A new structure comes in the wake of a scandal at VA hospitals around the country Nov 10, 2014 Robert McDonald: Cleaning up the VA The Secretary of Veterans Affairs tells Scott Pelley about his personal mission to reorganize the troubled agency for his fellow vets ...
The article reports that Rick Scott, governor of Florida, has demanded an investigation on preventable deaths at the hospitals of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Florida, by Elizabeth Dudek of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, as of April 2014.Dickson...
Calling on the president to support a House-passed bill that would "make it easier to fire senior VA executives who refuse to do their jobs," Miller also encouraged the president to back reforms that would allow veterans to seek care at private or non-profit hospitals outside the VA system...
It is the largest integrated health-care system in the country with over 1,700 hospitals, clinics, community centers and other facilities. In CNBC's documentary, Miller said, "If we were to have to go to other missions, somewhere around the world, I don't know if VA can handle it. An...
Congress this month. The number is so small, compared to the 8.6 million cards that have been mailed out, that VA Secretary Robert McDonald wants authority to redirect some of the $10 billion Congress allocated for the program to boost care for veterans at the VA's 970 hospitals and ...
Background: As of October 2008, hospitals in the United States no longer receive Medicare reimbursement for certain types of health care-associated infecti... S Saint,CP Kowalski,J Banaszak-Holl,... - 《Joint Commission Journal on Quality & Patient Safety》 被引量: 48发表: 2009年 Preventive...
The VA has been rocked in recent months by revelations of fraudulent practices atmanyof its medical hospitals and clinics nationwide. Lerner cited a number of cases around the country where her office was able to substantiate claims made by whistleblowers, including reports that two VA schedulers...
William & Mary and the University of Virginia, which was ranked at 36th. The other three public institutions that made the top 50 are all military-related, with the United States Military Academy coming in at seventh, the United States Air Force Academy at 35thand the United States Naval Aca...
Hospital quality and the cost of inpatient surgery in the United States. Payments to hospitals with high complication rates were also higher for colectomy ($2719 per patient), abdominal aortic aneurysm repair ($5279), and hip ... JD Birkmeyer,C Gust,JB Dimick,... - 《Annals of Surgery》...
Transport operations were relocated to a 4.5-acre site in Dunstable in 2021 to be closer to the motorway and give the company better opportunities to reduce carbon emissions. The business focuses on palletised freight, and as part of the Hazchem network, moves hazardous materials. Thanks to a ...