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Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00109-121
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Medical Center Director ensures leaders identify and evaluate sentinel events and conduct and document institutional disclosures when criteria are met.

No. 2
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff complete a root cause analysis for all patient safety events assigned an actual or potential safety assessment code score of 3.

No. 3
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The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs recommend reprivileging for licensed independent practitioners based, in part, on Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data.

No. 4
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The Chief of Staff ensures staff report licensed independent practitioners’ Focused Professional Practice Evaluation results to the Clinical Executive Board.

No. 5
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The Veterans Integrated Service Network Chief Medical Officer provides effective oversight of credentialing and privileging processes at the healthcare system.

No. 6
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The Medical Center Director ensures the comprehensive environment of care coordinator schedules environment of care inspections at the required frequency and verifies staff complete and document them.

No. 7
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff document police response times to panic alarm testing in the Inpatient Mental Health Unit.

No. 8
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for testing over-the-door alarms on Inpatient Mental Health Unit sleeping room doors.

No. 9
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff maintain a safe environment in the Inpatient Mental Health Unit.

No. 10
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff post hazard warning signs on all access doors where potentially infectious materials are located.

No. 11
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff keep patient care areas safe and clean.

No. 12
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The Chief of Staff ensures designated staff complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation the same calendar day, when logistically feasible and clinically appropriate, for all ambulatory care patients with a positive suicide risk screen.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00111-119
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff identify sentinel events and take appropriate action when home oxygen fires occur.

No. 2
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The Veterans Integrated Service Network Director ensures network staff track and monitor home oxygen vendor completion of root cause analyses when sentinel events occur.

No. 3
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The Chief of Staff ensures designated staff complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation the same calendar day, when logistically feasible and clinically appropriate, for all ambulatory care patients with a positive suicide risk screen.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00096-122
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff ensures providers with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete licensed independent practitioners’ Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations.

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs recommend continued privileges for licensed independent practitioners based, in part, on Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation activities.

No. 3
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The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in ambulatory care settings.

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

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

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff ensures the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff reviews Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data and documents its review prior to recommending licensed independent practitioners’ ongoing privileges to the Director.

No. 3
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The Director ensures staff complete environment of care inspections at the required frequency.

No. 4
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The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation the same calendar day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00122-118
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff ensures medical staff review and document licensed independent practitioners’ Focused Professional Practice Evaluation results and report them to the Medical Executive Board.

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs monitor licensed independent practitioners’ performance by regularly conducting Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations.

No. 3
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff conduct environment of care inspections in patient care areas at the required frequency.

No. 4
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The Medical Center Director ensures the Suicide Prevention Coordinator reports suicide-related events to mental health leaders and quality management staff at least monthly.

No. 5
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The Medical Center Director ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation following a patient’s positive suicide risk screen.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-03164-106
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-03167-110
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same calendar day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00382-100
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Topics:  Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) ● Mental Health

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No. 1
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The Deputy Secretary establishes ongoing monitors to ensure that scheduling procedures in the new electronic health record are functioning in accordance with Veterans Health Administration requirements.

No. 2
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The Under Secretary for Health evaluates minimum scheduling effort requirements for mental health appointments and takes action to ensure the implementation of standardized policy and procedures in the best interest of patient care.

No. 3
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to Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office (EHRM IO),Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

The VA Central Ohio Healthcare System Medical Center Director conducts a full review of the care of the patient provided by the nurse practitioner and psychologist 1, and the supervisory psychologist’s oversight, consults with Human Resources and General Counsel Offices, and takes actions as warranted.

No. 4
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The VA Central Ohio Healthcare System Medical Center Director ensures compliance with the Caring Communication Program including the initiation and cessation of caring communications as required.

No. 5
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The Under Secretary for Health considers establishing written guidance related to documentation, leaders’ review, follow-up actions, and tracking of Lessons Learned in root cause analyses.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00117-108
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs incorporate service-specific criteria in licensed independent practitioners’ Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations.

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs regularly monitor licensed independent practitioners’ performance through Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations.

No. 3
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The Medical Center Director ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00106-94
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation following a patient’s positive suicide risk screen.

