KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the California Department of Public Health (the Department) was notified of the theft of Patient A's protected health information (PHI) within the mandated time frame for reporting the event.…

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 secure. This failure potentially resulted in the disclosure of Patient A's PHI to an unauthorized source.Findings:An interview was conducted with…

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 Patient A's private health information was protected from misuse by unauthorized entities, when the information was inadvertently released to an unintended recipient. This failure to ensure Patient A's information…

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 Patient A's private health information was protected from misuse by unauthorized entities, when the information was inadvertently released to an unintended recipient. This failure to ensure Patient A's information…

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 Patient A's protected health information (PHI) remained confidential. This failure led to the unauthorized disclosure of Patient A's PHI to an unauthorized recipient and the potential for misuse of…

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 disclosure of 29 patients' medical information (Patients 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,…

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 (Patients 2 and 4). Patient 2's and 4's confidential…

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 of Patient 1's protected health information (PHI). This had the potential to result in misuse of private information.Findings:On July 17, 2013, at 3 p.m., an investigation…

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 access to a patient's PHI (Protected Health Information).Findings:On March 18, 2013, an Admitting Department staff member interchanged two patients (Patient A and Patient B) co-pay letters when placed…

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 of Patient 1's medical information. This had the potential to result in misuse of private information.Findings:On February 27, 2013, at 8:30 a.m., an investigation was conducted…

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