transfusions did not meet criteria.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that the facility comply with VHA and local smoking policies and that compliance be monitored.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/26/2015
We recommended that the VISN 11 Director establish a non-facility team to conduct a comprehensive EOC evaluation of the facility and ensure that deficiencies are corrected and that an action plan is developed to ensure the facility is properly cleaned and maintained.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that the facility establish a policy for equipment inspection and testing and that compliance with the newly established policy be monitored.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that signs be posted in waiting and procedure rooms within radiology asking female patients to notify staff if they may be pregnant.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that expired medications are removed from radiology crash carts and clinical staff are trained on how to locate the crash cart expiration date and that compliance be monitored.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all occasional locked MH unit workers receive training on identifying and correcting environmental hazards, content and proper use of the MH EOC Checklist, and VA¿s National Center for Patient Safety study of suicide on psychiatric units and that compliance be monitored.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that the facility establish an interprofessional pressure ulcer committee.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff perform and document a patient skin inspection and risk scale at discharge and that compliance be monitored.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff accurately document location, stage, risk scale score, and date pressure ulcer acquired for all patients with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff perform and document daily risk scales for patients at risk for or with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 20
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/31/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff provide and document pressure ulcer education for patients at risk for and with pressure ulcers and/or their caregivers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 21
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that the facility establish staff pressure ulcer education requirements and that compliance be monitored.
No. 22
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/31/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all care planned/ordered assistive eating devices are provided to residents for use during meals.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic and Primary Care Clinic Reviews at Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona
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14-00240-129

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that the door to the examination room designated for women veterans is equipped with an electronic or manual lock at the Casa Grande CBOC.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 10/13/2015
We recommended that processes are strengthened to ensure women veterans can access gender-specific restrooms without entering public areas at the Casa Grande, Green Valley, and Safford CBOCs.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/13/2015
We recommended that the information technology server closets at the Green Valley and Safford CBOCs are maintained according to information technology safety and security standards.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/13/2015
We recommended that CBOC/Primary Care Clinic staff document a plan to monitor the alcohol use of patients who decline referral to specialty care.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/8/2015
We recommended that CBOC/Primary Care Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers receive motivational interviewing and health coach training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/18/2015
We recommended that staff document that medication reconciliation was completed at each episode of care where the newly prescribed fluoroquinolone was administered, prescribed, or modified.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/18/2015
We recommended that staff document the evaluation of patient’s level of understanding for the medication education.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic and Primary Care Clinic Reviews at El Paso VA Health Care System, El Paso, Texas
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14-00241-128

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/2/2014
We recommended that external signage clearly identifies the building as a VA CBOC at the Eastside El Paso CBOC.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/22/2015
We recommended that testing of the panic alarm system is documented at the Eastside El Paso CBOC.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/31/2015
We recommended that CBOC/Primary Care Clinic staff consistently document the offer of further treatment to patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/27/2015
We recommended that CBOC/Primary Care Clinic staff document a plan to monitor the alcohol use of patients who decline referral to specialty care.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2015
We recommended that staff document that medication reconciliation was completed at each episode of care where the newly prescribed fluoroquinolone was administered, prescribed, or modified.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2015
We recommended that staff consistently provide written medication information that includes the fluoroquinolone.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/22/2015
We recommended that staff provide medication counseling/education that includes the fluoroquinolone.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2015
We recommended that staff document the evaluation of patient¿s level of understanding for the medication education.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Lebanon VA Medical Center, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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14-00683-130

