Review of Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Other Outpatient Clinics of St. Cloud VA Health Care System, St. Cloud, Minnesota

The VA Office of Inspector General conducted a review of the St. Cloud VA Health Care System’s Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) and other outpatient clinics to evaluate for safe, consistent, and high-quality health care. The review evaluated the clinics’ compliance with selected VHA requirements for alcohol use disorder, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening, and outpatient documentation. We also randomly selected the Brainerd, MN, CBOC as a representative site and evaluated the environment of care on November 4, 2014. OIG noted opportunities for improvement and made one recommendation in the focused review area of Environment of Care.