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Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00097-113
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/22/2025

The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs regularly complete Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations for each licensed independent practitioner.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/14/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff reviews Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data and documents its review prior to recommending licensed independent practitioners’ ongoing privileges to the Director.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/14/2024

The Director ensures staff complete environment of care inspections at the required frequency.

No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/6/2025

The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation the same calendar day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00122-118
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/28/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures medical staff review and document licensed independent practitioners’ Focused Professional Practice Evaluation results and report them to the Medical Executive Board.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/28/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs monitor licensed independent practitioners’ performance by regularly conducting Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/28/2024

The Medical Center Director ensures staff conduct environment of care inspections in patient care areas at the required frequency.

No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/13/2024

The Medical Center Director ensures the Suicide Prevention Coordinator reports suicide-related events to mental health leaders and quality management staff at least monthly.

No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/28/2024

The Medical Center Director ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation following a patient’s positive suicide risk screen.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-03164-106
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2025

The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-03167-110
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/21/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same calendar day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00117-108
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/14/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs incorporate service-specific criteria in licensed independent practitioners’ Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/14/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs regularly monitor licensed independent practitioners’ performance through Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/14/2024

The Medical Center Director ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00528-92
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Topics:  Care Coordination ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/30/2024

The VA Maine Healthcare System Director confirms that staff complete the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale and document on the Veterans Health Administration template when patients are unwilling to participate in completion of the screening.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/30/2024

The VA Maine Healthcare System Director oversees a review to determine whether a VA Maine Healthcare System policy in which clinical staff will be expected to develop safety plans with patients is needed; and if so, ensures one is created.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/17/2025

The VA Maine Healthcare System Director verifies that patients identified as having suicidal ideations or behaviors have personalized safety plans documented in the electronic health record, and monitors compliance.

No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/24/2025

The VA Maine Healthcare System Director assesses staff knowledge of when to notify the VA Maine Healthcare System suicide prevention staff about a patient who has made a threat of self-directed violence during a phone call with VA staff, and takes action as warranted.

No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/30/2024

The VA Maine Healthcare System Director ensures that VA Maine Healthcare System leaders and root cause analysis teams are trained in the process for responding to concerns with root cause analysis team findings according to VA National Center for Patient Safety guidance, and monitors adherence.

No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/1/2024

The VA Maine Healthcare System Director ensures that a review of the episode of care prior to the patient’s death is completed to determine whether peer reviews are warranted, and takes action accordingly.

No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/30/2024

The VA Maine Healthcare System Director confirms that VA Maine Healthcare System leaders, risk managers, and patient safety staff have knowledge of the types of quality management reviews that can and cannot be done concurrently.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00106-94
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
Related Media: Facility Photo

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/19/2025

The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation following a patient’s positive suicide risk screen.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/31/2025

The Chief of Staff ensures the Suicide Prevention Coordinator reports suicide-related events monthly to mental health leaders and quality management staff.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00023-96
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2024

The Director ensures the Patient Safety Manager documents start dates for sentinel event investigations in the Joint Patient Safety Reporting system.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2024

The Director ensures the Patient Safety Manager initiates a root cause analysis for all patient safety events assigned an actual or potential safety assessment code score of 3.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2024

The Director ensures executive leaders consolidate all credentialing and privileging activities into one credentialing and privileging office under the Chief of Staff.

No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2024

The Director ensures the Credentialing and Privileging Manager reports directly to the Chief of Staff.

No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2024

The Director ensures designated staff complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation the same calendar day, when logistically feasible and clinically appropriate, for all ambulatory care patients with a positive suicide risk screen.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-03157-95
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/31/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures the Medical Executive Council reviews results of professional practice evaluations.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/31/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete licensed independent practitioners’ professional practice evaluations.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/27/2024

The Veterans Integrated Service Network Director ensures the Veterans Integrated Service Network Chief Medical Officer provides oversight of the medical center’s privileging process.

No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2024

The Medical Center Director ensures the Comprehensive Environment of Care Coordinator or designee schedules environment of care inspections and staff complete and document them at the required frequency.

No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/31/2024

The Medical Center Director ensures staff keep patient care areas clean and safe.

No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/31/2024

The Medical Center Director ensures designated staff complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation the same calendar day, when logistically feasible and clinically appropriate, for all ambulatory care patients with a positive suicide risk screen.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-03166-88
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/29/2024

The Director ensures staff complete individual root cause analyses for all adverse patient safety events with an actual or potential safety assessment code score of 3.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/8/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs maintain sufficient data for licensed independent practitioners’ Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/30/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.

