Ringgold County (Board of Health)

The home health agency failed to ensure the clinical record included documentation of a review of the patient's individualized emergency plan with each comprehensive assessment for 2 of 7 sampled patients (Patients #2 and 7).

The agency failed to ensure home health patients received a copy of the agency's transfer policy for 4 of 4 sampled patients admitted since the home health regulation change to include written notice to patients of the transfer policy, effective 1/13/18. The agency reported a census of 43 patients…

The agency failed to update the Plan of Care with all new physician orders in a timely manner for 3 of 6 sampled patients with interim/verbal orders.

The agency failed to ensure home health aides provided care to agency patients only as ordered by the physician in the Plan of Care and/or as directed by the skilled professional assigning the home health aide to the patient for 1 of 3 sampled patients receiving home health aide services (Patient…

The agency failed to ensure home health aides reported patient concerns to a registered nurse for 1 of 3 sampled patients receiving home health aide services (Patient #1).

The agency failed to ensure a registered nurse or other appropriate health care professional completed home health aide supervision at least every 14 days for 1 of 2 sampled patients who received hands on personal care services from a home health aide in conjunction with a skilled service provision…

The agency failed to ensure the patient's clinical record included documentation of all interventions and/or maintained a current record of those interventions, including treatments, services and responses to those interventions provided by the agency for 4 of 7 sampled patients (Patients #1, #3…