Unattended Medication Cart Screen Displaying Resident Information
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure confidentiality of medical records when a medication cart computer screen in the 300 hallway was left unattended while displaying resident information. On 01/28/26 at 11:13 AM, the computer screen on the hallway medication cart showed a resident’s list of medications to be administered, and the cart was positioned midway down the hallway with no staff present. At 11:16 AM, an LPN confirmed that the computer screen was displaying resident medication information. No additional resident-specific clinical details or conditions were documented in the report. This incident was identified as a random opportunity for discovery during the survey, with a facility census of 116 residents. The report did not provide further information beyond the observation of the exposed medication list and the staff confirmation that protected health information was visible on the unattended screen.
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