No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/30/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures designated staff complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation following a patient’s positive suicide risk screen.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00018-83
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/17/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00017-81
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Patient Care Services Operations ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2024

The Executive Director ensures Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or Facility Management Service staff monitor temperature and humidity in all clean and sterile storage rooms to maintain a stable environment.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/18/2024

The Executive Director ensures the Suicide Prevention Coordinator reports suicide-related events monthly to quality management staff.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/18/2024

The Executive Director ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same day as a positive suicide risk screen in ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00010-84
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Topics:  Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/29/2024

The Associate Director ensures staff keep areas used by patients clean and orderly.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/29/2024

The Associate Director ensures staff store clean and dirty equipment and supplies separately.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/22/2024

The Associate Director ensures staff place all examination tables with the foot facing away from the door.

No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/29/2024

The Director ensures the Suicide Prevention Coordinator reports suicide-related events monthly to mental health leaders and quality management staff.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-04038-82
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/24/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation following a patient’s positive suicide risk screen.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-02113-75
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Topics:  Care Coordination ● Community Care ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/8/2024

The North Las Vegas VA Medical Center Director reviews the community care coordination program, identifies deficiencies, and takes actions as warranted to ensure compliance with the Veterans Health Administration Field Guidebook, including training and completion of all care coordination responsibilities for patients discharged from a community hospital stay paid for by the VA.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/8/2024

The North Las Vegas VA Medical Center Director, in conjunction with the Primary Care Service chief, reviews the primary care processes, identifies deficiencies, and ensures compliance with Veterans Health Administration requirements, including response time to patients’ scheduling requests and availability of same-day access for face-to-face and telephone encounters.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/8/2024

The Sierra Pacific Network Director in conjunction with the Chief Medical Officer continues the review of the complete course of care provided by the Veterans Integrated Service Network physician for the patient, including the delivery of anticoagulants, and ability to access scanned documents in the electronic health record, and takes actions as warranted.

No. 4
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Closure Date: 7/8/2024

The North Las Vegas VA Medical Center Director, in conjunction with the Behavioral Health Service chief and the Primary Care Service chief, review the suicide prevention training program to ensure compliance with Veterans Health Administration policies, including reporting requirements following a patient’s death by suicide; identifies deficiencies; and takes actions as warranted.

No. 5
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Closure Date: 7/8/2024

The North Las Vegas VA Medical Center Director, in conjunction with the Behavioral Health Service chief, reviews the suicide prevention coordinators’ compliance with Veterans Health Administration policies, including actions required to complete a behavioral health autopsy and family interview tool contact form following a patient’s death by suicide; identifies deficiencies; and takes actions as warranted.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00011-73
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/26/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs use service-specific criteria in the professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete professional practice evaluations.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/26/2024

The Executive Medical Center Director ensures the Comprehensive Environment of Care Coordinator schedules, and staff complete and document, environment of care inspections at the required frequency.

No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/13/2024

The Executive Medical Center Director ensures staff document police response times to panic alarm testing in the mental health inpatient unit.

No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/24/2025

The Executive Medical Center Director ensures appropriate personnel install over-the-door alarms for sleeping room doors in the mental health inpatient unit.

No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/13/2024

The Executive Medical Center Director ensures staff follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for testing over-the-door alarms on sleeping room doors in the mental health inpatient unit.

No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/24/2025

The Executive Medical Center Director ensures staff maintain a safe environment in the mental health inpatient unit.

No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2024

The Executive Medical Center Director ensures staff keep patient care areas safe and clean.

No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/27/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures designated staff complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same calendar day as a positive suicide risk screen, when logistically feasible and clinically appropriate, for all ambulatory care patients.

No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2024

The Chief of Staff ensures the Suicide Prevention Coordinator conducts, tracks, and reports a minimum of five suicide prevention outreach activities monthly.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00009-57
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/4/2024

The Director ensures staff have written procedures for responding to utility system disruptions.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/25/2024

The Director ensures staff identify, minimize, or eliminate safety and security risks in the physical environment.

No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/27/2024

The Director ensures designated staff complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation the same calendar day, when logistically feasible and clinically appropriate, for all ambulatory care patients with a positive suicide risk screen.

No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/27/2024

The Director ensures clinical staff notify the suicide prevention team when patients report suicidal behaviors during the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-04132-48
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention ● VA Police
Related Media: Facility Photo