Read recent Department of Veterans Affairs reviews of El Paso VA care

In November 2013, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General conducted an assessment and review of the El Paso VA health care system.

According to the report, released in January 2014, “The purpose of the review was to evaluate selected health care facility operations, focusing on patient care quality and the environment of care, and to provide crime awareness briefings.”

The review covered five activities and no recommendations were made by the Office of Inspector General in the following activities:

Environment of Care
Continuity of Care Suicide Prevention Safety Plans

“The facility’s reported accomplishment was an audiology patient access systems
redesign project,” according to the report.

Recommendations were made in the following two activities:

Quality Management: Ensure the Surgical Work Group meets monthly.
Moderate Sedation: Ensure pre-sedation assessment documentation includes a review of the history of any previous adverse experience with sedation. Require that any changes to informed consents are discussed with and approved by the patients prior to administration of sedation. Ensure patients who undergo moderate sedation are appropriately monitored during the procedure.

To read the full report, go to http://1.usa.gov/SibK14.

For the 2010 Combined Assessment Program Review of the El Paso VA Health Care System, go to http://1.usa.gov/1hCwWp0