All Reports

Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the VA Portland Health Care System in Oregon
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20-01257-180
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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: 1/11/2022
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Quality, Safety and Value Council’s recommended improvement actions are fully implemented and monitored.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/11/2022
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Utilization Management Committee’s recommended improvement actions are fully implemented.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/13/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that root cause analyses include all required review elements.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/13/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures all root cause analysis actions are fully implemented.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/11/2022
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that provider exit review forms are completed within seven business days of licensed healthcare professionals’ departure from the healthcare system.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/11/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers complete an aberrant behavior risk assessment that includes a history of aberrant drug-related behaviors prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/16/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers conduct urine drug testing as recommended for patients on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/4/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers obtain and document informed consent for patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/4/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers conduct follow-up assessments that include adherence to the pain management plan of care and effectiveness of the interventions.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/11/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers conduct four follow-up visits, either face-to-face or telephonic with documented consent, within the required time frame.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/6/2023
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that employees complete annual suicide prevention refresher training.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/11/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers complete life-sustaining treatment decisions progress notes prior to hospice referrals.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2022
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that required members attend Women Veterans Health Committee meetings.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/13/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Women Veterans Health Committee reports to executive leaders.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/16/2022
The Deputy Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures standard operating procedures are kept up-to-date and reviewed at least every three years.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/13/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Endoscopy Clinic clean storage room maintains the required relative humidity range.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/16/2022
The Deputy Director for Patient Care Services determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that all new Sterile Processing Services employees complete Level 1 training within 90 days of hire.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System in Marion
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20-01270-154
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/9/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that service chiefs base reprivileging decisions on service-specific criteria for ongoing professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/5/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that service chiefs ensure that ongoing professional practice evaluations for radiation oncologists include the minimum radiation oncology-specific criteria.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/9/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers with similar training and privileges complete ongoing professional practice evaluations.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/9/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that service chiefs’ determinations to continue privileges are based, in part, on results of ongoing professional practice evaluation activities.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/6/2022
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Clinical Executive Board’s decision to recommend continuation of privileges is based on ongoing professional practice evaluation results.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/6/2022
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that provider exit review forms are completed within seven business days of licensed independent practitioners’ departure from the healthcare system.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/9/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures state licensing board reporting is initiated when a provider fails to meet generally accepted standards of practice.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers complete an aberrant behavior risk assessment that includes a history of substance abuse, mental health problems or disorders, and aberrant drug-related behaviors for all patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers consistently conduct urine drug testing as recommended for patients on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers consistently obtain and document informed consent for patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers conduct four follow-up visits, either face-to-face or telephonic with documented consent, within the required time frame.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that suicide prevention safety plans are completed within the required time frame.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/2/2022
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures employees complete annual suicide prevention refresher training.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/15/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that gynecological care coverage is available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/9/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that required members consistently attend Women Veterans Health Committee meetings.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/15/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Sterile Processing Services Chief performs an annual risk analysis and reports the results to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/15/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Sterile Processing Services supervisor enforces the daily cleaning schedule at the Fort Wayne campus.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/5/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that all new Sterile Processing Services employees complete Level 1 training within 90 days of hire.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/15/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services employees who reprocess reusable medical equipment complete competency assessments.
