Showing posts with label VAMC. Show all posts
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Senator wants feedback on services at veterans hospital
Senator wants feedback on services at veterans hospital
“So far, the Kansas City VA Medical Center has done an admirable job. This is just to provide an outlet to veterans,” McCaskill’s spokesman Trevor Kincaid said.
The survey at mccaskill. senate.gov/vcsp asks veterans how long they waited to be seen, whether they were treated with respect and if facilities were clean. Veterans also are asked to suggest ways to improve care and to name employees who provided outstanding service.
“Claire’s belief is that we can always be doing more to improve the service we are providing to our veterans and shouldn’t wait for crises to find better ways of providing care,” Kincaid said. “Also, there may be unique programs in Kansas City that should be replicated throughout the VA hospital system that we will hear about.”
“So far, the Kansas City VA Medical Center has done an admirable job. This is just to provide an outlet to veterans,” McCaskill’s spokesman Trevor Kincaid said.
The survey at mccaskill. senate.gov/vcsp asks veterans how long they waited to be seen, whether they were treated with respect and if facilities were clean. Veterans also are asked to suggest ways to improve care and to name employees who provided outstanding service.
“Claire’s belief is that we can always be doing more to improve the service we are providing to our veterans and shouldn’t wait for crises to find better ways of providing care,” Kincaid said. “Also, there may be unique programs in Kansas City that should be replicated throughout the VA hospital system that we will hear about.”
Senator wants feedback on services at veterans hospital
Senator wants feedback on services at veterans hospital
“So far, the Kansas City VA Medical Center has done an admirable job. This is just to provide an outlet to veterans,” McCaskill’s spokesman Trevor Kincaid said.
The survey at mccaskill. senate.gov/vcsp asks veterans how long they waited to be seen, whether they were treated with respect and if facilities were clean. Veterans also are asked to suggest ways to improve care and to name employees who provided outstanding service.
“Claire’s belief is that we can always be doing more to improve the service we are providing to our veterans and shouldn’t wait for crises to find better ways of providing care,” Kincaid said. “Also, there may be unique programs in Kansas City that should be replicated throughout the VA hospital system that we will hear about.”
“So far, the Kansas City VA Medical Center has done an admirable job. This is just to provide an outlet to veterans,” McCaskill’s spokesman Trevor Kincaid said.
The survey at mccaskill. senate.gov/vcsp asks veterans how long they waited to be seen, whether they were treated with respect and if facilities were clean. Veterans also are asked to suggest ways to improve care and to name employees who provided outstanding service.
“Claire’s belief is that we can always be doing more to improve the service we are providing to our veterans and shouldn’t wait for crises to find better ways of providing care,” Kincaid said. “Also, there may be unique programs in Kansas City that should be replicated throughout the VA hospital system that we will hear about.”
Syracuse VA Medical Center's malpractice claims total $2 million over 19 years
Syracuse VA Medical Center's malpractice claims total $2 million over 19 years
The new database provides a glimpse at 12,000 claims, many of them medical malpractice complaints, filed against VA medical centers nationwide between 1989 and 2008. The information was recently released by The Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit government watchdog group that obtained the database from the Department of Veterans Affairs through a Freedom of Information Act request.
A spreadsheet, available online (http://pogoarchives.org/m/ns/va-medmal-database.xls), gives a breakdown of claims information for each of the VA’s 153 medical centers.
The database shows 31 claims were filed against the Syracuse VA during that 19 year period. The claims included allegations such as misdiagnosis, wrong diagnosis, delay in treatment and failure to recognize complications. Ten of the cases involved patient deaths.
Image courtesy Jennifer 'Emery' Bakken
“But even with the best health care system in the world, you are going to have instances of malpractice,” Yeager said.
The new database provides a glimpse at 12,000 claims, many of them medical malpractice complaints, filed against VA medical centers nationwide between 1989 and 2008. The information was recently released by The Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit government watchdog group that obtained the database from the Department of Veterans Affairs through a Freedom of Information Act request.
A spreadsheet, available online (http://pogoarchives.org/m/ns/va-medmal-database.xls), gives a breakdown of claims information for each of the VA’s 153 medical centers.
At one time vets and their families who believed they were victims of malpractice or negligence in VA medical centers were unable to sue. That changed in 1946 when Congress passed the Federal Tort Claims Act, which gives veterans the right to recover damages from the federal government for injuries caused by malpractice or negligence by federal employees.
