Indian Health Service Hospitals: More Monitoring Needed to Ensure Quality Care

Explores concerns about inadequate healthcare quality provided in Indian Health Service (IHS) hospitals. Makes recommendations for implementing a number of oversight measures, and identifies problem areas that will need to be addressed in order to improve healthcare quality in IHS hospitals. See companion report: Indian Health Service Hospitals: Longstanding Challenges Warrant Focused Attention to Support Quality Care -- Office of the Inspector General (HHS)

Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - October 11, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news