No. 20
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/15/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures Sterile Processing Services employees receive monthly continuing education.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Battle Creek VA Medical Center in Michigan
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20-01267-148
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2022
The Medical Center Director determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures specific action items are recommended, implemented, and monitored when problems and opportunities for improvement are identified.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/5/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that an interdisciplinary committee reviews utilization management data as required.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2022
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that service chiefs complete provider exit review forms within seven business days of licensed healthcare professionals’ departure from the medical center.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/5/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Pain Management Committee monitors the quality of pain assessments and effectiveness of pain management interventions.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/5/2022
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers conduct four follow-up visits, either face-to-face or telephonic with documented patient preference, within the required time frame.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/9/2022
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that required members are assigned and consistently attend Women’s Health Advisory Committee meetings.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/1/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Women Veterans Program Manager is full-time and free of collateral duties.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/1/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the medical center has a designated maternity care coordinator
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/9/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that standard operating procedures align with the manufacturers’ guidelines and instructions for use.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/9/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that all new Sterile Processing Services employees complete Level 1 training within 90 days of hire.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/9/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services employees complete valid competency assessments prior to reprocessing reusable medical equipment.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Chillicothe VA Medical Center in Ohio
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20-01268-143
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention ● Patient Safety ● Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/27/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that a summary of the Peer Review Committee’s analysis is reviewed quarterly by the Medical Staff Executive Council.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2022
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Patient Safety Manager monitors implemented root cause analysis action items for sustained improvement.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that reprivileging decisions are based on service-specific ongoing professional practice evaluation data.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2022
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers with similar training and privileges complete ongoing professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2022
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that a licensed healthcare professional’s first- or second-line supervisor correctly completes and signs an exit review form within seven business days of the professional’s departure from the medical center.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/14/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Opioid Safety Review Board monitors the quality of pain assessment and effectiveness of pain management interventions.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2022
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that employees complete suicide prevention training as required.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2022
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that required Women Veterans Health Committee members are assigned and consistently attend meetings, and that the committee reports to the Medical Staff Executive Council.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures standard operating procedures are current, align with manufacturers’ guidelines/instructions for use, and are reviewed at least every three years or when there is a change.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/27/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that commercial airflow directional devices are used in areas where reusable medical equipment is reprocessed and stored.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that all Sterile Processing Services employees complete Level 1 training within 90 days of hire.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that Sterile Processing Services employee competency assessments align with medical center standard operating procedures.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Cincinnati VA Medical Center in Ohio
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20-01276-131
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Topics:  Patient Safety ● Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/19/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Quality, Safety, and Value Committee fully implements and monitors improvement actions.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/19/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that all applicable deaths are peer reviewed.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/19/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that root cause analyses include all required review elements.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/5/2022
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures clinical managers define in advance, communicate, and document criteria for focused professional practice evaluations in practitioner profiles.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/2/2024

The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that service chiefs document the results of focused professional practice evaluations in practitioner profiles.

No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/24/2023
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that service chiefs collect service-specific ongoing professional practice evaluation data.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/29/2022
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs recommend continuation of privileges based on ongoing professional practice evaluation data.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/29/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that Clinical Executive Board meeting minutes consistently reflect the review of professional practice evaluation results in the decision to recommend initiation and continuation of privileges.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/2/2024

The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that provider exit review forms are completed within seven business days of licensed healthcare professionals’ departure from the medical center.

No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/29/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures clinicians complete suicide prevention safety plans in the expected time frame for patients with High Risk for Suicide Patient Record Flags.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/19/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that each community-based outpatient clinic has at least two designated women’s health primary care providers or plans for leave coverage if there is only one designated provider.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/12/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that required members are assigned and consistently attend Women Veterans Advisory Committee meetings.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/13/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that standard operating procedures align with manufacturer’s instructions for use.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/24/2023
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that CensiTrac® is fully operational.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/13/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Chief of Sterile Processing Services maintains written records of weekly eyewash station function testing.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/29/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that staff who reprocess reusable medical equipment receive monthly continuing education.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center in Michigan
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20-01266-117
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/4/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures action items are fully implemented when problems or opportunities for improvement are identified.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/4/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that practitioners with similar training and privileges complete ongoing professional practice evaluations.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/24/2022
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that Provider Exit Review Forms are completed within seven business days of licensed independent practitioners’ departure from the medical center.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/4/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that suicide prevention coordinators complete suicide prevention safety plans within the required time frame and include contact information for professional agencies.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/23/2022
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that employees complete annual suicide prevention refresher training
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/4/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain the Women Veterans Health Committee meets regularly, appoints required members who consistently attend meetings, and reports to executive leaders.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/4/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Chief of Sterile Processing Services enforces the endoscopy clinic reprocessing area’s daily cleaning schedule.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/17/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that temperature and humidity ranges are monitored and maintained in the Sterile Processing Services main supply room and endoscopy clinic reprocessing area.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/4/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that all staff who reprocess reusable medical equipment receive monthly continuing education.
