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VA Hospital, Medical Facility Quality and Satisfaction Reports
The Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (OIG) makes its VA Medical Center reports available online. Titles include Combined Assessment Program Reviews; Audits; or Healthcare Inspections. Listed by date. Topics include quality ratings and patient safety, consumer satisfaction & experience of care, nursing home contracts, screening and/or treatment times, volumes and more. Updated 2009
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VA Hospitals - Quality Review Standards for Surgical Programs & Outcomes (Mortality) 2007 (pdf)
VHA Directive (Feb. 8, 2007) identifies the standards and approach used to review surgery programs at VA hospitals. Standards are based on risk-adjusted mortality and morbidity rates for each type of surgical procedure including cardiac surgery, heart transplants and renal transplants. Certain surgeries have 100 case volume minimums. Indications for site visit, probation, suspension and program closure are listed. Readable 8 pages