Genesis Home Health Services

The agency failed to include a process for cooperation and collaboration with local, regional, State, and Federal emergency preparedness officials.

" the agency failed to implement emergency preparedness policies and procedures which included the development of individual emergency plans for each patient.

The agency failed to include a plan and procedure to notify state, local and emergency preparedness officials of the homebound patients in need of evacuation from their home in an emergency.

The agency failed to include a plan in place to notify state and local officials of any on duty staff or patients that they were unable to contact during an identified emergency/disaster in the community.

" the agency failed to include a communication plan with healthcare providers and state and local public health departments.

The agency failed to include a method for primary and alternate communication system with emergency management agencies, state and federal, regional and local agencies.

The agency failed to develop a method to share documents and medical information as necessary with other health care providers and emergency officials in the event of an emergency/disaster in the community.

The agency failed to provide evidence of education and testing of staff to verify staff was knowledgeable in their role in the event of a disaster.

" the agency failed to participate in exercises to test the emergency plan.

The agency failed to document an analysis of the data reviewed during 12 of 12 monthly QAPI meetings.

The agency failed to maintain an infection control program that investigated, analyzed, and summarized possible contributing factors as a part of its infection control program.

The agency failed to ensure that a medication review to include potential adverse effects, potential drug interactions, significant side effects, duplicate drug therapy, and noncompliance with drug therapy was completed for six of seven patients (Patient (P)1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6) in the sample as a…

The agency failed to ensure that medications were identified and included on the Plan of Care (POC) sent to the physician for one of seven patients (Patient (P) P1) in the sample.