Insufficient Veterans Crisis Line Management of Two Callers with Homicidal Ideation, and an Inadequate Primary Care Assessment at the Montana VA Health Care System in Fort Harrison
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20-00545-115
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director conducts a full review of the Veterans Crisis Line staff’s management of caller 1’s contacts, including the responder’s conduct, consults with Human Resources and General Counsel Offices, and takes action as warranted.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director ensures leaders’ awareness and understanding of administrative investigation board policy and procedures as applicable to the Veterans Crisis Line.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/24/2021
The Montana VA Health Care System Director ensures that primary care providers include and document assessment and care plans for patients with mental health conditions.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/24/2021
The Montana VA Health Care System Director makes certain that primary care providers comply with Veterans Health Administration policy regarding the electronic health record documentation of patients’ non-VA health records.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The Executive Director, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, consults with relevant Veterans Health Administration program offices, including the National Center for Patient Safety, to establish applicable quality management processes and expectations including staff reporting of adverse events and close calls.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director evaluates Veterans Crisis Line leaders’ expectations regarding the percentage of silent monitored calls completed and establishes benchmarks for individual staff requirements.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director makes certain that root cause analyses are conducted as required by Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The Executive Director, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, determines if Veterans Health Administration disclosure policies apply to the Veterans Crisis Line and establishes procedures as appropriate.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director ensures processes are developed to promote responders’ communication regarding emergency dispatch for disconnected callers.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director conducts a full review of Veterans Crisis Line staff members’ contacts and rescue management with caller 2, consults with the Human Resources and General Counsel Offices, and takes action as warranted.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director strengthens supervisory oversight of social service assistants and clearly communicates expectations to all supervisory levels.
Deficiencies in Care and Administrative Processes for a Patient Who Died by Suicide, Phoenix VA Health Care System, Arizona
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20-02667-93
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention ● Community Care

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Phoenix VA Health Care System Director conducts a full review of the patient’s care to determine if administrative action is warranted, consulting with Human Resources and General Counsel offices as appropriate.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/1/2021
The Phoenix VA Health Care System Director ensures that staff complete suicide risk assessments consistent with Veterans Health Administration and Phoenix VA Health Care System policies.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/1/2021
The Phoenix VA Health Care System Director ensures timely and accurate completion of electronic health record documentation.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/1/2021
The Phoenix VA Health Care System Director evaluates the community care psychology consult authorization timeliness and takes action as warranted.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 12/1/2021
The Phoenix VA Health Care System Director conducts a review of Primary Care Clinic missed appointment procedures and ensures patient follow-up and staff training, as appropriate.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 12/1/2021
The Phoenix VA Health Care System Director evaluates scheduling accuracy of mental health community care psychology consults and takes action as appropriate.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Phoenix VA Health Care System Director ensures timely completion of behavioral health autopsies, consistent with Veterans Health Administration policy, and monitors for ongoing compliance.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Dayton VA Medical Center in Ohio
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20-01271-64
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 7/12/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs define in advance, communicate, and document expectations for focused professional practice evaluations in provider profiles.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 7/12/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that service chiefs include the minimum specialty-specific criteria for professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 9/17/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that service chiefs complete and document focused professional practice evaluations on all newly hired licensed independent practitioners and evaluation results are reviewed and documented by the Clinical Executive Board.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 3/18/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that reprivileging decisions are based on service-specific ongoing professional practice evaluation data.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 9/17/2021
The Medical Center Director determines reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that provider exit review forms are completed within seven calendar days of licensed healthcare professionals’ departure from the medical center.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 9/17/2021
The Medical Center Director determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Multidisciplinary Pain Management Committee monitors the quality of pain assessment and the effectiveness of pain management interventions.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 12/29/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that qualified providers conduct four follow-up visits within 30 days of a High Risk for Suicide Patient Record Flag placement.
No. 8
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Closure Date: 9/17/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that clinicians complete patient safety plans within seven days before or after the current High Risk for Suicide Patient Record Flag date.
No. 9
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Closure Date: 3/18/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that life-sustaining treatment plans for patients who lack both decision-making capacity and a surrogate are referred to and reviewed by the assigned multidisciplinary committee.
No. 10
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Closure Date: 7/12/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the medical center’s Women Veterans Program Manager is free of collateral duties.
