Combined Assessment Program Review of the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Denver, Colorado

The purpose of the review was to evaluate selected operations, focusing on patient care administration and quality management (QM). During the review, we provided fraud and integrity awareness briefings to 225 employees. This review focused on eight operational activities and one follow-up review area from the previous CAP review. The system complied with selected standards in the following five activities: (1) coordination of care, (2) environment of care, (3) medication management, (4) physician credentialing and privileging, and (5) suicide prevention safety plans. We identified the virtual intensive care unit and the polytrauma/regional amputee program as organizational strengths. We made recommendations for improvement in the following three activities and follow-up review area: QM. Reusable medical equipment. Magnetic resonance imaging safety. Contract community nursing homes.