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089581 1 (1975-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvpw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MANPOWER AND WELFARE DIVISION JUN 3 1975 Dr. John D. Chase Chief Medical Director Veterans Administration Dear Dr. Chase: We surveyed the Veterans Administration (VA) Post Activation Evaluation (PAE) program for evaluating new hospital construction and major modernization projects. We made our survey at VA Central Office and at the Atlanta, Georgia; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Tampa, Florida hospitals. The PAE program was established in 1967 to, among other things, create a system which would provide for identifying factors which hinder operating efficiency at new hospitals for consideration in the development of future hospital construction plans by central office staffs concerned with hospital planning, design and construc- tion. The program was established because there were a number of new hospitals constructed prior to 1967 which in some cases contained design or operational deficiencies that entailed considerable expense to correct. For this type of program to be fully effective, PAE findings and recommendations must be given prompt consideration so that any corrective action needed to prevent noted problems from reoccurring in subsequent hospital projects can be taken. We noted long periods elapsing between the date an evaluation was made to issuance of a report. For example, the Hines, Illinois hospital was evaluated in October 1972, but the evaluation report was not issued until February 1975, 28 months later. For three of the four most recent evaluations made, one in April 1974, one in August 1974 and one in October 1974, reports still have not been issued. Activation and Special Projects officials (ASP) said that they cannot issue a report until the Office of Construction responds to its recommendations.

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