Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Summary Report: Evaluation of Care Coordination in Veterans Health Administration Facilities, Fiscal Year 2021
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Summary
The Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network directors and facility senior leaders, ensures medical facility directors make certain that a written policy is in place and implemented for the safe, appropriate, orderly, and timely transfer of patients.
The Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network directors and facility senior leaders, ensures chiefs of staff and associate directors of patient care services monitor and evaluate all transfers as part of Veterans Health Administration’s Quality Management Program.
The Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network directors and facility senior leaders, makes certain chiefs of staff ensure that transferring providers send patients’ active medication lists and copies of advance directives to receiving facilities during inter-facility transfers.
The Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network directors and facility senior leaders, makes certain chiefs of staff and associate directors of patient care services ensure nurse-to-nurse communication occurs during the inter-facility transfer process.