Home Health Honolulu

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure 5 of 12 active patients (Patients 6, 7, 10, 11, and 2) received all the home health services written in their plan of care.

The facility failed to ensure staff followed standards of practice to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases when handling laboratory specimens.

The facility failed to ensure that all entries in the medical record were complete and appropriately authenticated as evidenced by 3 of 18 record reviews done were noted to have visit notes that were not authenticated in a timely manner and/or in alignment with facility policy.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure that the initial assessment for 10 of 12 active patients (Patients 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 2, 4, and 8) were conducted within 48 hours of the referral for home health services.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure all patient care orders were recorded in the plan of care for 1 of 12 active patients (Patient 9).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure all services provided were done so in accordance with current clinical practice guidelines and accepted professional standards of practice.

The facility failed to ensure the primary care physicians (PCP) for Patients (P) 12, 15 and 16 were provided a completed discharge of transfer summary within the specified time frames in accordance with the regulations.

The facility failed to ensure that staff followed accepted standards of practice for standard precautions and to prevent the transmission of infections for 1 of 11 patients (Patient #9) in the sample.

The facility failed to ensure there was a review of all medications the patient is currently using in order to identify any potential adverse effects and drug reactions, including ineffective drug therapy, significant side effects, significant drug interactions, duplicate drug therapy, and…