Combined Assessment Program Review of the Martinsburg VA Medical Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia
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04/15/2015 08:00 PM EDT
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review to evaluate selected health care facility operations, focusing on patient care quality and the environment of care. During the review, OIG provided crime awareness briefings to 47 employees. This review focused on nine operational activities. The facility complied with selected standards in the following two activities (1) coordination of care and (2) magnetic resonance imaging safety. The facility’s reported accomplishments were receiving national recognition and distinction from The Joint Commission’s Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® program and receiving the Marsha Goodwin-Beck Award for Excellence in Geriatric Leadership. OIG made recommendations for improvement in the following seven activities: (1) quality management, (2) environment of care, (3) medication management, (4) acute ischemic stroke care, (5) surgical complexity, (6) emergency airway management, and (7) Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program.