SALINAS VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to protect the patients' rights for confidential treatment for 23 patients (1-23), when a briefcase containing the facesheets for 23 patients was stolen from the trunk of a physician's car. This…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of patient health information (PHI) for one of one sampled patient (1), when Patient 1's hospital Face Sheet containing PHI was found by an individual in…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to notify the Department within five business days of the disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI), when a hospital Face Sheet containing PHI for Patient 1 was found in an individual's…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to notify Patient 1 within five business days of the disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI), when a hospital Face Sheet containing PHI for Patient 1 was found in an individual's…

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

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of patient health information (PHI) for one of two sampled patients (1), when a portion of Patient 1's discharge paperwork containing PHI was inadvertently given to…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of patient health information (PHI) for one of one sampled patient (1), when a staff member disclosed Patient 1's sensitive diagnosis to a visitor. The failure…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of patient health information (PHI) for one of two sampled patients (1), when a hospital staff member (ONN) intentionally accessed Patient 1's electronic medical record without…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of patient health information (PHI) for one of two sampled patients (1), when upon discharge, Patient 2 was given the discharge packet which belonged to Patient…

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

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to protect patient right for confidential treatment for three of three sampled patients (1, 2, and 3), when their names and dates of birth were sent to an unauthorized physician's office.…

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