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/18/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that results of completed FPPEs for newly hired licensed independent practitioners are consistently reported to the MEC.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/9/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that Transfusion Committee members from Surgery and Anesthesia Services consistently attend meetings.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/9/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that multi-dose medication vials are dated after initial use and that compliance be monitored.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/18/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all designated x-ray and fluoroscopy employees receive annual radiation safety training and that compliance be monitored.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/18/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all locked MH unit staff, ISIT members, and occasional locked MH unit workers receive training on how to identify and correct environmental hazards, proper use of the MH EOC Checklist, and VA's National Center for Patient Safety study of suicide on psychiatric units and that compliance be monitored.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/18/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that locked MH unit panic alarm testing includes VA Police response time and that compliance be monitored.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/9/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that MH EOC Checklist inspections include participation by all required ISIT members and that compliance be monitored.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/9/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the ISIT assigns a risk level per identified deficiency at the time of acute MH unit inspections and that compliance be monitored.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/18/2014
We recommended that nursing managers implement VHA's staffing methodology.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/26/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff accurately document location, stage, risk scale score, and date pressure ulcer acquired for all patients with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/9/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff perform and document daily skin inspections and daily risk scales for patients at risk for or with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/26/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff provide and document pressure ulcer education for patients at risk for and with pressure ulcers and/or their caregivers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/18/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all designated employees receive training on how to administer the pressure ulcer risk scale, how to conduct a complete skin assessment, and how to accurately document findings and that compliance be monitored.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/9/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that staff do not provide medical treatments to residents during meals in the common dining area.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic and Primary Care Clinic Reviews at VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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14-00239-127

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that Community Based Outpatient Clinic/Primary Care Clinic staff consistently complete diagnostic assessments for patients with a positive alcohol screen.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/21/2014
We recommended that Community Based Outpatient Clinic/Primary Care Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers receive motivational interviewing and health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/5/2015
We recommended that staff document that medication reconciliation was completed at each episode of care where the newly prescribed fluoroquinolone was administered, prescribed, or modified.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/5/2015
We recommended that staff consistently provide written medication information that includes the fluoroquinolone.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/5/2015
We recommended that staff provide medication counseling/education that includes the fluoroquinolone.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/19/2015
We recommended that clinical executive/primary care leaders ensure that Community Based Outpatient Clinic/Primary Care Clinic Designated Women’s Health Providers maintain proficiency as required for the provision of women’s health care.
Audit of VHA's Engineering Service Purchase Card Practices at the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC, Charleston, SC
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13-02267-124

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/29/2015
We recommend the Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 Director use data mining and detailed reviews of high risk transactions to review Charleston VA Medical Center Engineering Service’s micro-purchase card transactions made from October 2011 through December 2013 to identify unauthorized commitments, and submit ratification requests for the unauthorized commitments identified by the Office of Inspector General and by Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 to the Veterans Health Administration Head of Contracting Activity.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/29/2015
We recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 Director use data mining and detailed reviews of high-risk transactions to review Charleston VA Medical Center Engineering Service’s micro-purchase card transactions made from October 2011 through December 2013 for purchases lacking sufficient documentation and take steps to recover identified inappropriate payments.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/23/2014
We recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 Director develop monitoring mechanisms to ensure Charleston VA Medical Center Engineering Service approving officials consistently use Veterans Health Administration’s required Approving Official Checklist to identify split purchases, purchases that exceed the micro-purchase limit for services, and purchases without sufficient documentation.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/23/2014
We recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 Director ensure Charleston VA Medical Center Engineering Service’s purchase cardholders and approving officials receive required refresher training every 2 years.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 646,000.00
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
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14-00307-126

