Salem-based Oregon State Hospital has received a statement of deficiencies from CMS highlighting concerns related to a patient death in May, the Statesman Journal reported Aug. 27.
The hospital was surveyed in May after a patient overdosed on drugs. The survey found deficiencies in continuous rounds, viability checks, patient monitoring, screening of visitors, supervision of patient visits with family and friends, and quality of incident investigation and response.
Oregon State Hospital has until Sept. 2 to respond with a plan of corrections and until Oct. 24 to correct all deficiencies and receive approval from CMS.
"We have been entrusted with the care of some of Oregon’s most vulnerable residents. Their safety and well-being are our top priority," the hospital's interim superintendent and chief medical officer, Sara Walker, said in an Aug. 26 news release. "We will continue to make the changes necessary to protect our patients."
This is the third immediate jeopardy warning the hospital has received since September.
The first warning was issued in September after a patient escaped the facility. The second was issued April 29 following a visit during which inspectors found emergency supplies and equipment spread among four locations in its admission area. Inspectors also said a list of items in a duffel bag did not match its contents and noted that a defibrillator was located down another hallway and a suction machine was in another inpatient unit. The hospital resolved both immediate jeopardy warnings.
The third immediate jeopardy was issued in June after the overdose death of a patient.