Issue: Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure Patient A's Protected Health Information (name, date of birth and address) was not given to an unauthorized recipient. This had the potential to result in misuse of private information.Findings:On…

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 protected health information (PHI) for one patient (Patient 1). An employee gave Patient 1's Discharge Medication List to another patient. This failure resulted in an unauthorized…

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 ensure PHI for one patient (Patient 1) was protected from disclosure to a person or persons not authorized to have access to it. An employee from the lab followed the…

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 ensure all patient protected health information (PHI) was kept protected, which resulted in the unauthorized access of the patient's confidential information (Patient 3). Patient 3's confidential information was given to…

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 ensure all patient protected health information (PHI) was kept protected, which resulted in the unauthorized access of the patient's confidential information (Patient 7). Patient 7's confidential information was left on…

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

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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 ensure all patient protected health information (PHI) was kept protected, which resulted in the unauthorized access of the patient's confidential information (Patient 3). Patient 3's confidential information was given to…

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 ensure the unauthorized disclosure/release of Protected Health Information (PHI) for one patient (Patient A). Patient A's laboratory report was faxed to an unintended recipient. This failure had the potential to…

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

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 March 12, 2012, an investigation regarding…

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 the unauthorized disclosure of Patient A's and Patient A's Responsible Party's private/medical information. This failure had the potential for the misuse of Patient A's and the Responsible Party's private/medical…

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