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the MEC document discussion of PRC quarterly summary reports.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that FPPEs for newly hired licensed independent practitioners are consistently completed and that results are consistently reported to the MEC.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility monitor compliance with the new observation bed policy.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that data about observation bed use continues to be gathered.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that continuing stay reviews are performed on at least 75 percent of the patients in acute beds.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the CPR Committee reviews each code episode, that code reviews include screening for clinical issues prior to code that may have contributed to the occurrence of the code, and that code data is collected.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Surgical Work Group meet monthly and document its review of required monthly and quarterly performance data elements, including local performance data and National Surgical Office reports.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the quality of entries in the EHR is reviewed at least quarterly.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the quality control policy for scanning include how a scanned image is annotated to identify that it has been scanned.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that members from Medicine, Surgery, and Anesthesia Services attend Transfusion Process Committee meetings and that the blood/transfusions usage review process includes the results of proficiency testing.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that Infection Control Committee minutes reflect follow-up on actions that were implemented to address identified problems.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that nursing managers continue to monitor the staffing methodology that was implemented in November 2012.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility monitor compliance with the revised pressure ulcer policy as it pertains to prevention for outpatients.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the newly established Interprofessional Pressure Ulcer Committee meet as required and that the committee provide oversight of the facility’s pressure ulcer prevention program.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that pressure ulcer data is analyzed and that program data is reported to facility executive leadership.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff accurately document pressure ulcer location, stage, and risk scale score for all patients with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff consistently document pressure ulcer stage in initial skin assessments for patients at risk or with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff develop interprofessional treatment plans for all hospitalized patients identified as being at risk for or with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all patients discharged with pressure ulcers have wound care follow-up plans and receive dressing supplies prior to being discharged and that compliance be monitored.
No. 20
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff provide and document pressure ulcer education for patients at risk for and with pressure ulcers and/or their caregivers and that compliance be monitored.
FY 2013 Review of VA's Compliance With the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act
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13-02926-112

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/21/2014
We recommended the Under Secretary for Health implement the corrective action plan included in the Performance and Accountability Report to reduce improper payments for the State Home Per Diem program.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/15/2014
We recommended the Under Secretary for Health develop achievable reduction targets for the State Home Per Diem and Beneficiary Travel programs.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 12/9/2014
We recommended the Under Secretary for Benefits ensure thorough procedures for testing sample items used to estimate improper payments for the Compensation and Post 9/11 G.I. Bill programs.
Administrative Investigation, Failure to Comply with Americans with Disabilities Act and VA Policy, Veterans Health Administration
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13-02649-120

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/22/2014
We recommend that the Deputy Under Secretary for Health Operations and Management (DUSHOM) confer with the Offices of Human Resources (OHR) and General Counsel (OGC) to determine the appropriate administrative action to take, if any, against the Director.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 5/11/2015
We recommend that the DUSHOM confer with OHR and OGC to determine the appropriate administrative action to take, if any, against the LRAC.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 9/22/2014
We recommend that the DUSHOM confer with OHR and OGC to determine the appropriate administrative action to take, if any, against the Director.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 5/11/2015
We recommend that the DUSHOM confer with OHR and OGC to determine the appropriate administrative action to take, if any, against the LRAC.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 8/6/2015
We recommend that the DUSHOM confer with OGC and OHRI to determine and execute a plan to provide all VHA employees involved in the RA process, as well as Regional Counsels who provide them advice, the most up to date RA training and guidance, and direct all VHA employees to process RA requests in accordance with applicable Federal laws and regulations and VA policy.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona
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14-00305-123

