Sharing of Federal Medical Resources in North Chicago/Great Lakes, Illinois, Area

GAO performed a limited review of the opportunities, the potential for savings and improved patient care, and the obstacles associated with sharing medical resources between the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), North Chicago, Illinois, and the Naval Regional Medical Center (NRMC), Great Lakes, Illinois. GAO obtained agency officials' views on the effect that the proposed legislation (S. 2958) to encourage the Veterans Administration (VA), the Department of Defense (DOD), and other Federal health care providers to cooperate in the efficient and effective use of Federal medical resources would have on the developing situation between the Federal medical centers in the North Chicago/Great Lakes area.