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a patient waited to receive an evaluation.
For example, if a patient is referred on Sept.
15 and the evaluation is scheduled and takes
place on Oct. 1, then the VA would show
that the veteran waited zero days, when in
reality the patient had waited 15. Investiga-
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that timeframe. The remaining third waited
40 days on average.
The record was better for follow-up treat-
ments. About 88 percent get follow-up
appointments within 14 days of the desired
date, but that still leaves about 1.2 million
appointments during the year that
exceed the timeframe. The department
has been reporting that 98 percent of
veterans were getting timely follow-
up appointments.
“Clearly the VA scheduling system
needs a major overhaul,” Murray said.
“The VA also needs to get serious
about hiring new mental health pro-
fessionals in every corner of the country.”
Murray’s committee conducted a hearing
on the inspector general’s report on
Wednesday morning. The VA said it con-
curred with the findings and has already
begun taking steps to address the findings,
including establishing a new office with
oversight of the mental health program.
The record was better for
follow-up treatments
tors called the VA’s tracking as “having no
real value.”
Investigators said that the VA also over-
stated how long it took to treat new patients
after they got an evaluation. Such treatment
is supposed to take place within 14 days of
the date sought by the patient, but only two-
thirds of veterans were are treated within
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cess? Success means different things to dif-
ferent people. To me, the greatest quality of
successful human beings is the ability to
love.
KW: The Melissa Harris-Perry question:
How did your first big heartbreak impact
who you are as a person?
ZM: It makes you stronger. Yeah, it
makes you stronger.
KW: Dante Lee, author of “Black Busi-
ness Secrets,” asks: What was the best
business decision you ever made, and what
was the worst?
ZM: My best business decision was to be
independent as a musician and artist. My
worst was compromising on certain aspects
of a deal for the sake of other members of
my group when I shouldn’t have, because I
was right in the end.
KW: The Tavis Smiley question: How do
you want to be remembered?
ZM: To tell you the truth, I don’t know. I
don’t think about it. [Laughs]
KW: Thanks again for the time, Ziggy,
and best of luck with the film and the con-
cert tour.
ZM: Thank you, brother.
Michael Tom is Oregon Health & Science University’s new Affirmative Action
and Equal Opportunity director.
Tom, who has been employed at OHSU since 2004, served as interim
director of the department until his appointment as permanent director. He
has also served as associate director and as a compliance officer within
the AAEO department. He serves as the Co-Chair of the Diversity Advisory
Council and Co-Chair of the Physical Access Committee that lead the
university’s diversity and accessibility initiatives.
Tom currently serves on the Community Transitional School Board and the
Oregon Native American Chamber Advisory Board. He co-founded A Night
For Networking, an annual event that connects individuals with disabilities
with businesses and employment opportunities. Prior to his arrival at OHSU,
Tom worked as an associate attorney at the law firms of Hoffman, Hart &
Wagner and Corbett Gordon & Associates in Portland.
The AAEO department at OHSU plays an important role as a resource for
patients, staff, faculty, students and employment applicants to support
diversity and prohibit discrimination across the university’s missions of
patient care, education, research and outreach.
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KITSAP TRANSIT
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limited to 10 pages total excluding the SF330, cover and
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The deadline for submittals: 4:00 p.m., FRIDAY, May 18,
2012
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