Inspection Results » Medical Center Convalescent Hospital

  1. Health Inspection on May 25, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Corrected 2018-06-26)
      • Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs. (Corrected 2018-06-26)

To be part of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, nursing homes have to meet certain requirements set by Congress. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has entered into an agreement with state governments to do health inspections and fire safety inspections of these nursing homes and investigate complaints about nursing home care. [2]

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References

  1. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Health-Inspections.html
  2. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Inspection-Results.html