# VA - 21-00497-46 - 2
> **Closed** recommendation · 2022-01-19
**Report:** Audit of Community Care Consults during COVID-19 ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/31107))
**OIG report number:** 21-00497-46
**Recommendation number:** 2
## Text
Establish a tool to monitor whether clinicians are properly indicating the appropriateness of alternative forms of care and whether staff offered them to patients when clinically appropriate.
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*Source: oversight.gov · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*