ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER - REEDLEY

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical record and administrative document review the facility failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when Patient 1's PHI was faxed to the wrong number.This failure placed Patient 1's PHI at risk for unauthorized use.Findings:On…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical record, and administrative document review, the hospital failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when Patient 1's PHI was disclosed by Employee 1 (E 1) to other employees. This failure resulted in the breach…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical record, and administrative document review, the hospital failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when patient's PHI was faxed to an unauthorized recipient.This failure resulted in the breach of Patient 1's PHI and possible…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical and administrative document review, the hospital failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when:1. Patient 1's PHI was faxed to an unauthorized recipient. (refer to CA00394645) 2. Patient 2's PHI was faxed to an…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical and administrative document review, the facility failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when:On 12/27/13 Patient 1's clinical records were faxed to a produce company instead of the doctor's office.This failure resulted in unauthorized…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights

Issue: Based on staff interview and administrative document review, the hospital failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when Patient 1's PHI was faxed to an unauthorized recipient. This failure resulted in not protecting the PHI for Patient 1 and…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical record, and administrative document review, the hospital failed to ensure confidential treatment of Patient 1 - 5's protected health information (PHI) when:1. Patient 1's and Patient 2's PHI was faxed to a private home and…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights

Issue: Intakes: CA00334103, CA00334110, CA00334116Based on staff interview, facility and administrative document review, the facility failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when:1. Patient 1's imaging reports of 10/16/12 were mistakenly faxed to an unauthorized recipient. 2. Patient 2's imaging…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights

Issue: Based on staff interview and administrative document review, the hospital failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when an employee of the facility notified an unauthorized individual of Patient 1's admission and scheduled procedure at the hospital.This failure resulted…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical record, and administrative document review, the hospital failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when Patient 1's clinical information was was faxed to the wrong number. This failure resulted in the breach of Patient…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights