cms_RI: 94

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
94 WEST SHORE HEALTH CENTER 415028 109 WEST SHORE ROAD WARWICK RI 2889 2018-07-09 698 D 0 1 DOH811 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on surveyor observation, record review and staff interview, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that the residents who require [MEDICAL TREATMENT] receive services, consistent with professional standards of practices for 1 of 1 sample residents, resident ID # 61, relative to the access site. Findings are as follows: Record review revealed resident ID #61 was admitted on [DATE] with a [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. He/she is dependent on [MEDICAL TREATMENT]. Further record review failed to reveal evidence that the facility was assessing, observing and documenting the care of access site, such as auscultation/palpation of the AV fistula (connection of a vein and an artery, usually in the forearm, to allow access to the vascular system for [MEDICAL TREATMENT]) to assure adequate blood flow. During a surveyor interview on 7/5/2018 at approximately 2:45 PM with Staff F she was unable to provide evidence that the facility was assessing, observing and documenting the care of AV fistula. During an interview with the Director of Nurses on 7/6/2018 at approximately 10:00 AM she was unable to provide evidence that the facility is assessing and documenting the care of the access site. 2020-09-01