EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure staff register patients (Patient A) to the correct physician, and fax the patient's lab results to the correct physician's office. Findings:During a record review conducted for Patient A, documentation…

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 a patient's (Patient A) PHI (protected healthcare information) was protected. Patient B was registered under Patient A's information.Findings:On February 8, 2013, a record review was conducted. The documents titled,…

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

Issue: Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access to nine patient's medical information, when their EKG (electrocardiogram) reports that included the patient's name, dates of birth, facility medical record numbers, and account numbers were faxed…

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 a patient's (Patient A) lab order was given to the intended patient. That resulted in Patient B receiving and having access to Patient A's PHI (Personal Health Information).Findings:On March…

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

Issue: Based on interview and facility document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and/or disclosure of Patient 1's medical information, when a lab result was inadvertently faxed to an unintended physician's office.Findings:On February 22, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., the…

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

Issue: Based on interview and facility document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and/or disclosure of Patient 1's medical information, when a lab order form was inadvertently given to a patient with a similar name.Findings:On February 22, 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 the unauthorized access and/or disclosure of Patient 1's medical information. This had the potential to result in misuse of private information.Findings:On February 21, 2013, at 2:40 p.m., a phone…

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 information. This had the potential to result in misuse of private information.Findings:On February 21, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., a phone…

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 PHI to Patient B.Findings:An interview was conducted with the…

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 42 patients remained confidential. This failure resulted in the unauthorized disclosure of 42 patient's PHI to an unintended recipient.Findings:An interview was conducted with…

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