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 9/23/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that continued stay reviews are performed on at least 75 percent of patients in acute beds.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 9/23/2014
We recommended that the Surgical Work Group meet monthly.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/23/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all surgical deaths are reviewed.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/23/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that patient care areas in the CLC are clean and that compliance be monitored.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/23/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that walls in the CLC are repaired and maintained.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/23/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all workers who occasionally access the acute MH receive training on how to identify and correct environmental hazards, proper use of the MH EOC Checklist, and VA’s National Center for Patient Safety study of suicide on psychiatric units and that compliance be monitored.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/11/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that patient learning assessments are conducted and documented and that compliance be monitored.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/11/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clinicians conducting medication education accommodate identified learning barriers and document the accommodations made to address those barriers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/20/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clinicians identify post-discharge needs and include them in discharge planning.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/20/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that patients receive ordered aftercare services within the ordered/expected timeframe.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/11/2014
We recommended that nursing managers monitor the staffing methodology that was implemented in May 2013.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/23/2014
We recommended that all members of the facility and unit-based expert panels receive the required training prior to the next annual staffing plan reassessment.
No. 13
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Closure Date: 12/11/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff perform and document a patient skin inspection and risk scale at discharge and that compliance be monitored.
No. 14
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Closure Date: 12/11/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff accurately document location, stage, risk scale score, and date pressure ulcer acquired for all patients with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 15
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Closure Date: 12/11/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff revise the prevention plans if risk levels change for patients at risk for or with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 16
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Closure Date: 12/11/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all patients discharged with pressure ulcers have wound care follow-up plans and receive dressing supplies prior to being discharged and that compliance be monitored.
No. 17
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Closure Date: 12/11/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff provide and document pressure ulcer education for patients at risk for and with pressure ulcers and/or their caregivers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/20/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that designated employees receive training on how to administer the pressure ulcer risk scale and how to conduct a complete skin assessment and that compliance be monitored.
No. 19
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Closure Date: 12/11/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that staff document weekly summaries of restorative nursing services in residents’ EHRs.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic and Primary Care Clinic Reviews at Lebanon VA Medical Center, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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14-00234-125

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 4/14/2014
We recommended that fire drills are performed every 12 months at the Reading CBOC.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/14/2014
We recommended that CBOC and PCC staff consistently complete diagnostic assessments for patients with a positive alcohol screen.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/14/2014
We recommended that CBOC and PCC staff consistently document the offer of further treatment to patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/24/2014
We recommended that staff document that medication reconciliation was completed at each episode of care where the newly prescribed fluoroquinolone was administered, prescribed, or modified.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, California
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14-00658-121

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 10/23/2014
We recommended that the Blood Usage Review Sub-Committee include a clinical representative from Medicine Service as a member.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/18/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that EOC Committee minutes consistently reflect EOC findings from community based outpatient clinic inspections.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 7/11/2016
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure patient care areas are clean and that water leaks and subsequent structural damage are addressed and resolved timely and that compliance be monitored.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 8/21/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clean and dirty items are stored separately and that compliance be monitored.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/21/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that expired medical supplies and medications are removed from patient care areas and that compliance be monitored.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/10/2014
We recommended that all emergency exits on the locked MH unit be alarmed.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/18/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clinicians provide discharge instructions to patients and/or caregivers and document this in the EHRs and that they validate patients' and/or caregivers' understanding of the discharge instructions they provided and that compliance be monitored.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/21/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that patients receive ordered aftercare services.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/23/2014
We recommended that the annual staffing plan reassessment process ensures that unit 2NE's and unit 4SW's unit-based expert panels include all required members and that all members of the unit-based expert panels receive the required training prior to the next annual staffing plan reassessment.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/18/2014
We recommended that nurse managers reassess the target nursing hours per patient day for unit 2NE to more accurately plan for staffing and evaluate the actual staffing provided.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 6/4/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff perform and document a patient skin inspection and risk scale upon transfer and that compliance be monitored.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/4/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff accurately document location, stage, risk scale score, and date pressure ulcer acquired for all patients with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/4/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff provide and document pressure ulcer education for patients at risk for and with pressure ulcers and/or their caregivers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/9/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that designated employees receive training on how to administer the pressure ulcer risk scale, how to conduct a complete skin assessment, and how to accurately document findings, and that compliance be monitored.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/21/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that staff complete and document restorative nursing services according to clinician orders and/or residents' care plans and that compliance be monitored.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
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14-00309-118

