The failure at the VA is intentional to prove "government" can't do anything right....

[rainbow4321]

24. Very true

At the VA hospital I work at it wouldn't matter how much money was poured into the system.

The crappy attitude, laziness, and selfishness of some of our frontline healthcare workers would still be the same.

They know how to milk and manipulate the system. And without strong, consistent managers who will reign in those workers NOTHING will change. Nothing.

Whatever money they have thrown at the current system never trickles down to the front line. We can't even get a supply of plastic ware to keep on the wards to give vets who may want a snack. We usually end giving them wooden tongue depressers to use. We have wards that have broken printers for weeks and weeks...pfft.."work order has been placed"...sure it has.

Any extra money sure as hell is not going to hire staff. We are constantly short staffed. But, hey...we have cool looking touch screen computer screens on various walls people can use for getting directions (that don't work half the time) and new fake glowing fireplaces that look pretty.

Oh, yeah...and we pay lots of people to work OT who show up to sit around on the computers and socialize...if they are in a good mood they MIGHT go do some patient care.

There's something the OIG could look into...monitor online time. We each have our own log in ID so it should be easy to track. If they truly wanted to know. But no one really does.

We have nurses and techs who are known to FALL ASLEEP on duty. Yes, they have been reportd. No, this is not hidden info. Yes, they stay employed by the VA. They tend to prefer a computer located next to a wall so they can prop themselves when they nap.

The brass can keep their fucking money....just get down to the frontline and CLEAN HOUSE. Those of us who actually DO our jobs are tired of the ones who don't. And it's getting kinda depressing to see the suits in DC who think firing people in DC will fix this system.