VA Access Audit & Wait Times Fact Sheet: VISN 3

<p>On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, VA launched the Accelerating Access to Care Initiative, a nation-wide program to ensure timely access to care. As directed by President Obama, VHA has identified Veterans across the system experiencing waits that do not meet Veterans expectations for timeliness. VA has begun contacting and scheduling all Veterans who are waiting for care in VA clinics or arranging for care in the community, while simultaneously addressing the underlying issues that impede Veterans’ access.The nationwide Access Audit covered a total of 731 separate points of access, and involved over 3,772 interviews of clinical and administrative staff involved in the scheduling process at VA Medical Centers (VAMC), large Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) serving at least 10,000 Veterans and a sampling of smaller clinics. A complete list of VISN facilities with components reviewed as part of the Access Audit is included in this package</p>

2014年5月21日星期三，美国退伍军人事务部（VA）启动了加速医疗服务接入计划，这是一项全国性的项目，旨在确保医疗服务的及时获取。遵照奥巴马总统的指示，VHA已识别出系统中存在等待时间不符合退伍军人对及时性期望的退伍军人。VA已经开始联系并安排所有在VA诊所等待护理或在社区安排护理的退伍军人，同时解决阻碍退伍军人获取服务的根本问题。全国范围内的接入审计覆盖了731个不同的接入点，涉及对VA医疗机构（VAMC）、服务于至少10,000名退伍军人的大型社区门诊诊所（CBOC）以及部分小型诊所的调度过程中的临床和行政人员的3,772次访谈。本包中包含了一份完整的VISN设施清单，其中列出了作为接入审计一部分进行审查的组成部分。