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff ensures the Suicide Prevention Coordinator reports suicide-related events monthly to mental health leaders and quality management staff.

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

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No. 1
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The Director ensures the Patient Safety Manager documents start dates for sentinel event investigations in the Joint Patient Safety Reporting system.

No. 2
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The Director ensures the Patient Safety Manager initiates a root cause analysis for all patient safety events assigned an actual or potential safety assessment code score of 3.

No. 3
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The Director ensures executive leaders consolidate all credentialing and privileging activities into one credentialing and privileging office under the Chief of Staff.

No. 4
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The Director ensures the Credentialing and Privileging Manager reports directly to the Chief of Staff.

No. 5
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The Director ensures designated staff complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation the same calendar day, when logistically feasible and clinically appropriate, for all ambulatory care patients with a positive suicide risk screen.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-03157-95
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Patient Safety ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff ensures the Medical Executive Council reviews results of professional practice evaluations.

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff ensures practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete licensed independent practitioners’ professional practice evaluations.

No. 3
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The Veterans Integrated Service Network Director ensures the Veterans Integrated Service Network Chief Medical Officer provides oversight of the medical center’s privileging process.

No. 4
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The Medical Center Director ensures the Comprehensive Environment of Care Coordinator or designee schedules environment of care inspections and staff complete and document them at the required frequency.

No. 5
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff keep patient care areas clean and safe.

No. 6
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The Medical Center Director ensures designated staff complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation the same calendar day, when logistically feasible and clinically appropriate, for all ambulatory care patients with a positive suicide risk screen.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00015-86
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health ● Patient Safety
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No. 1
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff complete a minimum of eight patient safety analyses each year.

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff ensures practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete Focused and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations.

No. 3
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The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs complete licensed independent practitioners’ Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations on a regular basis.

No. 4
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The Medical Center Director ensures the suicide prevention coordinators report suicide-related events monthly to mental health leaders and quality management staff.

No. 5
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The Medical Center Director ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00018-83
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same day as a patient’s positive suicide risk screen in all ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00017-81
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Topics:  Mental Health ● Patient Care Services Operations ● Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Executive Director ensures Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or Facility Management Service staff monitor temperature and humidity in all clean and sterile storage rooms to maintain a stable environment.

No. 2
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The Executive Director ensures the Suicide Prevention Coordinator reports suicide-related events monthly to quality management staff.

No. 3
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The Executive Director ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation on the same day as a positive suicide risk screen in ambulatory care settings.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-04134-63
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Topics:  Clinical Care Services Operations ● Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health
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No. 1
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The Director ensures staff keep all areas clean and safe.

No. 2
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The Director ensures staff keep the medical center well maintained.

No. 3
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The Chief of Pharmacy Services limits medication access to approved staff members.

No. 4
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The Director ensures staff store sterile supplies in temperature- and humidity-controlled storage rooms.

No. 5
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The Director ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation following a positive suicide risk screen.

No. 6
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The Director ensures providers notify the suicide prevention team of patients who report suicidal behaviors during the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00005-62
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Topics:  Clinical Care Services Operations ● Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing ● Mental Health
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No. 1
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff complete root cause analyses for all patient safety events assigned an actual or potential safety assessment code score of 3.

No. 2
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The Veterans Integrated Service Network Director ensures external practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations for practitioners in “two-deep” services or specialties.

No. 3
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The Medical Center Director ensures the Safety and Occupational Health Specialist or designee tracks environment of care inspection deficiencies until they are resolved.

No. 4
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The Medical Center Director ensures staff document police response times to panic alarm testing in the mental health inpatient unit at least quarterly.

No. 5
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The Medical Center Director ensures the Supervisory Suicide Prevention Coordinator reports suicide-related events monthly to mental health leaders and quality management staff.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-01325-59
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Topics:  Appointment Scheduling and Wait Times ● Mental Health

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No. 1
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The Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director, in conjunction with Behavioral Health Service leaders, reviews the community care consult management and appointment scheduling processes, identifies deficiencies, and takes action as warranted.