Healthcare Inspection: Follow-Up Assessment of Radiation Therapy, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, California.

摘要

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) Office of Healthcare Inspections conducted a review in follow up of its March 2011 report on radiation therapy (RT) at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System (facility) in Long Beach, CA. OIG also assessed the validity of new allegations related to the quality of radiation treatments. We conducted an unannounced inspection in December 2012 and an announced inspection in February 2013, observed the practices of radiation therapists, and examined departmental electronic and paper records that are accessible only onsite.