Deficiencies in Inpatient Mental Health Care Coordination and Processes Prior to a Patient’s Death by Suicide, Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, Missouri
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20-01521-48
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Care Coordination ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 6/16/2021
The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital Director strengthens the processes for collaboration between Inpatient Mental Health Unit staff and Vet Center providers for shared patients including for collateral information and discharge planning.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 6/16/2021
The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital Director ensures that Inpatient Mental Health Unit staff collaboratively develop safety plans with patients, including asking the patient directly about access to lethal means.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 6/16/2021
The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital Director continues to monitor the communication of suicide risk assessment results in the hand-off process across clinical settings and takes action as necessary.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 6/16/2021
The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital Director monitors compliance with Mental Health Treatment Coordinator standard operating procedures to ensure that Inpatient Mental Health Unit staff assign a Mental Health Treatment Coordinator, as required.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 6/16/2021
The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital Director ensures that issue briefs are comprehensive and accurate.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 6/16/2021
The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital Director conducts a full review of the patient’s final episode of care and determines whether an institutional disclosure is warranted.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 7/19/2021
The Under Secretary for Health disseminates written guidance broadly to Veterans Health Administration stakeholders to ensure that Vet Center staff are included in the root cause analysis process for suicide-related events of shared patients.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina
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20-00130-25
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 8/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that service chiefs’ reprivileging recommendations are based on ongoing professional practice evaluation activities and licensed independent practitioner files contain properly completed evaluation forms with supporting data.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 9/6/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Medical Executive Board’s decision to recommend continuation of privileges is based on complete ongoing professional practice evaluation results.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 6/22/2021
The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that provider exit review forms are completed within seven calendar days of licensed health care professionals’ departure from the medical center.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 6/22/2021
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that staff dispose of contaminated instruments and used medications appropriately.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 6/22/2021
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures managers remove patient care supplies from shipping cartons and all corrugated boxes prior to putting items in clean storage areas.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 12/14/2020
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that staff secure protected health information when transporting laboratory specimens from the clinic to the medical center.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 9/6/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers complete an aberrant behavior risk assessment that includes a history of substance abuse, mental health problems or disorders, and aberrant drug-related behaviors on all patients prior to initiating long- term opioid therapy.
No. 8
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Closure Date: 11/10/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers obtain and document informed consent for patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 9
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Closure Date: 11/10/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers conduct follow-up assessments that include adherence to the plan of care and effectiveness of interventions within three months of initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 10
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Closure Date: 6/22/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that mental health providers collaborate with the Suicide Prevention Coordinator after unsuccessful contact attempts with patients flagged as high risk for suicide who miss mental health appointments and properly document those efforts.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2020
The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures all staff complete annual suicide prevention refresher training
No. 12
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Closure Date: 12/14/2020
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that gynecological care coverage is available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
No. 13
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Closure Date: 6/22/2021
The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that required members are appointed and attend Women Veterans Health Committee meetings.
No. 14
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Closure Date: 6/22/2021
The Associate Director Patient Care/Nursing Service evaluates and determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that high-level disinfected endoscopes are stored properly.
Deficiencies in the Veterans Crisis Line Response to a Veteran Caller Who Died
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19-08542-11
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 4/26/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director conducts a comprehensive review of the Caller’s contacts and staff documentation on the day of the Caller’s death, consults with Human Resources and General Counsel Offices, and takes action as warranted.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 4/26/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director evaluates the effectiveness of current training for responders on lethal means assessment, takes action as warranted, and ensures supervisory oversight of lethal means assessments and related documentation.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 4/26/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director provides written guidance on responders’ documentation of supervisory consultation and considers implementing independent supervisory documentation.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 1/19/2022
The Veterans Crisis Line Director establishes policy and training for responders’ assessment of callers’ substance use and overdose risk, and monitors compliance.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 4/26/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director expedites the decision whether to implement a standardized safety plan template and ensures completion of safety planning per Veterans Crisis Line standards.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 4/26/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director evaluates the criteria for supervisory follow-up including silent monitoring criteria and internal program review outcomes and takes action, as warranted.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 4/26/2021
The Veterans Crisis Line Director implements a system to identify caller contacts that warrant root cause analysis or other internal reviews and tracks the review process to completion and includes interviews of all relevant staff.
