LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of Patient A's protected health information (PHI) when a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN 1) transported Patient A's medical records in a sealed envelope, but not in…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of Patient A's protected health information (PHI) when a Transplant Patient Assistant sent via mail Patient A's medical documents to Patient B. This resulted in an…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information (PHI) for Patient A when Patient B received prescriptions written for Patient A at discharge from the emergency department, resulting in a…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of Patient A's protected health information (PHI), when an employee at the clinic inadvertently mailed Patient A's after visit summary and clinical referrals to Patient B.…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information (PHI) for Patient A, when an employee 1 gave Patient A's discharge instructions to Patient B. This failure resulted in a breach…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information (PHI) for two patients (Patient B and C), when an outside agency had requested documents on twin infant (Patient A). The facility…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information (PHI) for one patient (Patient A), when documents containing PHI of Patient A were inadvertently sent to another patient (Patient B) with…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information (PHI) for one patient (Patient A), when documents containing PHI of Patient A were inadvertently sent to the address of another patient…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information (PHI) for one patient (Patient A), when medical records containing PHI of Patient A were inadvertently released to a copy service company.…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information (PHI) for patient (Patient B), when a medical record staff (Employee 1) mailed Patient A's documents comingled with documents of Patient B.…

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