WPRO News and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Officials from the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center say it’s making strides toward providing better care to veterans even as government data shows it is still failing to provide timely care to every patient.
Data reviewed by The Associated Press shows that 2,700 medical appointments completed at the Providence VA from September to February failed to meet the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs goal of providing a primary care appointment within 30 days.
This was out of a total of 136,995 completed appointments, or about 2 percent. Of those, 574 involved a delay of longer than 60 days.
Still, the Providence VA fared better than the health system’s national average for delayed appointments, which was 2.8 percent.
