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Report Number
22-00240-17
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Topics: Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing,Mental Health,Patient Care Services Operations,Patient Safety,Suicide Prevention
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs complete Focused Professional Practice Evaluations for all licensed independent practitioners.

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete licensed independent practitioners’ professional practice evaluations.

No. 3
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs incorporate service-specific criteria in licensed independent practitioners’ professional practice evaluations.

No. 4
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs consider relevant Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data in reprivileging recommendations.

No. 5
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Medical Executive Board uses professional practice evaluation results to recommend privileges for licensed independent practitioners.

No. 6
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The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff conduct environment of care inspections in patient care areas at the required frequency.

No. 7
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The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures Automated External Defibrillator cabinets containing naloxone have alarms set in the “on” position, contain tamper-evident seals, display laminated “N” signs, and include naloxone inspection logs and administration reference cards.

No. 8
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The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff check inventory in clean storerooms and remove expired supplies in the Emergency Department and medical/surgical inpatient unit.

No. 9
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The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Chief of Environmental Management Service maintains clean floors in the Dialysis Unit and medical/surgical inpatient unit clean storage and supply rooms.

No. 10
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The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff maintain safe and functional environments in the Dialysis Unit and medical/surgical inpatient unit.

No. 11
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The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff keep furnishings safe and in good repair in the intensive care and medical/surgical inpatient units.

No. 12
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The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff repair damaged walls in the Dental Clinic and Emergency Department.

No. 13
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The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff replace stained ceiling tiles in the Emergency Department and Primary Care Red Team.

No. 14
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The Medical Center Director determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff post signage where recording equipment is used in the intensive care and medical/surgical inpatient units, Dental Clinic, and Primary Care Red Team indicating the areas are subject to photography, digital imaging, video, or audio recording.

No. 15
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers assess whether patients’ most recent suicide attempt was their most lethal when completing the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-00229-15
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs incorporate service-specific criteria in the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.

No. 3
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff recommends continuation of privileges based on Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation results.

No. 4
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The Assistant Director for Efficiency and Improvement evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures managers comply with inpatient mental health unit environmental safety requirements.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-00072-16
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No. 1
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The Chief Medical Officer determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and reviews the credentials files and recommends VA appointments for physicians with a history of licensure action.

No. 2
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The Network Director evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and submits a Comprehensive Environment of Care compliance report to the Environment of Care Committee annually.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-02667-09
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No. 1
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The System Director determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Chief of Staff conducts institutional disclosures for applicable sentinel events.

No. 2
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The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff complete adverse event investigations within seven days and document appropriately in the Joint Patient Safety Reporting system, or the Patient Safety Manager monitors the investigations until they are completed.

No. 3
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs incorporate service-specific criteria in the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.

No. 4
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.

No. 5
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The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures managers keep areas used by patients clean, safe, and suitable for the care, treatment, and services provided.

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-04135-06
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No. 1
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The Medical Center Director ensures the Peer Review Committee submits accurate peer review summary analysis data quarterly to the Health Care Delivery Council.

No. 2
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The Medical Center Director ensures the Health Care Delivery Council reviews the Peer Review Committee’s summary analysis quarterly and determines actionable items.

No. 3
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The Medical Center Director ensures employees comply with safe work practices to eliminate or minimize exposure to potentially infectious materials.

No. 4
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The Medical Center Director ensures the Inpatient Unit Nurse Manager for the medical/surgical intensive care unit restricts access to clean and sterile storerooms to authorized personnel.

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

Date Issued
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Report Number
22-00237-05
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No. 1
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The Director determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures leaders conduct institutional disclosures for applicable sentinel events.

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs incorporate service-specific criteria in Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations.

No. 3
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The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff maintain medical supplies that are not contaminated, damaged, expired, or recalled.

No. 4
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The Chief of Staff or Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluate and determine any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensure staff post notices in treatment areas with overt recording announcing the area is subject to photography or video recording.

No. 5
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The Director evaluates and determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff create or update safety plans for patients with a positive suicide risk screen who are determined safe to discharge home from the Emergency Department.

