All Reports

Healthcare Inspection – Mental Health-Related Deficiencies and Inadequate Leadership Responsiveness, Central Alabama VA Health Care System, Montgomery, Alabama
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14-04530-414

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure adequate mental health staffing in the community based outpatient clinics to provide timely and appropriate patient care.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure appropriate review and scheduling of patients on the electronic wait list and Recall Reminder lists provided to management.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure that staff are trained on the proper use and management of the electronic wait list and the Recall Reminder list, that recall reminder letters are sent to patients, and that compliance is monitored.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure that clinical staff and the Suicide Prevention program staff follow guidelines on the identification, tracking, treatment, and follow-up of patients at high risk for suicide.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure that Substance Abuse Treatment Program patients have more timely access to residential/domiciliary beds, as needed.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure that staff receive appropriate training on the policy requirements for managing disruptive behavior.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure that the Disturbed Behavior Committee complies with policy on completing and documenting incident/threat assessments and initiating Patient Record Flags.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure that all Disturbed Behavior Committee Alert Notes, both recent and remote, have been reviewed and appropriate actions taken, if indicated.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure behavioral Patient Record Flags are re-evaluated within established timeframes.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director evaluate options available to improve the timeliness of Emergency Department clearance and acute mental health unit admission for high risk patients.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/17/2017
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure that mental health providers adequately document their clinical reasoning when their treatment decisions do not comply with VA/DoD guidelines for medication management in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorder patients.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director approve and issue a Mental Health Treatment Coordinator policy and train appropriate staff on same.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/17/2017
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure assignment of Mental Health Treatment Coordinators for all appropriate patients.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director monitor to ensure the Dothan Primary Care contractor complies with staffing and care specifications as outlined in the contract.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director ensure that the Dothan Primary Care contract complies with Veterans Health Administration policy on the treatment of uncomplicated psychiatric disorders.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director update the Dothan Mental Health Community Based Outpatient Clinics recorded message to instruct callers on what to do for a mental health emergency and how to access the Suicide Prevention/Crisis lines.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Central Alabama VA Health Care System Director reinitiate ongoing professional practice evaluation-related mental health chart reviews.
Healthcare Inspection – Delay in Emergency Airway Management and Concerns about Support for Nurses, VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA
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15-00533-440

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/14/2016
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that staff provide patients information on and assistance with completing advance directives.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2015
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that corrective action plans concerning clinical warnings, including code status, on patients' wristbands are fully implemented and that managers monitor compliance.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2015
We recommended that the Facility Director instruct nurse managers to conduct an inspection and ongoing monitoring of all inpatient units to ensure nurses do not make copies of wristbands for medication administration.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/14/2016
We recommended that the Facility Director conduct an evaluation of the medical-surgical unit to determine if there are issues undermining psychological safety at the work place and take action to address those issues.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/14/2016
We recommended that the Facility Director develop and implement a plan for employee support following traumatic events.
Inspection of VA Regional Office Louisville, Kentucky
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15-01193-433

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2015
We recommended the Louisville VA Regional Office Director develop and implement a plan to ensure staff follows policies and procedures associated with scheduling medical reexaminations.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2015
We recommended the Louisville VA Regional Office Director conduct a review of the 345 temporary 100 percent disability evaluations remaining from our inspection universe as of December 10, 2014, and take appropriate action.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2015
We recommended the Louisville VA Regional Office Director develop and implement a plan to assess the effectiveness of higher-level Special Monthly Compensation training.
No. 4
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2015
We recommended the Louisville VA Regional Office Director develop and implement a plan to assess the accuracy of secondary reviews involving higher-level Special Monthly Compensation and ancillary benefits.
No. 5
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2015
We recommended the Louisville VA Regional Office Director implement a plan to ensure staff timely process claims related to benefits reductions to minimize improper payments to veterans.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, Spokane, Washington
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15-00599-438

