Now know from the whistle blowers about the wait list and the related mortalities. Largest Health Care Systems in the United States have driven improvements by harvesting and implementing best practices across their system. When organizations Like Community Health Systems identify a best practice, they move quickly to put the practice in place across all 205 facilities. This includes Patient Safety protocols, caregiver to patient interactions about medications and a leader accountability platform. I was concerned when i heard the wednesday on monday refers the amount of time they thaw it would take to make change. As john cotter would have us remember that the biggest okbjet tackle to achieving performance is high confidentsy. No matter what is decided, the va must embark upon change with a never before seen sense of urgency with a proven outcomes based solution. We open at the studor group that it can be as straightforward as transforming the rigger where they compel into an area wher
Past five or six years. But i think pretty obviously its a misallocation of the those resources. Mr. Collard. Not only a misallocation, but perhaps just looking the other way when you have the resources. I think i heard on monday night the fact, chairman miller, that you raised a specific financial number thats been invested or been provided for i. T. And i. T. Related services. The question was raised, wheres the money . And so whether its whether its misallocation or just, perhaps, an ignoring of those funds available, perhaps, leads to the current state. Dr. Mccaughey. Yes. The v. A. Budget has increased 173 from the year 2000 through 2012. That in inflation adjusted terms is 72 . The increase in total v. A. Patients was 69 . So the funding increased at a faster pace than the number of patients who had to be treated. And the number of acute care patients who need costly care increased only 49 . So the v. A. Funding should have been adequate to meet the increased demands on the syste
Mention from every leader to that workforce. And important things. We are doing lots of experimentation in expanding telecommuting, changing the environment within the organization. But i think when that message comes across from all of the leaders, many of whom are seated in front of me today, that message comes across from all of the leaders about the importance and the value that they place in employees that i think translates well. The better that workforce does, the more efficient they are, the less sick time and on and on but many of you know this. We are hoping that we are going to be able to improve the way we show on that federal Employee Workforce survey. This is also an important issue with secretary johnson and also with their deputy secretary. When we work with this vision, we will improve the productivity and we will be better capable of carrying out our mission. Carrying out our mission involves sharing information and creating community. Partnerships and information sha
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