Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome everyone who has joined us today. Today, we will address the lack of oversight and internal controls regarding controlled substances within the Veterans Health administration that leave facilities open to Drug Diversion and veteran harm. The diversion of drugs from Va Health Care facilities is an incredible Patient Safety issue that puts veterans, va employees, and the public at tremendous risk. Unfortunately, the news has recently been filled with story after story of Drug Diversion within va. In little rock, arkansas, a va Pharmacy Technician reportedly used his access to medical suppliers websites to order and divert 4,000 oxycodone pills, over 3,000 hydrocodone pills, and more than 14,000 viagra and cialis pills at a cost to va of more than 70,000. This technician was allegedly selling these drugs on the street where they had a value of more than 160,000. At a va facility in florida, a registered nurse was apparentl
Theft and sale of drugs by agency workers. The House Veterans Affairs Committee Held this hearing late last month. Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome everyone who has joined us today. Today we will address the lack of oversight in internal controls regarding controlled substances within the Veterans Health administration that leave facilities open to Drug Diversion and veteran harm. The diversion of drugs from v. A. Health care facilities is an incredible Patient Safety issue that puts veterans, v. A. Employees and the public at tremendous risk. Unfortunately the news has recently been filled with story after story of Drug Diversions within v. A. In little rock, arkansas, v. A. Pharmacy technician reportedly used his access to medical supplies, websites to order and divert 4,000 oxycodone pills over 3,000 hydrocodone pills and more than 14,000 viagra and cialis pills at the cost of the v. A. Of more than 70,000. This technician was allegedly selling thes
23rd on book tv on cspan2. Up next, the conversation from the Bipartisan Policy Center about Patient Centered research. How to provide the most effective medical treatment. Well hear from doctors of the Veterans Affairs department, John Hopkins University and heartfelt patient. [inaudible] [inaudible] good morning. It is great to see olivia here today. Im the chief medical advisor and i want to welcome all of you to todays event. For those of you who are new to bbc. We want to come by the best ideas from both political ideas to promote health and security for all. Todays event is being streamed live online and on cspan2. A recording will be available later this week. We invite you to interact with us on twitter about todays event using the bpc live. Well be taking questions after the panel discussion. If you are watching online and have a question for our panelist or opening speaker you can use bpc live and we will try to get to those during the q a. Over the next 90 minutes will be di
23rd on book tv on cspan2. Up next, the conversation from the Bipartisan Policy Center about Patient Centered research. How to provide the most effective medical treatment. Well hear from doctors of the Veterans Affairs department, John Hopkins University and heartfelt patient. [inaudible] [inaudible] good morning. It is great to see olivia here today. Im the chief medical advisor and i want to welcome all of you to todays event. For those of you who are new to bbc. We want to come by the best ideas from both political ideas to promote health and security for all. Todays event is being streamed live online and on cspan2. A recording will be available later this week. We invite you to interact with us on twitter about todays event using the bpc live. Well be taking questions after the panel discussion. If you are watching online and have a question for our panelist or opening speaker you can use bpc live and we will try to get to those during the q a. Over the next 90 minutes will be di
[inaudible conversations] committee will come to order. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being with the committee for todays oversight hearing entitled combating the crisis evaluating efforts to prevent veteran suicide. As the hearing title suggests, we are here this morning to discuss the ongoing veteran suicide crisis that, according to the latest Data Available from the department of Veterans Affairs, finds 22 veterans a day dying at their own hands. Im disappointed that the v. A. Was not able to release updated veteran suicide statistics at this time for this hearing. I understand that the center for Disease Control finally provided National Data to v. A. In the middle of march. Considering the critical interest in updated veteran suicide data, i cant emphasize enough the need for v. A. To pursue their analysis with a sense of urgency. Its my fervent hope that the new data will show a reduction in the rate of veteran suicides as a result of the investments we have made in v.