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 1/23/2015
We recommended that the Operative Care Division Quality and Performance Group meet monthly, include the COS as a member, and document its review of National Surgical Office reports.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all surgical deaths are tracked and reviewed by appropriate clinical staff.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that all emergency exits on the locked MH unit be alarmed.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that locked MH unit panic alarm testing includes VA Police response time and that compliance be monitored.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that patient learning assessments are documented within 24 hours of admission and that compliance be monitored.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/23/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clinicians conducting medication counseling accommodate identified learning barriers and document the accommodations made to address those barriers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 1/23/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that patients receive ordered aftercare services and/or items within the ordered/expected timeframe.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/9/2014
We recommended that the facility have a Veterans Health Education Coordinator.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that nursing managers monitor the staffing methodology that was implemented in June 2013.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/7/2014
We recommended that all members of the facility and unit-based expert panels receive the required training prior to the next annual staffing plan reassessment.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 3/30/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff document stage for all patients with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/30/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff consistently document required pressure ulcer information and that compliance be monitored.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/30/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all patients discharged with pressure ulcers have wound care follow-up plans and receive dressing supplies prior to being discharged and that compliance be monitored.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/30/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff provide and document pressure ulcer education for patients with pressure ulcers and/or their caregivers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/23/2015
We recommended that the facility establish staff pressure ulcer education requirements and that compliance be monitored.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/23/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that staff document resident progress towards restorative nursing goals and that compliance be monitored.
Healthcare Inspection – Questionable Cardiac Interventions and Poor Management of Cardiovascular Care, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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13-02053-119

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No. 1
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We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that cardiologists performing coronary interventions and surgeons performing cardiac surgery adhere to accepted standards of care.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that adequate equipment is available in the operating room in accordance with VHA policy.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that processes are strengthened to improve bed utilization.
No. 4
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We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that processes are strengthened to ensure contract oversight in accordance with VA requirements.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the VA Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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14-00659-111

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that the PRC’s membership be revised to ensure that sufficient experienced senior physicians are regular members.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that actions from peer reviews are consistently reported to the PRC.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that the Surgical Work Group meet monthly.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all critical incidents are reported through the patient incident reporting process.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the Blood Utilization Review Committee members from Surgery and Anesthesia Services consistently attend meetings and that the blood usage review process includes the results of proficiency testing.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that the local observation bed policy be revised to include all required elements.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that EOC and Administrative Executive Board Committee minutes reflect deficiencies identified on the locked MH unit.
No. 8
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Closure Date: 11/20/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that cabinets containing contrast agents in the radiology area are secured at all times and that compliance be monitored.
No. 9
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Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that crash cart checks in the radiology area are documented daily and that compliance be monitored.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all MH unit staff and occasional MH unit workers receive training on how to identify and correct environmental hazards, proper use of the MH EOC Checklist, and VA’s National Center for Patient Safety study of suicide on psychiatric units and that compliance be monitored.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that panic alarm testing documentation includes police response times and that compliance be monitored.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/20/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the medication list provided to the patient/caregiver at discharge is reconciled with the dosage and frequency ordered and that compliance be monitored.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/7/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that patients are provided with correct information on discharge instructions.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/4/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that patients’ post-hospitalization outpatient appointments are scheduled within the timeframe requested by the discharging physician.
Healthcare Inspection – Administrative Irregularities, Leadership Lapses, and Quality of Care Concerns, VA Central Iowa Health Care System, Des Moines, Iowa
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13-02073-106

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No. 1
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We recommended that the Veterans Integrated System Network Director ensure that the Chief of Staff appoints a director of the specific unit of the subject Service Line, who meets the qualification standards of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education’s Residency Review Committee.
No. 2
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We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that selection of physicians who will be participating in medical educational activities is conducted within the standards of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education’s Residency Review Committee and that compliance be monitored.
No. 3
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We recommended that the Facility Director ensure the implementation of a standardized process for the management of cardiology consults, consistent with VHA policy.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure processes be strengthened so that Focused Professional Practice Evaluations for licensed independent practitioners are consistently conducted as required, and that compliance is monitored.
No. 5
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We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that the Chief of Staff maintain a comprehensive list of staff that is authorized to perform out of Operating Room airway management in compliance with facility policy.
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