SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BILIRAKIS 5
DONALDSON 6 9 10 11
EVANS 3 4
GARTHWAITE 12 24 26 27 29 30 31 32 33
34 35 39 40
GUTIERREZ 2 10 11
MATHER 17 23 36 38 39
MCMANUS 31 37
MILLER 21 22 28
STEARNS 1 3 5 6 9 10 11 17 21
22 23 24 26 27 29 30 31 32
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
WILSON 30 32 33
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OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS
PAGE 1
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
PAGE 2
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, FULL COMMITTEE ON VETERANS'
AFFARIS
PAGE 3
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS
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STATEMENT OF MOLLA DONALDSON, M.S., PROJECT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE ON HEALTH CARE QUALITY,
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS GARTHWAITE, M.D., DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY NANCY WILSON, M.D., DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY,
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; JAMES MCMANUS, M.D., MEDICAL INSPECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS; AND JOHN MATHER, M.D., ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR HEALTH CARE INSPECTIONS,
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND MAURA FARRELL MILLER, PH.D., ARNP, CS, PRESIDENT, NURSES
ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS GARTHWAITE, M.D.
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STATEMENT OF DR. JOHN MATHER
PAGE 17
STATEMENT OF MS. MILLER
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