COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical and administrative document review, the facility failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when on 3/17/14 Medical Doctor 1 (MD 1) accessed Patient 1's (P 1) electronic medical records (EMR) without a business need…

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

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical record and administrative document review, the facility failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when multiple staff members accessed Patient 1's electronic medical records (EMR) without a business need to know.These failures resulted in…

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:1. Patient 1's PHI was disclosed to an unauthorized third party. (refer to CA00385189)2. Patient 2's PHI was faxed to an unauthorized…

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 multiple staff members accessed Patient 1's (P 1) electronic medical records (EMR) without a business need to know.This failure resulted…

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

Issue: Based on staff interview and clinical record 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…

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 inadvertently sent a fax containing eleven patients PHI, intended for the patient's physician, to an incorrect number. These failures…

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:1. Patient 1's medical information was faxed to an unauthorized recipient. (refer to CA00359255)2. Patient 1's home medication was given to another…

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

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical record and administrative document review, the facility failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when:1. Patient 1's PHI was accessed and shared by an employee of a physician's office. This 2. Patient 2's PHI…

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

Issue: Based on staff interview, clinical record, and administrative document review, the facility failed to keep Protected Health Information (PHI) confidential when:1) A bill from a collection agency for Patient 1 was mailed to a government office on the hospital's behalf.…

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 inappropriately accessed nine patient's (Patients 1-9) medical records without a business need to know. These failures placed Patient 1-9's…

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