Veterans Administration Does Not Want To Report Mistakes

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unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ (Righthaven LLC?) has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, I’ve decided to give ya’ll an unhappycamper summary of the article and a link to the OP. To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.

To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.

Read all about Fair Use here. It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.

unhappycamper summary of this article: The whole reason the VA is opposed: If we issue health-care quality reports, people may also see the mistakes we made. How fucking lame is that?





VA opposes issuing health-care quality reports
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Sep 29, 2010 13:30:36 EDT

A bill that would require the Veterans Affairs Department to post medical quality assurance records online has drawn opposition from VA, which worries about the confidentiality of patients and whether posting the records would have a “chilling effect” on the willingness of health care workers to report mistakes.