“GAO was asked to review VA pharmacy inventory management. This report (1) describes approaches selected VAMCs use to manage their pharmacy inventories and (2) assesses the extent to which VA oversees VAMCs’ efforts to manage their pharmacy inventories…”
“What GAO Found – Selected Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) medical centers (VAMC) use generally similar approaches for managing their pharmacy inventories. For example, all VAMCs store certain medications in secured areas. However, GAO found that VAMCs have also taken unique approaches for procuring and tracking medications, as allowed under VA policy…”
“Recommendation: The Secretary of the VA should direct the Undersecretary for Health to designate a focal point for overseeing VAMCs’ pharmacy inventory management system-wide and define the focal point’s responsibilities. (Recommendation 1)…” Read the full report here.
Source: Health Care – Pharmacy Inventory Management Could Benefit from System-Wide Oversight, September 27, 2018. GAO.gov.
