An assessment of the needs of veterans in New Hampshire and Vermont, used to help determine a full-service Veterans Affairs hospital was unnecessary, was based on faulty data, reports the New Hampshire Union Leader.
The report included data from a nonexistent outpatient clinic. U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., found the report names a community-based outpatient clinic in St. Johnsbury, Vt., that was visited by 7,000 veterans in 2017. However, this clinic does not and has never existed, according to Ms. Kuster, who presented the error at a House VA subcommittee meeting.
Carolyn Clancy, MD, executive in charge of the Veterans Health Administration, did not know of the error and said it will be fixed and the entire assessment will be reviewed, according to the Union Leader.
The assessment was used to support a larger Vision 2025 Task Force report for the VA. The task force concluded Manchester (N.H.) VA Medical Center did not need inpatient services, according to the Union Leader.
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