One at Home - Broward

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the coordination of their patient’s referral for services to make sure the patient’s referring physician was notified of the HHA's inability to assess the patient within the required timeframe for 1 of 4 sampled patients (Patient #2).

The HHA failed to ensure their patients' Plan of Care (POC) was followed as ordered for 2 of 3 sampled patients (Patient #1 and #2).

The HHA failed to ensure that the patient’s physician was promptly alerted regarding the patient’s Intravenous catheter line resistance to flushing after the antibiotic therapy for 1 of 3 sampled patients (Patient #1); failed to coordinate care and services with the physician related to the…

The HHA failed to ensure their patients participate in and be informed about any factors that could impact treatment effectiveness, and any changes in the care to be provided for 2 of 3 sampled patients (Patient #1 and #3).

The HHA failed to ensure their patients' Plan of Care was followed as ordered for 2 of 3 sampled patients (Patient #1 and #3).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the patient’s physician ordered Plan of Care was followed for 1 of 3 sampled patients (Patient #1).

The HHA (Home Health Agency) failed to coordinate care for 1 of 3 sampled patients as evidenced by the HHA's staff's failure to document a follow up with the patient's physician regarding wound treatment (Patient #1).

The HHA failed to ensure their HHA Home Health Aide followed the Aide's Plan of Care for 1 of 2 sampled patients reviewed receiving Home Health Aide services, as evidenced by the Home Health Aide's failure to fully document vital signs on every visit and failure to the perform duties as outlined in…

The HHA failed to ensure an accurate interdisciplinary assessment was documented by skilled professionals for 1 of 4 sampled patient's records reviewed, as evidenced by the Occupational Therapist (OT), the Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) and Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)'s failure to…

The Home Health Agency failed to ensure the patient's right to participate in their care and provide advance notice of discharge, prior to being discharged, for 1 of 6 sampled patients (Patient #2).

The Home Health Agency failed to follow the patient's Plan of Care for 2 of 6 sampled patients as evidenced by the failure to document wound measurements for Patient #2 and perform daily wound care and instruct the patient/caregiver on dressing changes for Patient #3 (Patient #2 and #3).