Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital is in danger of losing its Medicare status if it fails to submit a correction plan to CMS that would address its patient safety deficiencies, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
CMS' two-week survey of the hospital was prompted by a February incident involving a patient with schizophrenia and heart problems. The patient, who would not follow verbal instructions and displayed agitation and aggression, was restrained twice face-down for a total of 25 minutes as hospital employees injected him with three different medications.
Both restraints were not ordered by a physician. Later that night, the patient died, though the autopsy reported he died of natural causes and did not cite the restraints as contributing factors.
CMS investigators then launched a full investigation of the hospital. The details of their findings cannot be released until Parkland Memorial submits a correction plan, though regulators have cited the hospital as a "serious threat" to patient safety. If the hospital fails to submit and implement a plan by Aug. 24, its Medicare status will be revoked.
Read the news report about Parkland Memorial Hospital's Medicare status.
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CMS' two-week survey of the hospital was prompted by a February incident involving a patient with schizophrenia and heart problems. The patient, who would not follow verbal instructions and displayed agitation and aggression, was restrained twice face-down for a total of 25 minutes as hospital employees injected him with three different medications.
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Both restraints were not ordered by a physician. Later that night, the patient died, though the autopsy reported he died of natural causes and did not cite the restraints as contributing factors.
CMS investigators then launched a full investigation of the hospital. The details of their findings cannot be released until Parkland Memorial submits a correction plan, though regulators have cited the hospital as a "serious threat" to patient safety. If the hospital fails to submit and implement a plan by Aug. 24, its Medicare status will be revoked.
Read the news report about Parkland Memorial Hospital's Medicare status.
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