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In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.

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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
70 OAK HILL HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER 415027 544 PLEASANT STREET PAWTUCKET RI 2860 2017-06-30 329 E 1 0 1II511 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on record review and staff interview, it has been determined that the facility failed to ensure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs for 1 of 3 sample residents with a physician's orders [REDACTED].#5) relative to medication dosage and adequate indication for its use. Findings are as follows: Resident ID #5 has a physician's orders [REDACTED]. Observation of the resident on all days of the survey revealed the resident wearing oxygen via nasal cannula. Surveyor observation during initial tour on 6/27/2017 at 6:40 PM revealed ID #5 receiving oxygen at 4 liters via nasal cannula. Further observation of ID #5 on 6/28/2017 at 8:20 AM and 12:45 PM revealed the resident receiving 4 liters of oxygen via nasal cannula. Review of the oxygen saturation summary revealed that the resident had been receiving oxygen daily from 6/26/2017 to 6/30/2017. Record review revealed no documentation indicating the resident was SOB. An interview was conducted with the DNS on 6/29/2017 at 1:00 PM. She was unable to explain why the resident was receiving 4 liters of oxygen instead of 2 liters as ordered. She was also unable to explain why the resident had been receiving oxygen with no indication for use. 2020-09-01