F 0842
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in
accordance with accepted professional standards.
Based on record review, review of facility's policy and procedure, and staff interviews, the facility failed to
ensure the medical record for 1 (Resident #1) of 3 residents reviewed was complete by failing to safeguard
medical record information against destruction.The findings included:Review of the facility's policy and
procedure titled, admission Assessment and Follow Up: Role of the Nurse revealed the steps in the
procedure included, .Reconcile the list of medications from the medication history, admitting orders, the
previous Medication Administration Record (if available), and the discharge summary from the previous
institution, according to established procedures. 12) Contact the Attending Physician to communicate and
review the findings of the initial assessment and any other pertinent information and obtain admission
orders. Documentation: The following information should be recorded in the resident's medical record: 5)
Orders obtained from the physician; 6) the signature and title of the person recording the data.Review of
the facility's Policy titled, Retention of Medical Records revised 2006 revealed, Medical records shall be
retained by the facility in accordance with current applicable laws. Policy Interpretation and Implementation:
1) Medical records of discharged residents will be retained for a period of 5 years. 2) Inactive medical
records, those that extend beyond the above requirements, will be destroyed. 3) Persons delegated by the
administrator shall witness the destroying of the medical records. 4) A record of the medical records
destroyed shall be maintained and shall include at least the following: a) Date and time destroyed; b)
medical record number; c) how records were destroyed; d) where medical records were destroyed e)
signature of personnel destroying records; and f) others as appropriate or necessary.Review of the Medical
Records Coordinator job description revealed the medical records secretary is responsible for the proper
recording, filing and upkeep of the Health Center medical records.Review of the medical record for
Resident #1 revealed an admission date of 7/4/25 from an acute care hospital. Diagnoses included hip
fracture, post hip surgery, hypothyroidism (abnormally low activity of the thyroid gland), hypertension (high
blood pressure) and arthritis.The medical record lacked documentation of signed admission physician's
orders. There was no documentation the discharge summary and list of medications from the acute care
hospital were reviewed and communicated to the attending physician.On 12/30/25 at 12:32 p.m., in an
interview Unit Manager Registered Nurse (RN) Staff A said hospital discharge orders are sent with the
resident from the hospital. She said the Unit Managers are responsible for entering new admission orders
into the electronic medical record. She said the physician is notified to verify the orders. She said the nurse
who calls the physician should write a progress note including date, time the physician was contacted and
any new orders. Unit Manager RN Staff A said a second nurse checks the medications and initials the
hospital discharge orders. She said the completed admission orders are placed in the physician's binder for
signature. She said once the admission orders are signed, it goes to medical records for filing.On 12/30/25
at 12:50 p.m., in an interview the Medical Records Coordinator Staff B said the admissions
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Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other
safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the
date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date
these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER
REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
TITLE
(X6) DATE
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Event ID:
105538
Printed: 05/28/2026
Form Approved OMB
No. 0938-0391
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
105538
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
12/30/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Harbour Health Center
23013 Westchester Blvd
Port Charlotte, FL 33980
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0842
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
orders for Resident #1 had been shredded. She said sometime around July an Interim Director of Nursing
(DON) told her there would be no paper charts going forward and told her to shred the residents' records.
Staff B said she shredded residents' records from July 2025 through October 2025 until the Administrator
told her not to shred residents' records. She said there was no record of the medical records that were
destroyed.On 12/30/25 at 2:30 p.m., in an interview the Director of Nursing (DON) said that she could not
find any documentation or evidence that the nurse called the physician to verify Resident #1's admission
orders. She said no progress note was written and Medical Record Coordinator Staff B shredded Resident
#1's original hospital discharge orders. The DON said it was not the facility's current practice to shred
residents' medical records. She said a prior interim DON had asked Staff B to shred the documents.On
12/30/25 at 4:30 p.m., in an interview, the Administrator said he was not aware until today that medical
records were being shredded. Staff B told him she was following orders. He said, Shredding medical
records is not our practice. The Administrator said they have to look at proper destruction procedures and
the whole medical record retention process.
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