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EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER
Cited by the California Department of Public Health for a violation of California’s Health and Safety Code relating to medical privacy during an inspection that began on September 28, 2011. Also cited in 279 other reports.
Report ID: KTUK11.01, California Department of Public Health
Reported Entity: EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER
Issue:
Based on interview and documents review, the facility failed, for one patient (Patient A), to ensure that Protected Health Information (PHI) was not disclosed to an entity not authorized to receive the information. Findings:On September 28, 2011, at 10 a.m., an investigation regarding unauthorized disclosure of Patient A's PHI was conducted. During a concurrent interview with the facility's Information Privacy Officer, she stated Patient A's records were scanned onto Patient B's records, and were sent to Patient B. Patient B notified her about the incident on September 9, 2011. Patient B brought Patient A's records back to the facility and the records were sent to Patient A on September 16, 2011. On September 28, 2011, a review of facility documents included:a. Patient A's bone density results forms. The PHI included Patient's name, identification number, date of birth, sex, age, ethnicity, height, weight, and the result of the test. b. A letter addressed to Patient A, dated September 16, 2011, indicated the facility notified Patient A of the privacy breach.
Outcome:
Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Health & Safety Code 1280