Bridges Home Health, Inc

This STANDARD is NOT MET as evidenced by: Based on review of facility documentation, and interview, the Department has determined the home health agency failed to ensure a clinical record for each patient is maintained containing past and current information for every patient accepted by the HHA…

The Administrator failed to ensure that patient individualized emergency plans were developed, included as part of the patient assessment, and documented in the patient's medical record.

The Administrator failed to ensure the facility had a strategy and ability to provide emergency preparedness officials needed information about patients to facilitate emergency evacuation and transportation.

The Administrator has failed to create, implement and document a training program for emergency preparedness and has failed to create, implement and document a testing program for emergency preparedness.

The Administrator failed to ensure each personnel member has been trained at hire and at least every two (2) years in emergency preparedness policies and procedures.

The Administrator failed to ensure that a full-scale drill was conducted at least every two years followed by either a subsequent full-scale drill the following year, or else a community-based drill, functional drill, mock disaster drill, tabletop drill or real-life emergency that required…

This STANDARD is NOT MET as evidenced by: Based on interview, and documentation review the Department has determined the home health agency failed to ensure all necessary medical information pertaining to the patient's current course of illness and treatment, post-discharge goals of care, and…

This STANDARD is NOT MET as evidenced by: Based on review of facility documentation present and interview, the Department has determined the agency failed to conduct performance improvement projects and document the quality improvement projects undertaken, the reasons for conducting these projects…

This STANDARD is NOT MET as evidenced by: Based on interview, review of facility policies and procedures and observation, the Department has determined the home health agency failed to follow accepted standards of practice, including the use of standard precautions, to prevent the transmission of…

The hospice must be in compliance with the Department's rules regarding personal health information as set out at 45 CFR parts 160 and 164. This STANDARD is NOT MET as evidenced by: Based on interview, review of facility policies and procedures and review of medical records, the Department has…

The home health agency must ensure patients receive written notice of the patient's rights and responsibilities as well as the transfer and discharge policies of the HHA . This STANDARD is NOT MET as evidenced by: Based on review of facility documentation, and interview, the Department has…

This STANDARD is NOT MET as evidenced by: Based on interview, review of facility policies and procedures and review of admission packet, the Department has determined the home health agency failed to ensure patients receive the state toll free home health telephone hot line, its contact…

This STANDARD is NOT MET as evidenced by: Based on interview, review of facility policies and procedures and review of admission packet, the Department has determined the home health agency failed to ensure patients receive contact information for a Center of Independent Living entity the serves…

The home health agency skilled nurse failed to ensure medication reconciliation was completed, which poses the potential high risk of medication duplication, harmful drug reaction and adverse effects to the patient.

The home health agency failed to communicate and/or coordinate all physician orders with the care provided to the patient.