Pendleton Home Health Services

The agency failed to have a procedure to inform emergency preparedness officials of a patient's individual emergency needs based on the medical, psychiatric and environmental assessments of the patient.

The agency failed to develop and maintain a written emergency preparedness communication plan that included a means of providing information about agency census, needs and ability to provide assistance during an emergency to the authorities.

The agency failed to ensure an analysis was completed after they participated in the required training and testing exercise.

The agency failed to ensure all patients had the opportunity to participate in changing their plan of care in one (1) of five (5) records reviewed with patients who had changes to the plan of care (patient # 2).

The agency failed to ensure all verbal orders are formatted legally with the name of the physician, the name of the clinician, and the date/time the clinician received the order in five (5) of seven (7) records reviewed of patients who had supplemental physician orders as part of the medical record…

The agency failed to ensure a physician was responsible for the patient's plan of care (POC) at all times in two (2) of seven (7) records reviewed with a POC (patients #1 and 2).