Date Issued
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Report Number
23-00006-03
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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff ensures designated staff complete a 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
22-00076-222

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No. 1
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The Director determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff complete an individual root cause analysis for all patient safety events assigned an actual or potential safety assessment code score of 3.
No. 2
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs define time frames for Focused Professional Practice Evaluations.
No. 3
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The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures clinicians complete a Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation following a positive suicide risk screen for patients seen in the Emergency Department.
No. 4
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The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures clinicians create or update a suicide safety plan for patients determined to be at intermediate, high-acute, or chronic risk-for-suicide and safe to discharge home from the Emergency Department.
No. 5
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The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures clinicians follow up within seven days with patients determined to be at intermediate, high-acute, or chronic risk-for-suicide who were discharged home from the Emergency Department.
Date Issued
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Report Number
22-00073-223

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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs complete Focused Professional Practice Evaluations.
No. 2
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs consistently review Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data.
No. 3
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 4
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation following a positive suicide risk screen and include an assessment of whether the current suicidal ideation was the most severe in the last 30 days.
Date Issued
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Report Number
22-00074-218

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No. 1
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The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures leaders follow their defined governance structure.
No. 2
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The Chief of Staff determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures leaders use service-specific criteria in the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 3
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The Chief of Staff determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs maintain Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data in licensed independent practitioners’ privileging folders.
No. 4
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 5
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff reviews the service chiefs’ recommendations along with clinical competence information when making privileging recommendations for licensed independent practitioners.
No. 6
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The System Director determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff maintain a clean and safe environment.
Date Issued
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Report Number
22-00063-220

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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs document professional practice evaluation results in practitioners’ profiles and report them to the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff Credentialing and Privileging.
No. 2
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures services chiefs base reprivileging recommendations on service-specific Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data.
No. 3
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The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff document VA Police response times to panic alarm testing in the inpatient mental health unit.
No. 4
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The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff keep patient care areas clean and maintain furnishings and equipment in good working order.
No. 5
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The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff test over-the-door alarms for inpatient mental health unit sleeping rooms as required.
No. 6
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The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff properly store and secure medications.
No. 7
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The System Director evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff conduct timely follow-up for intermediate, high-acute, or chronic risk-for-suicide patients who are discharged home from the Emergency Department.
Date Issued
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Report Number
22-00071-216

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No. 1
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The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff complete an individual root cause analysis for all patient safety events assigned an actual or potential safety assessment code score of 3.
No. 2
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The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs incorporate service-specific criteria in the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 3
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs recommend reprivileging based, in part, on Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data.
No. 4
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs report Focused Professional Practice Evaluation results to the Medical Executive Board.
No. 5
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Medical Executive Board reviews Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation results and documents its review when making reprivileging recommendations to the Director.
No. 6
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The Director determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff conduct environment of care inspections at the required frequency.
No. 7
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The Director determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff maintain a clean and safe environment.
No. 8
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The Director determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff maintain a safe environment in the inpatient mental health unit.
No. 9
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The Associate Director for Patient/Nursing Services determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures only authorized personnel have access to medication and supply rooms.
Date Issued
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Report Number
22-00238-213

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No. 1
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The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures leaders conduct institutional disclosures for applicable sentinel events.
No. 2
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges complete Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 3
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The Deputy Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff keep furnishings and equipment safe and in good repair.
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Report Number
23-01177-215

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The Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network directors and facility senior leaders, ensure providers counsel patients who have the potential to become pregnant on the risks and benefits of teratogenic medications prior to prescribing them and document this counseling in the electronic health record.
Date Issued
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Report Number
22-00236-212

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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures service chiefs incorporate service-specific criteria in the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 2
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The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff conduct comprehensive environment of care inspections at the required frequency
No. 3
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The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff document VA police response times for panic alarm testing in the inpatient mental health unit.
No. 4
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The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation within the required time frame for patients with a positive suicide risk screen.
Date Issued
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Report Number
22-02666-214

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No. 1
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The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures leaders conduct institutional disclosures for applicable sentinel events.
No. 2
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The Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff complete suicide safety plans for patients with a positive suicide risk screen who are determined safe for discharge home from the urgent care center.
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Report Number
22-00230-190

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No. 1
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures peer reviewers consistently document at least one of the nine aspects of care for Level 3 peer reviews.

No. 2
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The Chief of Staff evaluates reasons for noncompliance and ensures the Peer Review Committee recommends improvement actions for all final Level 3 peer reviews.

No. 3
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The Director determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures police document their response times to panic alarm testing in the mental health inpatient unit.

No. 4
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The Chief of Staff or Associate Director, Patient Care Services/Nurse Executive evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures cameras used for patient safety monitoring do not record.

No. 5
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The Chief of Staff and Associate Director, Patient Care Services/Nurse Executive evaluate and determine any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensure staff minimize risks of patients’ self-harm in the mental health inpatient unit.

No. 6
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The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures staff attempt weekly follow-up until mental health care is established for patients determined as intermediate or high-acute or chronic risk of suicide on the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation who are discharged home from the Emergency Department.