EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to protect Patient A's demographic information from unauthorized disclosure. Patient A's name, date of birth facility medical record and account numbers were inadvertently given to the wrong patient. This resulted in…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to prevent Patient A's protected health information from unauthorized disclosure, when Patient A's discharge summary was given to the wrong patient. This resulted in a disclosure of Patient A's name, date…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to protect Patient A's demographic information from unauthorized disclosure. Patient A's name, date of birth, facility medical record and account numbers were inadvertently given to the wrong patient, when Patient A's…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to prevent Patient A's protected health information (PHI) from unauthorized disclosure, when portions of Patient A's medical record were inadvertently mailed to the wrong patient. This resulted in the potential for…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to prevent Patient A's protected health information from unauthorized disclosure, when Patient A's surgery reminder document, was mailed to another patient. This resulted in the potential for misuse of Patient A's…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure all patient protected health information (PHI) was kept protected, which resulted in the unauthorized release of Patient A's confidential information. Patient A's confidential information was inadvertently sent to an…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure all patient protected health information (PHI) was kept protected, which resulted in the unauthorized access of the patient's confidential information (Patient 5). Patient 5's confidential information was given to…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to prevent the unauthorized access and /or disclosure of Patient A's medical/private information.This failure had the potential to result in the misuse of Patient A's medical/private information.Findings:On October 14, 2013, at…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized disclosure of PHI for one patient (Patient 1) when lab results were faxed to an incorrect physician who was not involved in treating the patient. This failed practice…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the PHI (protected health information) of Patient A remained confidential. This failure resulted in the unauthorized disclosure of Patient A's name, address, account number, date of birth, and a…

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