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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST
PATIENT RIGHTS: PERSONAL PRIVACY
Tag No.: A0143
Based on observation and interview with staff, the hospital failed to ensure patients' personal privacy, as the monitors for cameras over patient beds could be seen by anyone walking down the hallway of a rehabilitation facility unit.
Findings were:
A tour of the rehabilitation unit was conducted the morning of 12/20/11 in the company of the Director of Nursing (DON) of the facility. The hospital utilizes cameras inside patient's rooms in an area of the facility for the purposes of staff monitoring to ensure patient safety. The camera monitors are situated overhead in the nursing station, and anyone walking down the hallway past the station can view the patients in their beds, not just the staff responsible for the patients. This was confirmed by the DON during the tour.
PATIENT RIGHTS: PERSONAL PRIVACY
Tag No.: A0143
Based on observation and interview with staff, the hospital failed to ensure patients' personal privacy, as the monitors for cameras over patient beds could be seen by anyone walking down the hallway of a rehabilitation facility unit.
Findings were:
A tour of the rehabilitation unit was conducted the morning of 12/20/11 in the company of the Director of Nursing (DON) of the facility. The hospital utilizes cameras inside patient's rooms in an area of the facility for the purposes of staff monitoring to ensure patient safety. The camera monitors are situated overhead in the nursing station, and anyone walking down the hallway past the station can view the patients in their beds, not just the staff responsible for the patients. This was confirmed by the DON during the tour.