Springfield health care facility cited in connection with patient's death

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services inspection issued a Class I Notice of Noncompliance to Christian Health Care of Springfield East in connection with the Feb. 17 death of a patient.

The following summary of the department's finding comes from the Missouri Coalition for Quality Care website:

The facility failed to notify the physician of abnormal vital signs and foul smelling emesis during the night shift beginning at 11 p.m. on 2/16/2008; failed to provide follow up assessments of concerns identified by a direct care staff and failed to provide appropriate nursing interventions to address the discomfort of one resident (Resident #1) who died on 2/17/2008 at 7:20 a.m. in the facility. The facility census was 116.