Military health care: Preliminary observations on DOD’s monitoring of provider qualifications and competence : testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives

Military health care: Preliminary observations on DOD’s monitoring of provider qualifications and competence : testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Alternate Title(s):
Preliminary observations on DOD’s monitoring of provider qualifications and competence: testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives
Contributor(s):
United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Personnel, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, March 30, 2022
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Clinical Competence -- legislation & jurisprudence
Credentialing -- standards
Government Regulation
Quality of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence
United States
United States. Department of Defense
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Why GAO did this study. Since 2014, Congress and the Department of Defense (DOD) have taken steps intended to strengthen patient safety in the Military Health System. As part of those efforts, Congress required DHA, an agency within DOD, to assume the military departments’ administrative responsibilities for medical facilities, including ensuring individual providers are qualified and competent to deliver safe, high quality care to patients. This includes verifying providers’ qualifications before hiring them, as well as reviewing any concerns that may arise about a provider as a result of routine performance monitoring or patient safety events. This statement describes preliminary observations on selected medical facilities’ adherence to DHA’s clinical quality management procedures and DHA’s efforts to monitor their implementation. For the ongoing work on which this statement is based, GAO selected four medical facilities that varied by military department, geographical location, and number of patient safety events. Additionally, GAO reviewed relevant DHA procedures for clinical quality management and interviewed relevant officials from DHA and each of the military departments (Air Force, Army, and Navy) about these procedures and related monitoring efforts. GAO plans to complete this work in summer 2022 and will make recommendations as appropriate.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (13 unnumbered pages))
NLM Unique ID:
9918434585606676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918434585606676