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that licensed independent practitioners who perform emergency airway management have the appropriate privileges.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that the Critical/Acute Care and Transfusion Committee review each code episode, that code reviews include screening for clinical issues prior to the code that may have contributed to the occurrence of the code, and that the committee collects code data.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that the Surgical Quality Committee meet monthly, document its review of National Surgical Office reports, and review all surgical deaths with identified problems or opportunities for improvement.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2015
We recommended that the facility keep the recipient list for the critical incident automated e-mail notification current.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that the recently initiated Accident Review Board provide oversight of the safe patient handling program and gather, track, and share patient handling injury data.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2015
We recommended that the quality control policy for scanning include the quality of the source document, an alternative means of capturing data when the quality of the source document does not meet image quality controls, a correction process if scanned items have errors, and a complete review of scanned documents to ensure readability and retrievability.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2015
We recommended that Environment of Care Committee meeting minutes track actions taken in response to identified deficiencies to closure.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2015
We recommended that facility managers ensure fire extinguishers in all patient care areas have documented monthly safety checks and monitor compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2015
We recommended the facility complete and document an annual review of the Hazard Vulnerability Assessment.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that oral syringes are available for liquid medications on all nursing units and that they are stored separately from parenteral syringes to minimize the risk of wrong-route medication errors.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2015
We recommended that nursing reviewers sign the monthly medication inspection forms for the intensive care and inpatient general medicine units and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that requestors consistently select the proper consult title and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that consultants consistently complete inpatient consults within the specified timeframe and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that employees consistently post patients’ advance directives status correctly and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure post-anesthesia care competency assessment and validation is included in competency checklists and completed for employees on the intensive care unit.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2015
We recommended that the facility revise the emergency airway management policy to include the type of clinical staff whose expected duties would include emergency airway management.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure initial clinician emergency airway management competency assessment includes all required components and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/7/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure a clinician with emergency airway management privileges or scope of practice or an anesthesiology staff member is available during all hours the facility provides patient care and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/17/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure video laryngoscopes are available for immediate clinician use and monitor compliance.
No. 20
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/29/2015
We recommended that the facility ensure that actions from peer reviews are consistently completed and reported to the Peer Review Committee.
Review of Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Other Outpatient Clinics of Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, Illinois
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15-00130-432

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that managers ensure review of the hazardous materials inventory occurs twice within a 12-month period at the Kenosha CBOC.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/2/2016
We recommended that clinic staff consistently complete diagnostic assessments for patients with a positive alcohol screen.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/2/2016
We recommended that Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers and providers receive health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/2/2016
We recommended that clinicians provide human immunodeficiency virus testing as part of routine medical care for patients and that compliance is monitored.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/2/2016
We recommended that clinicians consistently document informed consent for human immunodeficiency virus testing and that compliance is monitored.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/23/2016
We recommended that clinicians consistently notify patients of their laboratory results within 14 days as required by VHA.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/25/2016
We recommended that clinicians consistently document in the electronic health record all attempts to communicate with the patients regarding their abnormal laboratory results.
Review of Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Other Outpatient Clinics of Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas
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15-00132-430

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/25/2016
We recommended that the staff at theBrownwood CBOC receive regular information/updates on their responsibilities in emergency response operations.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/5/2017
We recommended that clinic staff consistently complete diagnostic assessments for patients with a positive alcohol screen.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/5/2017
We recommended that clinic staff provide education and counseling for patients with positive alcohol screens and alcohol consumption above National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism limits.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/25/2016
We recommended that clinic staffconsistently document the offer of further treatment to patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/5/2017
We recommended that ClinicRegistered Nurse Care Managers receive motivational interviewing training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/3/2016
We recommended that providers in theoutpatient clinics receive health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/22/2016
We recommended that clinicians consistently notify patients of their laboratory results within the timeframe set by local policy.
Review of Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Other Outpatient Clinics of Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa
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15-00144-426

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/31/2016
We recommended that clinic staff consistently complete diagnostic assessments for patients with a positive alcohol screen.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/31/2016
We recommended that clinic staff consistently document the offer of further treatment to patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/6/2016
We recommended that Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers, providers, and clinical associates in the outpatient clinics receive health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/9/2016
We recommended that clinicians provide human immunodeficiency virus testing as part of routine medical care for patients and that compliance is monitored.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/9/2016
We recommended that the facility director ensures that the facility's written policy for the communication of laboratory results include all required elements
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/31/2016
We recommended that clinicians consistently notify patients of their laboratory results within 14 days as required by VHA.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/31/2016
We recommended that clinicians consistently document in the electronic health record all attempts to communicate with the patients regarding their laboratory results.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts
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15-00598-446

