Tampa Bay VA hospitals struggling with patient flow, patient diversions
Patient Safety Monitor Alert, October 31, 2007
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Two VA hospitals in the Tampa Bay area have had to divert patients a large portion of the time, due to an increased demand for services, reports the St. Petersburg Times. The James A. Haley VA Medical Center has diverted all patients 16% of the time since January 2006 and Bay Pines VA Medical Center has recently improved numbers to a 7% diversion rate, down from a high of 28% in 2003.
Though officials at the VA insist that their aim is to provide veterans care when they are in need, critics of the VA say that there has been nothing done to address the capacity problems rampant in Florida's VA hospitals. Capacity and patient flow issues are problems that all hospitals must solve.
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