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HRD-81-13 1 (1980-10-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbcs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Human Resources Washington. DC 20548 Division B-200476 October 6, 1980 The Honorable Charles H. Percy Ranking Minority Member Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate 113527 Dear Senator Percy: Subjects Lharing of Federal Medical Resources in North Chicago/Great Lakes, Illinois Area7(HRD-81-13) Pursuant to your August 15, 1980, request, we performed a limited review of the opportunities, the potential for savings and improved patient care, and the obstacles associated with sharing medical resources between the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), North Chicago and the Naval Regional Medical Center (NRMC), Great Lakes, Illinois. These facili- ties are separated by a distance of about 1 mile. In addition, we obtained agency officials' views on the effect that your proposed legislation (S. 2958) to encourage the Veterans Administration (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) and other Federal health care providers to cooperate in the efficient and effective use of Federal medical resources would have on the developing situation between the Federal medical centers in the North Chicago/Great Lakes area. Our primary means of obtaining information and data rela- tive to your specific areas of interest was to rely on Depart- ment of the Navy and VA officials at both the headquarters and the local medical center levels. Initial fact-finding efforts were conducted with officials in the Office of the VA's Assist- ant Chief Medical Director for Planning and Program Development and the Office of the Surgeon General of the Navy. Subsequent to these meetings, we met with and obtained information from local Federal medical center officials in the North Chicago/ Great Lakes area. Also, discussions were held with the VA's Great Lakes Regional Director, who is responsible to the VA's Chief Medical Director for the overall operation of 26 of VA's 172 medical centers in the United States. (101038) 7 2 .~~~~ ....... I,

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