{"id":82185,"date":"2018-10-06T09:21:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T13:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82185"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:33:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:33:34","slug":"here-are-the-best-and-worst-va-medical-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82185","title":{"rendered":"Here are the best and worst VA medical centers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Veterans Affairs officials<\/a>\u00a0claimed improvements at 66 percent of their medical centers across the country last fiscal year, with 18 earning the highest level of excellence in the department\u2019s internal ratings system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But nine others remain on the VA\u2019s list of underperforming facilities after getting the lowest possible rating. They include the\u00a0embattled Washington VA Medical Center<\/a>, which sits just a few miles from the White House and has seen a series of leadership shake-ups in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The VA ratings \u2014 made public in 2016 after\u00a0a USA Today report<\/a>\u00a0on the internal scorecards \u2014 grade each of the locations on metrics like patient mortality, patient length of stay, reported accidents and patient satisfaction. Officials have said the system is used to collect best practices from high-performing facilities to use in underperforming ones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Just two months into his tenure leading VA, the new secretary promised significant culture changes for the department.<\/p>\n

In a statement, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie touted improvements across the 146 medical centers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWith closer monitoring and increased medical center leadership and support, we have seen solid improvements at most of our facilities,\u201d he said. \u201cEven our highest performing facilities are getting better, and that is driving up our quality standards across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The number of one-star facilities dropped by six from the start of fiscal 2018 to the end. Of the nine medical centers still at that level, four were cited for significant improvements: El Paso and Big Spring in Texas, Memphis in Tennessee, and Loma Linda in California.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The five others \u2014 Washington, Phoenix and Tucson in Arizona, Montgomery in Alabama, and Atlanta in Georgia \u2014 saw no overall change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier this year, VA placed 12 medical centers on a high-risk list for \u201caggressive\u201d management intervention. Of those, eight were removed from the program after showing sufficient improvement by the end of last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wilkie said while he is pleased with the results thus far \u201cthere\u2019s no doubt that there\u2019s still plenty of work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full ratings list is available\u00a0on the VA web site.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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