No. 8
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Closure Date: 8/10/2021
The Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program Executive Director expedites efforts to develop suicide prevention strategies for weekend and holiday callers who are identified at increased risk for suicide.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System in Montgomery
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20-00131-243
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 2/8/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that final peer reviews are completed within 120 calendar days from the date a peer review is required, and any necessary extensions are approved in writing by the System Director.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Interdisciplinary Peer Review Panel provides quarterly analysis summaries to the Medical Executive Council.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that physician utilization management advisors consistently document their decisions in the National Utilization Management Integration database.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that all required representatives consistently participate in interdisciplinary reviews of utilization management data.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 2/8/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Patient Safety Manager includes all required elements in root cause analyses and properly documents root cause analyses in the VHA Patient Safety Information System.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 2/8/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Patient Safety Manager submits each root cause analysis to the National Center for Patient Safety within the required time frame.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 2/8/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Patient Safety Manager or designee provides feedback to staff who submit patient adverse event reports that result in root cause analysis actions.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers with similar training and privileges complete focused and ongoing professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that reprivileging decisions are based on service- or section-specific ongoing professional practice evaluation data.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/8/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain the licensed healthcare professional’s first- or second-line supervisor completes and signs the exit review form within seven calendar days of the professional’s departure from the healthcare system.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 1/10/2022
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that healthcare system managers maintain a safe and clean environment by identifying and resolving environmental deficiencies found during environment of care rounds.
No. 12
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Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers complete an aberrant behavior risk assessment that includes a history of substance abuse, psychological disease, and aberrant drug-related behaviors on patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 13
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Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers document justification for prescribing opioids and benzodiazepines concurrently.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers consistently conduct urine drug testing for patients on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers consistently obtain and document informed consent for patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers follow up with patients within the required time frame after initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers’ follow-up with patients receiving long-term opioid therapy includes an assessment of adherence to the pain management plan of care.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers’ follow-up with patients receiving long-term opioid therapy includes an assessment of intervention effectiveness.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Pain Management Committee monitors the quality of pain assessment and the effectiveness of pain management interventions.
No. 20
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/30/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers conduct four follow-up appointments within the required time frame for patients flagged as high risk for suicide.
No. 21
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/10/2022
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures clinical and nonclinical staff complete annual suicide prevention refresher training.
No. 22
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Closure Date: 10/18/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers complete and document goals of care conversations prior to hospice referrals.
No. 23
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Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that all required members consistently attend Women Veterans Health Committee meetings and the committee reports to executive leaders.
No. 24
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Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that healthcare system staff collect and track the required women veterans quality assurance data.
No. 25
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Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Sterile Processing Services Chief reports the annual risk analysis to the Veteran Integrated Service Network Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
No. 26
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Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The Deputy Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Chief, Engineering Services conducts annual airflow testing in all areas where reusable medical equipment is reprocessed or stored.
No. 27
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that commercial airflow directional devices are used in areas where reusable medical equipment is reprocessed and stored.
No. 28
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Closure Date: 1/10/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that all new Sterile Processing Services employees complete Level 1 training within 90 days of hire.
No. 29
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Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Reusable Medical Equipment Coordinator completes competency assessments for all staff reprocessing reusable medical equipment.
No. 30
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Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that Sterile Processing Services staff receive monthly continuing education.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Birmingham VA Medical Center in Alabama
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20-00130-241
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Medical Center Director determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that root cause analyses include all required review elements and are properly documented in the VHA Patient Safety Information System.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the service chief includes the minimum pathology-specific criteria for focused professional practice evaluations.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that reprivileging decisions are based on service-specific criteria for ongoing professional practice evaluations.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers with similar training and privileges complete ongoing professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 3/24/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that a licensed healthcare practitioner’s first- or second-line supervisor completes and signs the exit review form within seven calendar days of departure from the medical center.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that medical center managers keep furnishings and equipment safe and in good repair.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that Environmental Management Services staff separate clean and dirty equipment, devices, and supplies.
No. 8
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Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons fornoncompliance and ensures that medical center managers maintain safe, functional,and clean patient care areas.
No. 9
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Closure Date: 3/24/2021
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons fornoncompliance and ensures that staff secure protected health information withinlaboratory transport containers.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/24/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers complete an aberrant behavior risk assessment that includes a history of untreated substance abuse, unstable psychological disease, and aberrant drug-related behaviors on patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain providers document justification for prescribing opioids and benzodiazepines concurrently.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/1/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers consistently conduct urine drug testing as required for patients on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/1/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers consistently obtain and document informed consent for patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that suicide prevention safety plans are completed within seven days before or after the High Risk for Suicide Patient Record Flag designation.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that suicide prevention safety plans include all required elements for patients with High Risk for Suicide Patient Record Flags.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that clinical and nonclinical staff complete annual suicide prevention refresher training.
