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On the days of the Revisit Survey based on record reviews and interviews, the hospital failed to maintain a central log on each individual who presents to the emergency department seeking assistance and whether he/she refused treatment, was refused treatment, or whether he/she was transferred, admitted and treated, stabilized and transferred, or discharged for 10 randomly sampled individuals on the emergency department log.


The findings are:


On 1/11/13, Hospital A submitted an emergency department electronic form dated 1/10/13 through 1/13/13 that had headings labeled: Arrival Date & Time, Financial Number, Person Name - Full, Encounter Type, Birth Date, Age, MRN (Medical Record Number), Triage, MD (Medical Doctor) Exam, Chief C/O (complaint), Depart Date & Time, and Discharge Disposition. There are thirty - two (32) patient names listed on the emergency department form. Ten (10) of the thirty - two (32) patients had no discharge disposition recorded in the Discharge Disposition section of the emergency department log.

The facility failed to maintain a central log for 10 randomly sampled individuals who came to the
emergency department seeking assistance and, whether the individuals were refused treatment, or were
treated, admitted, stabilized, transferred or discharged.