COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to protect patient rights for confidential treatment for one of one sampled patient (Patient 1), when Patient 1's family member was given information of the patient's hospital location after Patient 1…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of protected health information (PHI) for 20 patients (1-20), when registered nurse A (RN A) intentionally accessed the medical records of 20 patients without authorization or…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Health & Safety Code 1280

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to protect patient's right for confidential treatment for one of three sampled patients (1) when a hospital physician (Physician A) accessed Patient 1's medical information without a business related reason. This…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to protect the patient rights for confidential treatment of medical records for 100 of 100 sampled patients (1-100) when; 1). An outside business (Business 2) merged Patient 1 and one private…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to prevent unauthorized disclosure of patient health information (PHI) for 24 of 24 sampled patients (1-24), when a briefcase containing PHI for 24 patients was stolen from a car. The failure…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Health & Safety Code 1280

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to protect the patient's right for confidential treatment for one of one sampled patient (1), when hospital staff discussed a patient (Patient 1) by name in a public area. This failure…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of patient health information (PHI) for 14 of 15 sampled patients (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14),…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Health & Safety Code 1280

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to protect the patient rights for confidential treatment for one of one sampled patient (1), when a letter containing patient identifiable information (PII) was mailed to another patient. The failure resulted…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to protect the right for confidential treatment of records for 2 of 2 sampled patients (1 and 2), when a summons was sent to the wrong person by the hospital's contracted…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to prevent unauthorized access to one patient's (Patient 1) medical information by three hospital staff. Findings:On 4/26/13 the California Department of Public Health received a faxed report from the hospital compliance…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Health & Safety Code 1280