No. 17
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Closure Date: 3/24/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that each community-based outpatient clinic has at least two designated women’s health primary care providers.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/21/2021
The Associate Director for Patient/Nursing Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Sterile Processing Services Chief reports the annual risk analysis results to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
Deficiencies in Care, Care Coordination, and Facility Response to a Patient Who Died by Suicide, Memphis VA Medical Center in Tennessee
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19-09493-249
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention ● Care Coordination

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/3/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director evaluates the current process for patients discharged from the Emergency Department who need to be seen the same day in the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic for medication management, establishes a clear referral process to the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, and verifies that patients receive the care needed.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 8/11/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director reviews the Emergency Department Mental Health Handbook and defines a clear process for medication management in the Emergency Department, and ensures that patients receive same day psychiatric medication management when indicated.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 2/7/2022
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director evaluates the current process for Emergency Department physicians to refer patients to the Emergency Department mental health provider for a mental health assessment and verifies that patients who require mental health provider assessment receive the care needed.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 8/11/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director reviews the current medication reconciliation processes in the Emergency Department and Primary Care Clinics and verifies that providers complete and document medication reconciliation in accordance with policy and makes changes as necessary.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 8/11/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director assesses the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic check-in process and verifies mental health patients are registered, triaged, and receive mental health services as needed.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/11/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center ensures that patients are offered the option of community care consult, as appropriate.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/3/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director evaluates the outpatient consult process and verifies that providers manage discontinued consults appropriately.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/6/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director evaluates the process for community care clinical oversight, clarifies who has responsibility for coordinating care for patients receiving mental health in the community, and verifies that patients receive authorized community mental health care.
No. 9
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Closure Date: 2/7/2022
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director evaluates the process for timely retrieval of medical records from community care providers, verifies the medical records are uploaded into patients’ electronic health records, and takes action as necessary.
No. 10
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Closure Date: 8/11/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director evaluates the clinical review process for community care authorizations, ensures staff are trained on the process, verifies that authorizations have clinical delegate review, and are processed timely.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 5/3/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director reviews the complaint reporting, responding and tracking processes and ensures that complaints are addressed, resolved, and documented in accordance with current facility policy.
No. 12
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Closure Date: 2/24/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director ensures leaders and supervisors are trained on initiating and conducting a fact finding.
No. 13
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Closure Date: 9/3/2020
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director considers conducting further review to address the differing accounts of the Emergency Department physician and Emergency Department mental health provider regarding the patient referral to ascertain whether the Emergency Department failed to follow facility policy, and takes action if needed.
No. 14
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Closure Date: 5/3/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director ensures that responsible staff receive training on completing behavioral autopsy reports as required by the Veterans Health Administration Behavioral Health Autopsy Program and verifies that behavioral autopsies are completed in accordance with policy.
No. 15
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Closure Date: 5/3/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director reviews the issue brief reporting requirements with supervisors and ensures timely issue brief reporting for patients who die by suicide.
No. 16
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Closure Date: 10/6/2021
The Memphis VA Medical Center Director ensures that staff who conduct root cause analyses are trained on the guidelines for interviewing individuals vital to the root cause analysis charter and identified processes, and verifies the root cause analysis interview guidelines are followed.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center in Alabama
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20-00130-194
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Associate Director determines the reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures egresses are free of blockages.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Associate Director determines the reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures damaged wheelchairs are repaired or removed from service.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that the Suicide Prevention Coordinator ensures completion and documentation of at least five outreach activities each month.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that clinicians conduct four follow-up appointments within the required time frame.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that providers document all required elements of goals of care conversations.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines reason(s) for noncompliance and certifies that the multidisciplinary committee responsible for life-sustaining treatment decision reviews include three or more different disciplines and at least one member from the medical center’s Ethics Consultation Service.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Medical Center Director determines the reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that the multidisciplinary committee reviews life-sustaining treatment plans for patients who lack decision-making capability and do not have a surrogate.
No. 8
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Closure Date: 4/28/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures the medical center’s Women Veterans Program Manager is free of collateral duties.
No. 9
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Associate Director for Nursing and Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that the Associate Chief Nurse of Operations maintains an accurate file of all reusable devices that includes current manufacturers’ instructions for use.