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/6/2016
We recommended that facility managers review privilege forms annually and document the review.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/20/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure that licensed independent practitioners' folders do not contain non-allowed information.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2015
We recommended that the Medical Emergency Committee review each code episode.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/20/2016
We recommended that the Accident Review Board Committee share patient handling injury data.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2015
We recommended that the quality control policy/process for scanning include an alternative means of capturing data when the quality of the source document does not meet image quality controls, a correction process if scanned items have errors, and a complete review of scanned documents to ensure readability and retrievability.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/20/2016
We recommended that the facility clean and/or repair soiled and/or damaged wheelchairs in patient care areas or remove them from service.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/20/2016
We recommended that the facility use special medication labeling or institute unique storage practices for look-alike and sound-alike medications and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/20/2016
We recommended that the Controlled Substances Coordinator provide quarterly trend reports to the Facility Director.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/6/2016
We recommended that controlled substances inspectors consistently inspect all required non-pharmacy areas with controlled substances and that the Controlled Substances Coordinator monitor compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/6/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure the Controlled Substances Coordinator sufficiently rotates controlled substances inspectors in inspection assignments and monitor compliance.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/6/2016
We recommended that controlled substances inspectors complete inspections on the same day initiated and that the Controlled Substances Coordinator monitor compliance.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/6/2016
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that the controlled substances inspection program has adequate oversight and complies with Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/6/2016
We recommended that Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans Program employees conduct and document monthly self-inspections and that program managers monitor compliance.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas
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15-00596-429

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that facility managers ensure that licensed independent practitioners who perform emergency airway management have the appropriate skills and training.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Surgical Work Group meet monthly.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the quality control policy for scanning include the quality of the source document, an alternative means of capturing data when the quality of the source document does not meet image quality controls, and a complete review of scanned documents to ensure readability and retrievability.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility consistently document actions when data analyses indicated problems or opportunities for improvement and evaluate them for effectiveness in the Quality, Safety, and Value; Critical Care; Medical Records; and Infection Prevention and Control Committees and in the Environment of Care Council.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that employees offer patients the opportunity to review, revise, or rescind previously completed advance directives and document the discussions and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that employees hold advance directive discussions requested by inpatients and document the discussions and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that facility managers ensure that respiratory therapy employees have 12-lead electrocardiogram competency assessment and validation completed and documented.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility revise the emergency airway management policy to include an alternative for new employees, transfers from other VA medical centers, consultants or without compensation clinicians, and the availability of portable video laryngoscopes for use by clinicians for emergency airway management.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility ensure initial clinician emergency airway management competency assessment includes evidence of successful demonstration of all required procedural skills on patients and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility ensure a clinician with emergency airway management privileges or scope of practice or an anesthesiology staff member is available during all hours the facility provides patient care and that facility managers monitor compliance.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa
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15-00602-425

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/11/2016
We recommended that pharmacy personnel conduct and document monthly medication storage area inspections and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/11/2016
We recommended that employees ask inpatients whether they would like to discuss creating, changing, and/or revoking advance directives and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/9/2016
We recommended that employees hold advance directive discussions requested by inpatients and document the discussions and that facility managers monitor compliance.
Review of Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Other Outpatient Clinics of Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts
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15-00138-392

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2015
We recommended that employees at the Haverhill CBOC receive the required training on hazardous materials.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2015
We recommended that CBOC staff minimize the risk of infection when storing and disposing of medical (infectious waste) at the Haverhill CBOC.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2015
We recommended that the information technology server closet at the Haverhill CBOC is maintained according to information technology safety and security standards.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2015
We recommended that testing of the panic alarm system is conducted at the Haverhill CBOC.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/28/2016
We recommended that clinic staff consistently document the offer of further treatment to patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/14/2015
We recommended that Clinic Registered Nurse Care Managers and clinical associates receive health coaching training within 12 months of appointment to Patient Aligned Care Teams.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/28/2016
We recommended that clinicians consistently notify patients of their laboratory results within the timeframe set by local policy.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Chillicothe VA Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio
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15-00595-417

