RIVERSIDE COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Issue: Based on staff interview and record review the facility failed to prevent the unauthorized access and/disclosure of Patient 1's private health information (PHI) during the discharge process. Patient 1's discharge information was inadvertently accessed by Patient 2 during Patient 2's…

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

Issue: Based on staff interview and record review the facility failed to prevent the unauthorized access and/or disclosure of Patient 1's private health information (PHI) during the discharge process. Patient 1's PHI was inadvertently given to another patient (Patient 2) during…

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 notify the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) of the unauthorized disclosure of Patients 1 through 463's protected health information (PHI) within five business days after the disclosure had been…

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 patients' confidential information (Patients 1 through 463). Patients 1 through 463'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 ensure 463 patients (Patients 1 through 463), were notified of an unauthorized disclosure of their protected health information (PHI), no later than five (5) business days after the disclosure was…

Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Medical Breach

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 facsimiled 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 ensure all patient protected health information (PHI) was kept protected by; failing to maintain Patient 1's PHI when the PHI was placed on another patients's paperwork.On August 20, 2014, 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 ensure all patient protected health information (PHI) was kept protected by; failing to maintain Patient 1's PHI when the PHI was placed on another patients's paperwork.Findings:On September 26, 2014, 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 medical information for one patient (Patient 1) when her Emergency Department (ED) discharge information was given to another patient (Patient 2) upon his discharge. This failed…

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 protected health information (PHI) for two patients (Patients 1 and 2) when a case managers faxed admission records to the incorrect insurance company. This resulted in…

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