No. 10
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Closure Date: 4/28/2021
The Associate Director for Nursing and Patient Care Services determines the reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that the CensiTrac® instrument tracking system is installed and operational.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Associate Director for Nursing and Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that the Associate Chief Nurse of Operations reports the annual risk analysis to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
No. 12
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services areas are cleaned as scheduled.
No. 13
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Associate Director for Nursing and Patient Care Services determines the reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services maintains required climate control parameters for areas where reusable medical equipment is reprocessed and stored.
No. 14
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Closure Date: 2/12/2021
The Associate Director for Nursing and Patient Care Services determines the reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services staff receive competency assessments for reprocessing reusable medical equipment.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas
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19-06872-199
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Topics:  Patient Safety ● Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures all required representatives consistently participate in interdisciplinary reviews of utilization management data.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 7/9/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that root cause analyses include all required review elements and are properly documented in the VHA Patient Safety Information System.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 7/9/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that root cause analysis actions are implemented and properly documented in the VHA Patient Safety Information System.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that the Patient Safety Manager or designee provides an annual patient safety report to medical center leaders.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 12/29/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures clinical managers define in advance, communicate, and document expectations for focused professional practice evaluations in provider profiles.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 3/31/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that reprivileging decisions are based on service-specific ongoing professional practice evaluation data.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/31/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures clinical managers consistently collect and review ongoing professional practice evaluation data.
No. 8
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Closure Date: 3/31/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that providers with similar training and privileges complete ongoing professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 9
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Closure Date: 3/31/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that Medical Professional Standards Board meeting minutes consistently reflect the review of professional practice evaluation results when recommending continuation of privileges.
No. 10
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Closure Date: 12/29/2021
The Chief of Staff determines reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that provider exit review forms are completed within seven calendar days of licensed healthcare professionals departing the medical center.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Chief of Staff determines reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures the departing licensed healthcare professional’s first- or second-line supervisor appropriately signs the exit review form.
No. 12
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Associate Director determines reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that patient care supply areas are properly designated, and adequate temperature and humidity controls are continuously monitored and maintained.
No. 13
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that a safe and clean environment is maintained throughout the medical center.
No. 14
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that personally identifiable information is protected when transporting information or specimens from the clinics to the medical center.
No. 15
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Closure Date: 12/14/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that clinicians complete a behavioral risk assessment that includes a history of substance abuse, psychological disease, and aberrant drug-related behaviors on patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 16
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Closure Date: 6/13/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that healthcare providers consistently obtain and document informed consent for patients who are initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 17
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Closure Date: 12/14/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures healthcare providers follow up with patients within three months after initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 18
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Chief of Staff determines reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that clinicians conduct four follow-up appointments within the required time frame and document the patient’s preference for telephonic follow-up, if warranted.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that clinicians complete safety plans in a timely manner and that all required elements—including firearm and opioid safety—are assessed for patients with High Risk for Suicide Patient Record Flags.
No. 20
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures clinical and nonclinical staff receive annual suicide prevention refresher training.
No. 21
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Closure Date: 7/9/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and appoints a multidisciplinary committee responsible for life-sustaining treatment decision reviews that includes representatives from three or more different disciplines.
No. 22
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that required members consistently attend Women Veterans Health Committee meetings.
No. 23
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and makes certain that Sterile Processing Services reports the annual risk analysis to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
No. 24
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services maintain required airflow parameters for areas where reusable medical equipment is reprocessed.
No. 25
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Closure Date: 8/18/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that staff avoid eating, drinking, and/or storing food items in areas where decontamination, sterilization, or clean/sterile storage occurs.148
No. 26
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services determines reason(s) for noncompliance and ensures that staff properly store endoscopes.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois
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20-00077-211
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that a minimum of 80 percent of inpatient utilization management reviews are completed.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures all required representatives consistently participate in interdisciplinary utilization management data reviews.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 5/7/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Medical Executive Council documents conclusions and recommendations for continuation of privileges that are based on focused professional practice evaluation results.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 4/25/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and verifies that first- or second-line supervisors complete provider exit review forms within seven calendar days of providers’ departure from the medical center.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 11/2/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that service leaders immediately report a provider’s failure to meet generally accepted standards of practice to state licensing boards
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that clinicians complete an aberrant behavior risk assessment that includes a history of substance abuse, psychological disease, and aberrant drug-related behaviors on all patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that clinicians document justification for concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine medication therapy.
