SUTTER COAST HOSPITAL

Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of a patients' (Patient 1) medical information when Patient 1's PHI was handed to Patient 2's Representative. This failure allowed the unlawful or unauthorized access…

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

Issue: Based on interview and administrative document review, the hospital failed to keep personal health information confidential when Patient 10's Medication Reconciliation Record was given to another patient. The patient who received the information was not involved in the patient's care…

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 Patient 8's protected, confidential health information, when a physician's referral and patient's medical record were faxed toan outside facility 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 record review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized disclosure of Patient 4's protected, confidential health information, when laboratory results were faxed to a physician not involved with the patient's care and not authorized to receive 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 1's confidential health information, when a request for an ultrasound was sent to a facility 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 record review, the facility failed to prevent unauthorized disclosure of Patient 3's protected, confidential health information, when Patient 3's private laboratory information was shared with a person not authorized to have the information. This failure allowed…

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 access and disclosure of Patient 9's protected, confidential health information, when Patient 9's laboratory information was shared with persons not involved in the patient's care. This failure allowed…

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 Patient 7's protected, confidential health information, when Patient 7's private information was faxed to a facility not involved with the patient's care and not authorized to…

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

Issue: Based on interview and administrative document review, the hospital failed to keep personal health information confidential when Patient 12's laboratory results were sent to a facility not involved in the patient's care and not authorized to receive the information. This…

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

Issue: Based on interview and administrative document review, the hospital failed to keep personal health information confidential when Patient 2's medical records were given to an unauthorized patient. The person who received the information was not involved in the patient's care…

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