Healthcare Inspection: Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews: Pittsfield and Greenfield, MA, Dunkirk and Niagara Falls, NY, Hermitage (Marzano) and Foxburg (Clarion County), PA, Cumberland, MD, and Harrisonburg, VA

摘要

The VA OIG, Office of Healthcare Inspections conducted a review of eight community- based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) during the week of June 21-25, 2010. The CBOCs reviewed in Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 1 were Pittsfield and Greenfield, MA; in VISN 2, Dunkirk and Niagara Falls, NY; in VISN 4, Hermitage (Marzano) and Foxburg (Clarion County), PA; and, in VISN 5, Cumberland, MD and Harrisonburg, VA. The parent facilities of these CBOCs are Northampton VA Medical Center (VAMC), VA Western New York Health Care System (HCS)-Buffalo, VA Butler HCS, and Martinsburg VAMC, respectively. The purpose of the review was to assess whether CBOCs are operated in a manner that provides veterans with consistent, safe, high-quality health care.