Inadequate Resident Supervision and Documentation of an Ophthalmology Procedure at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System in Oklahoma
Inspection / Evaluation · Department of Veterans Affairs OIG · 2021-05-18 · about Department of Veterans Affairs
Report
Title
Inadequate Resident Supervision and Documentation of an Ophthalmology Procedure at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System in Oklahoma
Submitting OIG
Department of Veterans Affairs OIG
Component agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
Type
Inspection / Evaluation
Publication date
2021-05-18
Summary
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection in response to allegations related to ophthalmology resident supervision and quality of care by an attending ophthalmologist (subject ophthalmologist) at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System in Oklahoma.The OIG substantiated that the subject ophthalmologist failed to provide adequate resident supervision and entered inaccurate documentation related to supervision for a single patient case.
Recommendations (3)
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Status
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1
Closed
The Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director ensures a review of the clinic note for the patient who experienced temporary loss of vision and confirms that the level of supervision provided by the attending ophthalmologist is accurately reflected…
2
Closed
The Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director conducts a review to ensure that language used to document resident supervision accurately reflects the presence of the attending ophthalmologist and the degree of resident oversight provided and takes…
3
Closed
The Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director confirms that ophthalmology service procedures include a hand-off process to address attending coverage in situations when an attending ophthalmologist is unavailable to provide timely resident…