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WITNESS LIST

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Management

Thursday, July 27, 2000, 10:00 a.m.
Cannon House Office Building, Room 334

Chairman’s Hearing Statement

Chairman’s Statement for the Record

Statement of the Honorable Lane Evans

Remarks of Honorable Corrine Brown

 

Panel One

Honorable Richard J. Griffin
Inspector General
Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied by:

Mr. Alanson Schweitzer
Assistant Inspector General for Health Care Inspections
Office of the Inspector General
Department of Veterans Affairs

Ms. Cynthia Bascetta
Associate Director
Veterans Affairs and Military Health Care
General Accounting Office

Accompanied by:

Mr. Ron Guthrie
Assistant Director
Veterans Affairs and Military Health Care
General Accounting Office

Panel Two

Linda Connell, RN, MA
Director
Aviation Safety Reporting System
NASA Ames Research Center

Panel Three

James Bagian, MD, PE
Director
National Center for Patient Safety
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

Jonathan Perlin, MD, Ph.D, MSHA
Chief Quality and Performance Officer
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied by:

James McManus, MD
Medical Inspector
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

John Feussner, MD
Chief Research and Development Officer
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

Thomas Holohan, MD
Chief Patient Care Services Officer
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

Mr. John Ogden
Chief Consultant
Pharmacy Benefits Management Strategic Health Group
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

Ms. Helen Cornish
Director
Lexington VA Medical Center
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

and

Steve Kraman, MD
Chief of Staff
Lexington VA Medical Center
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

GAO Response to Post Hearing Questions

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