Healthcare Inspection – Provider Availability, VA Roseburg Healthcare System, Roseburg, Oregon

The VA Office of Inspector General Office of Healthcare Inspections conducted an inspection of VA Roseburg Healthcare System, Roseburg, OR. The purpose of the inspection was to determine the validity of allegations regarding provider availability. We did not substantiate the allegations. In summary, we found that the system admitted only those patients with an acuity level appropriate to that for which they were staffed and had the infrastructure/technology to handle and that the system had processes in place to manage the care of inpatients on all shifts. We made no recommendations.