ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the confidential treatment of protected health information (PHI) for Patient A, when a registered nurse (RN1) gave Patient A's "Patient Instruction Signature Page" to Patient B to sign upon…

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 Patients A, B, C, D, E, F,G, H, I and J, when a Telemetry RN inadvertently mixed eMars (electronic medication…

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 Patient Care Coordinator assembled Patient B's chart and included Patient A's lab requisition and medication reconciliation forms…

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 Employee 2 issued a prescription to Patient B with Patient A's pre-printed patient label attached to it…

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 Employee 1 transferred Patient B with Patient A's physician orders. This resulted in Patient A's PHI to…

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 (PHI) information for Patient A, when Patient A's PHI was inadvertently faxed from Facility 1 to Facility 2 with Patient B's medical records.On…

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 and Patient B when Employee 1 accidentally labeled Patient B's IV (Intravenous) bag with Patient A's label, and…

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 B when Employee 1 gave Patient B's prescription to Patient A on discharge from a facility on April 24,…

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 Employee 1 included Patient A's prescription with Patient B's discharge packet on June 29, 2014, which resulted 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 privacy and confidentiality of patient medical records which resulted in an unauthorized person or persons accessing medical information in a manner not authorized by the patient.Findings:On December 8,…

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