SUTTER COAST HOSPITAL

Issue: Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of Patient 1's confidential health information, when the patient's billing statement was sent to an outside agency, which was not involved with the patient's care…

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

Issue: Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of Patient 2's confidential health information, when the patient's screen print of an ultrasound was given to another patient, who was not involved with the…

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

Issue: Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of Patient 3's confidential health information, when the patient's information was sent to the patient's family, who were not authorized to have the information. This…

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

Issue: Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of Patients 5-36's confidential health information, when a list of patients who were scheduled for cardiac procedures was dropped outside of the facility and was…

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

Issue: Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of Patient 45's confidential health information, when the patient's laboratory results were faxed to a physician, who was not involved with the patient's care and…

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

Issue: Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of Patient 48's confidential health information, when a page of the patient's exit information was given to another patient, who was not involved with the…

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

Issue: Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of Patient 2's confidential health information, when results of a radiology examination were given to a person not involved with the patient's care and not…

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

Issue: Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of Patient 45's confidential health information, when the patient's laboratory results were faxed to a person, who was not involved with the patient's care and…

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

Issue: Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of Patient 50's confidential health information, when the patient's Physical Therapy Report was faxed to a private company, not involved with the patient's care and…

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

Issue: Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of Patient 51's confidential health information, when a request for a laboratory test was given to a person not involved with the patient's care and…

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