Introduction The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been under scrutiny over the last few years due to reports the lack of appointments slots available as well as the long wait times the Veterans to receive specialty care appointments. The United States Congress has begun addressing the Veterans Affairs medical issues and the cover-ups that have occurred in the Veterans Affairs Health System. There are several areas for this current dilemma that need to be addressed. For example, the wait times and scheduling oversights were ignored until whistleblowers decided to report these issues that they witnessed and/or were a part of. The Government Accountability Office in both 2013 and 2014 conducted site visits (as requested by Congress) …show more content…
The report stated “the lack of consistent implementing of scheduling policies, medical staff who schedule appointments were unsure of the correct way to book a patient into an appointment depending on what the patient stated they needed or when being referred the booker was not clear of the type of appointment slot that the patient should be put into due to lack of knowledge of what the referral stated, and several clinics weren’t using the electronic book system. These are the main issues that were seen very quickly during the site visits”, (Draper, 2013). The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs must make necessary changes in order to provide the health care that the Veterans earned and …show more content…
The discussion should be comprehensive, organized, and flow logically. The brief review of literature should not be a list of one article summary after another or an annotated bibliography. Use themes and/or subtopics as headings. Identify the themes or sub-topics around which the literature review has been organized into a coherent narrative discussion. In the review, at least 7 to 10 of the most important works or studies that touch upon the dissertation topic or problem should be discussed. Be sure to include works that provide alternate or opposing perspectives on the proposed topic area to demonstrate unbiased research. Focus particularly on those works that address main ideas in the field, describe areas of controversy, and indicate areas of incomplete knowledge and relate them to the envisioned study problem, purpose, and research questions. Include historical and germinal works as well as current works (within the last 5 years). Continue to expand and update the literature review until the final dissertation is
The Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA) is a public organization that is government provided. The organization funding is produce through taxes. The executive branch of the agency is located in Washington DC and is headed by Secretary of Veteran Affairs. There are Veteran Affairs Offices located in all 50 states, including American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, North Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. It ranks number two in the United States federal department with over 200,000 employees.
There has been a shortage of physicians, lack of inpatient beds, problems with ambulatory services, as well as not having proper methods of dealing with patient overflow, all in the past 10 years (Cummings & francescutti, 2006, p.101). The area of concern that have been worse...
United States Government Accountability Office (2011). Veterans' Education Benefits: Enhanced Guidance and Collaboration Could Improve Administration of the Post-9/11 Program (GAO-11-356R). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
...equired paperwork to receive the services they need (“Point: Veterans Struggle To Receive Benefits”). Soldiers are required to fill out excessive paperwork just to receive care. “Veterans and soldiers were required to file twenty-two documents to eight different departments in order to receive care” (“Point: Veterans Struggle To Receive Benefits”). It has become a very long and difficult process for our veterans to receive medical attention after returning home.
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War is hell. War is misery, suffering, pain, and anguish. From the days of rocks and sticks to today’s high tech drones and aircraft carriers one thing above all others has remained the same; war is a terrifying, nightmarish endeavor. Unfortunately for those who fight for their nation, the battlefield does not remain in the far off land where the battle took place. In fact, those warriors bring back that battlefield, festering in the hearts and minds, sometimes long after their uniforms have been put in the closet to collect dust. It should come as no surprise that for a variety of reasons all stemming from combat experience, many of our nations Veterans will act in unconventional or perhaps even illegal ways, in an attempt to cope with the stress of their military service. It may be easy for some to say that these men and women, despite their service, are criminals and should be locked away like any other who breaks the law. However, if rehabilitation is truly a goal of our justice system it would not make any sense to take a group of offenders suffering from the side effects of combat experiences and throw them in prison, which is little better than combat anyway. This is why the advent of Veteran’s courts is so important. Due to their service, and the effects that PTSD and other service related conditions may have on their criminal behavior, Veteran’s courts are not only an honorable way to treat our nation’s defenders, but a way in which to protect them from the negative impact of incarceration. These courts, which are based off of drug and mental health courts, are designed to take less serious offenders, who offenses were related to their service connected conditions and keep them away from incarceration and into treatment (...
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Every health care organization is struggling to address the mandated Centers for Medicare (CMS) core measures, the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers (HCAHPS) patient satisfaction scores, in addition to the reportable event requirements. PeaceHealth and the University District (UD) Hospital comprehend that compensation is tied to outcomes, therefore, the organization is extremely serious regarding quality and safety initiatives, addition to patient satisfaction scores. I was provided the opportunity to spend the day with the Chief Administrative Officer for the UD and it was an incredible experience. As the CAO, she is responsible for the quality and satisfaction measures at the UD hospital and she is exceedingly engaged. She and I performed rounding on each unit in the hospital. During rounds we visited every single patient, and the CAO asked questions specific to hourly rounding, pain, positioning, and toileting needs. I have not previously witnessed this depth of involvement by someone at such a high level of administration. In addition, she spoke with the staff regarding their workload, their breaks, and requested feedback concerning barriers they may be encountering that would prohibit
Nardin, Rachel “Healthcare for vets - and all others” The Boston Globe. 11 NOV 2007: N. Pag. Boston.com. WEB. 10 Nov 2009.
What Seems To Be The Problem? A discussion of the current problems in the U.S. healthcare system.
- Unfortunatly, all research papers have a limitation to their studies. Some of the limits I may come across is, lack of information, lack of respectable and trusted articles or books. These two will be my biggest concern when writing this paper. The way I plan to try and overcome this obstacle is by gathering all the information I have before hand, and understand the limitations I may occur before I begin writing my paper. This way, I will know my limits while writing my paper and not overstep my boundaries.
In 1636 the “Pilgrims passed a law which stated that disabled soliders would be supported by the colony.” (VA History) This paved the way for veterans’ benefits and healthcare. It wasn’t until 1811 that the federal government authorized the first medical and domiciliary facilities along with benefits and pensions for the veterans and their families. When the United States entered World War 1 in 1917, Congress created a new system for veterans’ benefits such as disability compensation, insurance, vocational rehabilitation. These benefits were directed by three different agencies in the Federal Government, these branches were the Veterans Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions of the Interior Department, and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Ten years later congress authorized the president to “consolidate and coordinate Government activities affecting war veterans”; this action united the three component agencies into bureaus under the veterans’ administration. In the following six decades there were vast increases in the veteran population, and new benefits enacted by congress for veterans following Wo...
Based on the concept of conducting literature review, it should concisely to abstract the sources or finding that existence from the prior research. Besides that, it should be proposed or concluded with trustable evidence. It also should judge the research based on what is the right, what is the wrong, what is uncertain or even what is missing from the original literature. (Knopf, 2006; Zorn & Campbell; 2006)
In this essay I will outline the primary methods of conducting research, their advantages and disadvantages and will outline where they are best utilised. In addition to this, I will select certain methods of research that I believe will be applicable to my own dissertation and state why I will use those particular methods to conduct my own research.
The chapter of discussion was composed of five parts: introduction, reflection on the project, reflection on implications of the project, reflection of the MA experience, and summary.