Inspectors General: Veterans Affairs Special Inquiry Report Was Misleading

ISBN-10: 0788180274
ISBN-13: 9780788180279
Series: Inspectors General
Pages: 56
Language: English
Published: 1999-05
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Author: Jim Locraft

Description

Reviews the Special Inquiry (SI) conducted by the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) and its resulting report, entitled SI: Alleged Cover-up of an Unexplained Increase in Deaths, Harry S. Truman Memorial VA Medical Center, Columbia, MO. It determines (1) whether the SI report represents the results of the OIG's review, (2) whether the OIG complied with its policies in conducting the SI (3) why a delay occurred between receipt of the cover-up allegations in Feb. 1993 and the beginning of the SI in Jan. 1995, and (4) whether the OIG protected the confidentiality of the staff physician who made the allegations of a cover-up.