Search Privacy Violations, Breaches and Complaints
This database was last updated in December 2015 ago and should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data on breaches affecting 500 or more people is available at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Breach Portal.
SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL HOSPITAL
36 results found from all sources. Sorted by date.
June 9, 2015
Issue: Based on interview and record review the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information for Patient B, when Patient A was given discharge paperwork intended for Patient B resulting the unauthorized release of Patient B's confidential…
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
April 15, 2015
Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of Patient B's protected health information (PHI) when a Registered Nurse (RN 1) gave Patient B's discharge instruction and prescription documents to Patient A. This resulted…
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
April 15, 2015
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 Registered Nurse (RN 1) gave Patient A's discharge documents to Patient B. This resulted in an unauthorized…
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
April 15, 2015
Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that their policy and procedure for confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) was implemented when the Medical Staff Coordinator accessed Patient A's electronic health record (EHR) without a business…
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
April 14, 2015
Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information for Patient A, when Patient A's laboratory requisition order was inadvertently faxed with Patient B's paperwork to Animal Control.Findings:During a phone interview…
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
March 30, 2015
Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of Patient B's protected health information (PHI) when a Medical Doctor (MD 1) gave Patient B's discharge instruction documents to Patient A. This resulted in an…
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
February 27, 2015
Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of Patient B's protected health information (PHI) when a Registered Nurse (RN 1) gave Patient B's discharge instruction documents to Patient A. This resulted in an…
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
February 4, 2015
Reported as: SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information for Patient B, when a registered nurse( RN 1) gave Patient B's written prescription to Patient A. This resulted in the Patient…
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
February 4, 2015
Issue: Based on interview and record review,the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of patient health information for Patient B, when a volunteer inserted Patient B's mammogram results in an envelope addressed to Patient A. This resulted in the unauthorized…
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
December 10, 2014
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 Emergency Department Registered Nurse (RN 1) released the prescription for Patient A to Patient B, upon discharge…
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights