Veterans at risk may have been affected by a recent Department of Veterans Affairs health care alert showing a computer glitch was canceling doctors consults including consultations for anticoagulation assessments. The alert states that a large number of appointments were auto-canceled both before and after October 1, 2015. The email alert sent to employees later leaked to DisabledVeterans.org explains the extent of the problem. VA claims a software glitch within its health care CPRS system rejected large numbers of veterans appointments. These appointments are called consult orders or procedure orders. VA became aware of the issue when facilities transitioned from ICD-9 to ICD-10 on October 1, 2015. An investigation of the problem revealed the cancelation problem existed prior to October 1. The alert was not on VA’s web page for National Patient Safety Alerts and not in the press. BREAKING: Veterans Affairs National Patient Safety Alert
It amazes me the b@st*rds don't ever get punished for all their screw ups. The individuals just get transferred to a different facility and still retire with full benefits and still get their bonuses and the vets who need the care who get screwed over have no real legal recourse. This is just not right on so many levels.
ALL of our Federally elected officials should lose their Federal "Golden" health care policies, and instead, fall under the VA for ALL their health care needs. I bet you'd see changes being made so fast, that it would make the top VA heads start turning like Linda Blair's (The Exorcist movie). nwlivewire