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/12/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that licensed independent practitioners who perform emergency airway management have the appropriate skills and training.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/12/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure that licensed independent practitioners' folders do not contain non-allowed information.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/12/2016
We recommended that Code Blue Committee code reviews include screening for clinical issues prior to the code that may have contributed to the occurrence of the code, that the committee document the screening reviews, and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/7/2016
We recommended that the facility include Social Work Service, Chaplain Service, and the Rehabilitation Medicine and Service Care Line in the review of electronic health record quality.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure that patient care areas are clean and in good repair and that areas under sinks are not used for storage and monitor compliance.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2016
We recommended that the recently implemented Consult Management Committee continue to meet regularly to review consult data.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/12/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure initial clinician emergency airway management competency assessment includes all required elements and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/12/2016
We recommended that the facility ensure clinician reassessment for continued emergency airway management competency is completed at the time of renewal of privileges or scope of practice and includes all required elements and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2016
We recommended that facility managers ensure the Domiciliary and Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs are clean and monitor compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/10/2015
We recommended that the Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program have a Class K fire extinguisher available in the kitchen used by residents.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 1/12/2016
We recommended that the facility correct the deficiencies identified during monthly Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program self-inspections and that documentation reflects correction.
No. 12
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Closure Date: 1/12/2016
We recommended that Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program managers ensure residents secure medications in their rooms and monitor compliance.
No. 13
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Closure Date: 3/28/2016
We recommended that clinicians ensure that the safety plans for all patients assessed to be at high risk for suicide specifically address suicidality and that facility managers monitor compliance.
Healthcare Inspection – Vascular Surgery Resident Supervision, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, Nebraska
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14-04037-404

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 12/21/2015
We recommended that the System Director ensure the timeframe for supervisor co-signature of inpatient resident progress notes is defined and documented.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 12/21/2015
We recommended that the System Director ensure that attending surgeons cosign resident progress notes timely.
Healthcare Inspection – Alleged Dental Service Scheduling and Other Administrative Issues, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
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14-04755-428

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 1/9/2016
We recommended that the Veterans Integrated Service Network Director review the dental program after corrective actions have been implemented to ensure that dental care at the system is timely and of high quality.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 1/9/2016
We recommended that the System Director monitor the dental clinic to ensure that patients receive appropriate access to care, as required by Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 3/16/2016
We recommended that the System Director implement recommendations as described in the 2011 Veterans Health Administration Office of Dentistry Workforce Study regarding staffing in dental clinics.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 3/16/2016
We recommended that the System Director ensure timely delivery of prosthetic devices and documentation of each step in the process and monitor compliance.
Healthcare Inspection – Alleged Poor Quality of Care and Refusal to Pay for Lung Transplantation, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa
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15-01968-424

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 9/1/2016
We recommended that the Interim Under Secretary for Health review how the Veterans Health Administration compensates non-VA facilities for lung transplantation to ensure that reimbursement is appropriate for the services performed.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 2/19/2016
We recommended that the System Director conduct a focused professional practice evaluation of the care provided by attending physicians at the facility during the patient’s fall 2014 hospitalization.
Healthcare Inspection – Alleged Consult Processing Delay Resulting in Patient Death, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colorado
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14-04049-379

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No. 1
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We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that the NVCC consult process is clearly defined, the facility has appropriate processes in place to identify and address potential delays, and that compliance is monitored.
Healthcare Inspection – Alleged Short-Stay Rehabilitation Unit Concerns, Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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15-01445-400

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 4/27/2016
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that the assessments for patients screened for admission by the facility physiatrist consultant are documented in the electronic health records.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 2/11/2016
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure Valor Center screening and admission policies are consistent with Valor Center practices.
No. 3
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Closure Date: 2/11/2016
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that all relevant staff are notified of planned Valor Center admissions to allow staff sufficient time to make appropriate plans for required care and services.
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