The database shows 31 claims were filed against the Syracuse VA during that 19 year period. The claims included allegations such as misdiagnosis, wrong diagnosis, delay in treatment and failure to recognize complications. Ten of the cases involved patient deaths.
Image courtesy Jennifer 'Emery' BakkenSyracuse VA Medical Center's malpractice claims total $2 million over 19 years
Syracuse VA Medical Center's malpractice claims total $2 million over 19 years
The new database provides a glimpse at 12,000 claims, many of them medical malpractice complaints, filed against VA medical centers nationwide between 1989 and 2008. The information was recently released by The Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit government watchdog group that obtained the database from the Department of Veterans Affairs through a Freedom of Information Act request.
A spreadsheet, available online (http://pogoarchives.org/m/ns/va-medmal-database.xls), gives a breakdown of claims information for each of the VA’s 153 medical centers.
The database shows 31 claims were filed against the Syracuse VA during that 19 year period. The claims included allegations such as misdiagnosis, wrong diagnosis, delay in treatment and failure to recognize complications. Ten of the cases involved patient deaths.
Image courtesy Jennifer 'Emery' Bakken
“But even with the best health care system in the world, you are going to have instances of malpractice,” Yeager said.
The new database provides a glimpse at 12,000 claims, many of them medical malpractice complaints, filed against VA medical centers nationwide between 1989 and 2008. The information was recently released by The Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit government watchdog group that obtained the database from the Department of Veterans Affairs through a Freedom of Information Act request.
A spreadsheet, available online (http://pogoarchives.org/m/ns/va-medmal-database.xls), gives a breakdown of claims information for each of the VA’s 153 medical centers.
At one time vets and their families who believed they were victims of malpractice or negligence in VA medical centers were unable to sue. That changed in 1946 when Congress passed the Federal Tort Claims Act, which gives veterans the right to recover damages from the federal government for injuries caused by malpractice or negligence by federal employees.
The database shows 31 claims were filed against the Syracuse VA during that 19 year period. The claims included allegations such as misdiagnosis, wrong diagnosis, delay in treatment and failure to recognize complications. Ten of the cases involved patient deaths.
Image courtesy Jennifer 'Emery' BakkenWednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Substandard Hygiene Practices At Some VA Hospitals
Substandard Hygiene Practices At Some VA Hospitals
Over the last 24 months 13,000 veterans have been advised to have a blood test to check for infections caused by lack of hygiene at VA hospitals in Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio and Florida. Reports about unsanitary conditions at VA hospitals has irked a significant number of veterans and politicians.
A dentist at Dayton VA Medical Center regularly failed to sterilize equipment, he also used the same dirty latex gloves on consecutive patients - practices which raise the risk of spreading blood-borne diseases, such as hepatitis or HIV.
Over the last 24 months 13,000 veterans have been advised to have a blood test to check for infections caused by lack of hygiene at VA hospitals in Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio and Florida. Reports about unsanitary conditions at VA hospitals has irked a significant number of veterans and politicians.
A dentist at Dayton VA Medical Center regularly failed to sterilize equipment, he also used the same dirty latex gloves on consecutive patients - practices which raise the risk of spreading blood-borne diseases, such as hepatitis or HIV.
Substandard Hygiene Practices At Some VA Hospitals
Substandard Hygiene Practices At Some VA Hospitals
Over the last 24 months 13,000 veterans have been advised to have a blood test to check for infections caused by lack of hygiene at VA hospitals in Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio and Florida. Reports about unsanitary conditions at VA hospitals has irked a significant number of veterans and politicians.
A dentist at Dayton VA Medical Center regularly failed to sterilize equipment, he also used the same dirty latex gloves on consecutive patients - practices which raise the risk of spreading blood-borne diseases, such as hepatitis or HIV.
Over the last 24 months 13,000 veterans have been advised to have a blood test to check for infections caused by lack of hygiene at VA hospitals in Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio and Florida. Reports about unsanitary conditions at VA hospitals has irked a significant number of veterans and politicians.
A dentist at Dayton VA Medical Center regularly failed to sterilize equipment, he also used the same dirty latex gloves on consecutive patients - practices which raise the risk of spreading blood-borne diseases, such as hepatitis or HIV.
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