Combined Assessment Program Review of the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, Montgomery, Alabama

The purpose of the review was to evaluate selected operations, focusing on patient care administration and quality management (QM). During the review, OIG provided crime awareness briefings to 251 employees. This review focused on seven operational activities. The facility complied with selected standards in the following two activities (1) Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Centers and (2) QM. The facility’s reported accomplishment was initiating the Clinical Pharmacist Specialist Disease-Specific Competency Evaluation tool, which can be used to broaden a clinical pharmacist specialist’s scope of practice. OIG made recommendations for improvement in the following five activities: (1) colorectal cancer screening, (2) environment of care, (3) coordination of care, (4) medication management, and (5) polytrauma.