Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781719406949
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
VA Has Not Fully Implemented Its Health Care Quality Assurance Systems
VA Has Not Fully Implemented Its Health Care Quality Assurance Systems
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
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Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Va Has Not Fully Implemented Its Health Care Quality Assurance Systems
Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781719406949
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
VA Has Not Fully Implemented Its Health Care Quality Assurance Systems
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781719406949
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
VA Has Not Fully Implemented Its Health Care Quality Assurance Systems
VA Has Not Fully Implemented Its Health Care Quality Assurance Systems
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Veterans Administration (VA) quality assurance systems and procedures for health care to determine: (1) the extent to which VA medical centers had implemented quality assurance programs; and (2) the roles of and processes used by other VA organizations in ensuring quality care. GAO found that the 13 medical centers it reviewed had quality assurance plans and programs to: (1) establish policies regarding the provision of quality health care; (2) hire quality health care providers; and (3) identify and resolve health care problems. However, the medical centers did not systematically: (1) determine whether health care and services provided were appropriate to patient needs; (2) determine patterns and trends of health care provided; and (3) resolve systemic quality of care problems. Officials did not view such noncompliance as a problem, and GAO could not determine whether these failures resulted in poor quality care. Until March 3, 1985, the VA Medical Inspector conducted quality assurance programs and these programs will continue in the future under the Office of Quality Assurance. GAO also found that: (1) the reviews have not evaluated the effectiveness of the centers' quality assurance programs; (2) VA has not achieved it goal to conduct 60 reviews annually; (3) some reviewers believe that the timeframe for conducting reviews is too short; and (4) the Medical Inspector has conducted limited trend and data analyses and has not developed standards for use in the quality assurance program. The VA Inspector General oversees the Medical Inspector's investigation activities and conducts routine audits which address certain aspects of the quality assurance process such as assessing malpractice claims against VA.
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Veterans Administration (VA) quality assurance systems and procedures for health care to determine: (1) the extent to which VA medical centers had implemented quality assurance programs; and (2) the roles of and processes used by other VA organizations in ensuring quality care. GAO found that the 13 medical centers it reviewed had quality assurance plans and programs to: (1) establish policies regarding the provision of quality health care; (2) hire quality health care providers; and (3) identify and resolve health care problems. However, the medical centers did not systematically: (1) determine whether health care and services provided were appropriate to patient needs; (2) determine patterns and trends of health care provided; and (3) resolve systemic quality of care problems. Officials did not view such noncompliance as a problem, and GAO could not determine whether these failures resulted in poor quality care. Until March 3, 1985, the VA Medical Inspector conducted quality assurance programs and these programs will continue in the future under the Office of Quality Assurance. GAO also found that: (1) the reviews have not evaluated the effectiveness of the centers' quality assurance programs; (2) VA has not achieved it goal to conduct 60 reviews annually; (3) some reviewers believe that the timeframe for conducting reviews is too short; and (4) the Medical Inspector has conducted limited trend and data analyses and has not developed standards for use in the quality assurance program. The VA Inspector General oversees the Medical Inspector's investigation activities and conducts routine audits which address certain aspects of the quality assurance process such as assessing malpractice claims against VA.
Health Care
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289125851
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289125851
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309466601
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309466601
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services.
VA Health Care
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
GAO Documents
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.
The Journal of Public Inquiry, A Publication of the Inspectors General of the United States, FALL/WINTER 1998
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Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The Journal of Public Inquiry
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
VA Hospitals
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description