This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the inpatient and outpatient care provided at the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System in Biloxi, Mississippi. This evaluation focused on five key operational areas:
• Leadership and organizational risks
• Quality, safety, and value
• Medical staff privileging
• Environment of care
• Mental health (emergency department and urgent care center suicide prevention initiatives)
The OIG issued six recommendations for improvement in three areas:
1. Quality, Safety, and Value
• Defined governance structure
2. Medical Staff Privileging
• Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations
o Service-specific criteria
o Data maintained in privileging folders
• Evaluations by practitioners with equivalent specialized training and similar privileges
• Executive Committee of the Medical Staff review
3. Environment of Care
• Clean and safe environment
The report can be found online here.
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