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Veterans Health Administration (VHA) news release: Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Louisville VA Medical Center in Kentucky

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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) published a report titled "Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Louisville VA Medical Center in Kentucky" on Dec. 6, 2022.

This Office of Inspector General Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Louisville VA Medical Center and associated outpatient clinics in Indiana and Kentucky. This evaluation focused on five key operational areas:

• Leadership and organizational risks

• Quality, safety, and value

• Medical staff privileging

• Environment of care

• Mental health (emergency department and urgent care center prevention initiatives)

The OIG issued five recommendations for improvement in three areas:

1. Quality, safety, and value

• Executive Leadership Council processes

• Peer review processes

2. Medical staff privileging

• Focused Professional Practice Evaluations

3. Environment of care

• Environmental cleanliness

The report can be found online here.

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