No. 8
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that clinicians consistently conduct urine drug testing as required for patients on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that clinicians consistently obtain and document informed consent for patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 10
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that clinicians follow up with patients within the required time frame after initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that provider follow-up with patients receiving long-term opioid therapy includes an assessment of pain management care plan adherence and intervention effectiveness.
No. 12
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Closure Date: 11/2/2021
The Medical Center Director determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Pain Committee monitors the quality of pain assessment and effectiveness of pain management interventions.
No. 13
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Closure Date: 11/2/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that mental health providers consistently contact or attempt to contact high-risk patients who miss mental health or substance abuse appointments and properly document those efforts.
No. 14
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Closure Date: 11/2/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and verifies that providers complete safety plans within the required time frame for patients with High Risk for Suicide Patient Record Flags.
No. 15
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Closure Date: 11/2/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluate and determines any additional reason for noncompliance and makes certain that suicide prevention safety plans include all required elements.
No. 16
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Closure Date: 8/18/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain staff complete suicide risk and intervention training within 90 days of entering their position and annual suicide prevention refresher training thereafter.
No. 17
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Closure Date: 2/11/2022
The Medical Center Director determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that a multidisciplinary life-sustaining treatment decisions committee is established to review all proposed plans.
No. 18
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Closure Date: 5/7/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that each site of care has at least two designated women’s health primary care providers or arrangements for leave coverage when there is only one designated provider.
No. 19
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Closure Date: 11/2/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that required members consistently attend the Women Veterans Health Committee meetings.
No. 20
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Closure Date: 8/18/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that standard operating procedures align with manufacturers’ guidelines and instructions for use.
No. 21
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Closure Date: 1/15/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Chief of Sterile Processing Services reports the annual risk analysis results to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
No. 22
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Closure Date: 4/25/2022
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services staff receive properly completed competency assessments for reprocessing reusable medical equipment.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the VA St. Louis Health Care System in Missouri
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19-06873-210
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Suicide Prevention ● Patient Safety

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 12/22/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures improvement actions recommended by the Quality Executive Board are fully implemented and improvement changes are monitored.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 2/9/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures all required representatives consistently participate in interdisciplinary utilization management data reviews.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 12/22/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Patient Safety Manager or designee consistently implements improvement actions arising from root cause analysis activities.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 12/22/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that service chiefs include service-specific criteria for ongoing professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 9/27/2022
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that service chiefs’ reprivileging recommendations are based on ongoing professional practice evaluation activities.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 12/22/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Medical Executive Board’s decision to recommend continuation of privileges is based on ongoing professional practice evaluation results.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 9/25/2023
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that provider exit review forms are completed within seven calendar days of licensed healthcare professionals departing the healthcare system.
No. 8
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Closure Date: 5/24/2021
The Associate Director determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures mental health unit cameras are reconfigured to eliminate blind spots.
No. 9
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Closure Date: 9/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers complete a behavioral risk assessment that includes a history of substance abuse, psychological disease, and aberrant drug-related behaviors for all patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 10
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Closure Date: 9/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that healthcare providers consistently conduct urine drug testing as required for patients on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 9/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that healthcare providers consistently obtain and document informed consent for patients prior to beginning long-term opioid therapy.
No. 12
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Closure Date: 9/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures healthcare providers follow up with patients within three months after initiating long-term opioid therapy and assess intervention effectiveness.
No. 13
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Closure Date: 9/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Pain Committee monitors the quality of pain assessment, effectiveness of pain management interventions, and opportunities for improvements.
No. 14
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Closure Date: 9/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Suicide Prevention Coordinator delivers at least five outreach activities each month.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers conduct four follow-up visits, either face-to-face or telephonic with documented consent, within the required time frame.
No. 16
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Closure Date: 9/21/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff receive annual suicide prevention refresher training.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/9/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that required members are assigned and consistently attend Women Veterans Health Committee meetings and that the committee reports to an executive leadership board.
No. 18
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Closure Date: 2/9/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that gastroenterology staff test at least 10 percent of reprocessed endoscopes for bioburden and testing to include each endoscope model.
No. 19
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Closure Date: 9/21/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that all new Sterile Processing Services employees complete Level 1 training within 90 days of hire.
No. 20
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Closure Date: 9/21/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures Sterile Processing Services staff receive monthly continuing education.
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