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HRD-85-57 1 (1985-06-27)

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BY THE U.S, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE



Report To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs


United States Senate





VA Has Not Fully Implemented Its

Health Care Quality Assurance Systems


One of the Veterans Administration's (VA's)
primary goals is to provide quality medical
care to veterans in its medical centers. It
has established a formal quality assurance
program with two focuses: (1) Each medical
center reviews the quality of care it pro-
vides, and (2) VA's Medical Inspector re-
views the medical centers' quality assurance
programs. GAO found that the medical
centers had not implemented the quality
assurance programs required by VA's regu-
lations and the Medical Inspector was not
evaluating the effectiveness of the centers'
programs.

The Medical Inspector and VA medical
centers are also responsible for investigat-
ing allegations of poor quality care. VA's
Inspector General oversees the Medical
Inspector's investigation activity and con-
ducts audits that occasionally involve
quality of care issues.






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