cms_WV: 87

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
87	GUARDIAN ELDER CARE AT WHEELING	515002	20 HOMESTEAD AVENUE	WHEELING	WV	26003	2017-12-18	583	E	1	0	0M5911	> Based on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to protect the personal privacy of residents including personal and medical information. Documents containing personal and medical information for multiple residents were left unattended on a medication cart and in a staff bathroom. Personal identifiers including residents' names, date of births, social security numbers, phone numbers, addresses, medications, diagnoses, and other health information were accessible. This was a random observation. This practice affected eight (8) residents. Resident identifiers: #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, and #18. Facility census: 144. Findings include: a) Medication Cart A random observation on 12/18/17 at 9:45 a.m., on the 800 Wing, revealed Resident #11's Pre-Admission Screening form was left on a medication cart uncovered and unattended. The Pre-Admission Screening form contained the following personal information: --Resident's name --Resident's address --Resident's phone number --Resident's Social Security Number --Resident's date of birth --Resident's Medicare Number An interview with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #2, on 12/18/17 at 9:50 a.m., revealed the Pre-Admission Screening form should have never been left on top of the medication cart unattended. b) Staff Bathroom A random observation on 12/18/17 at 10:10 a.m., on the 500 Wing, revealed a bin of folders in the staff bathroom. The bin containing information for Resident #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, and #18 was readily accessible for anyone using the restroom. The folders within the bin contained multiple Minimum Data Set assessments, Care Plan Team Meeting Summaries, and admission records. These documents contained: --Resident's names --Resident's Social Security Numbers --Resident's date of births --Resident's diagnoses --Resident's treatment and medical information An interview with LPN #2, on 12/18/17 at 10:15 a.m., revealed the the bin of folders had been in the bathroom for a while. The LPN stated he was not sure why medical information was being kept in the bathroom.	2020-09-01