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In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.

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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
58 OAK HILL HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER 415027 544 PLEASANT STREET PAWTUCKET RI 2860 2020-02-10 658 D 1 0 PGHX11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on surveyor observation, record review and staff interview, it has been determined the facility failed to assure that services being provided meet professional standards of quality related to administering oxygen without a physician order [REDACTED]. Findings are as follows: According to Brunner and Sudarth's textbook, Medical and Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition, 1992, page 524, as with other medications, oxygen is administered with care, and its effects on each patient are carefully assessed. Oxygen is a drug, except in emergency situations is prescribed by a physician. Review of the closed medical record for Resident ID #3 indicates s/he was admitted on [DATE] with a [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of the progress notes for (MONTH) 2019 and (MONTH) 2020 revealed the resident was on continuous oxygen ranging from 2-4 liters per minute. The record failed to reveal evidence of a physician's orders [REDACTED]. During an interview with the Assistant Director of Nursing on 2/10/2020 at approximately 11:50 AM, she acknowledged there was no order for the use of [REDACTED] 2020-09-01