Date Issued
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Report Number
14-01289-227
No. 1
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/9/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that actions from peer reviews are completed and reported to the Peer Review Committee.
No. 2
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/10/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that Focused Professional Practice Evaluation results for newly hired licensed independent practitioners are consistently reported to the Medical Executive Committee.
No. 3
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/9/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Committee code reviews include screening for clinical issues prior to the code that may have contributed to the occurrence of the code.
No. 4
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/10/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that electronic health record data is analyzed and reported at least quarterly in Electronic Health Record Committee meeting minutes.
No. 5
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/10/2015
We recommended that the facility implement a quality control policy for scanning.
No. 6
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the Blood Usage Review Committee includes a member from Medicine Service, that the member from Surgery Service consistently attends meetings, and that the blood/transfusions usage review process includes the results of proficiency testing and the results of peer reviews when transfusions did not meet criteria.
No. 7
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that actions taken when data analyses indicated problems or opportunities for improvement are consistently followed to resolution in the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Operative and Other Procedures, Peer Review, and Environment of Care Committees.
No. 8
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/11/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that glucometers are cleaned between patients, damaged glucometer cases are replaced, and optical examination equipment is cleaned routinely and that compliance be monitored.
No. 9
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/11/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clinicians conducting medication education accommodate identified learning barriers and document the accommodations made to address those barriers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 10
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/11/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clinicians complete and document National Institutes of Health stroke scales for each stroke patient and that compliance be monitored.
No. 11
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/11/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clinicians screen patients for difficulty swallowing prior to oral intake.
No. 12
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/11/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clinicians provide printed stroke education to patients upon discharge and that compliance be monitored.
No. 13
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/10/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that staff document the reasons for discontinuing or not providing restorative nursing services when those services are care planned and that compliance be monitored.
No. 14
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/10/2015
We recommended that the facility establish written procedures for handling emergencies in magnetic resonance imaging and that compliance be monitored.
No. 15
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/10/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that cardiac and contrast reaction emergency drills are conducted in magnetic resonance imaging and that compliance be monitored.
No. 16
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2015
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that radiologists and/or Level 2 magnetic resonance imaging personnel document resolution in patients’ electronic health records of all identified magnetic resonance imaging contraindications prior to the scan and that compliance be monitored.
No. 17
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/10/2015
We recommended that additional Level 2 magnetic resonance imaging personnel be designated, that processes be strengthened to ensure that all designated Level 1 ancillary staff and Level 2 magnetic resonance imaging personnel receive annual level-specific magnetic resonance imaging safety training, and that compliance with training be monitored.
No. 18
to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/10/2015
We recommended that appropriate screening be in place to restrict access to magnetic resonance imaging Zones III and IV.