Healthcare Inspection: Review of Veterans Health Administration Residential Mental Health Care Facilities.

摘要

As mandated in Public Law 110-387, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review of residential mental health care facilities, including domiciliary facilities, of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). As part of the review, the OIG was asked to assess the availability of residential mental health care facilities in each Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN); the supervision and support provided in VHA residential mental health care facilities; the ratio of staff members to patients at residential mental health care facilities; the appropriateness of rules and procedures for the prescription and administration of medications to patients in residential mental health care facilities; and the protocols at residential mental health care facilities for handling missed appointments.