VA health care: actions needed to improve information reported on mobile medical units : report to the Ranking Member Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate.
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Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2023.
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1 online resource (ii, 25 pages) : color illustrations
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"December 2023."
"GAO-24-106331."
In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Background. -- VA reports lack quality information on overall MMU operations and performance. -- Selected VA medical centers use MMUs to expand access to primary and specialty care for rural veterans. -- Conclusions. -- Recommendations for Executive action. -- Agency comments. -- Appendices.
Summary
Mobile medical units are vehicles equipped to deliver clinical services in self-contained environments away from parent facilities. Congress included a provision in the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 for VA to develop operational requirements for these units and annually report on performance against those requirements. This report's objectives include examining the information VA reports to Congress on the units' operations and performance. GAO is making two recommendations to VA: (1) assess the reliability of data it reports on mobile medical units and ensure their reliability, and (2) include contextual information about unit operations in its reports to Congress.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (GAO, viewed Jan. 2, 2024).
