VA Patient Safety: Initiatives Promising but Continued Progress Requires Culture Change
T-HEHS-00-167
Published: Jul 27, 2000. Publicly Released: Jul 27, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) effort to reduce and prevent patient adverse events in VA health care facilities through its new patient safety initiative.
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Health statisticsHospital care servicesManagement information systemsPatient care servicesReporting requirementsSafety standardsVeterans hospitalsMedical errorsSafetyPatient care