According to a new report published by North Carolina Health News, Mission Hospital in Asheville “poses immediate jeopardy to patients”. According to the report, after an inspection last month, state inspectors concluded that deficiencies in the facility were so severe that patients’ health and safety at the facility were at risk.
According to the report, “immediate jeopardy” is the “most serious deficiency possible for a hospital”. The North Carolina Department of Health Services sent a letter to the CEO of Mission Hospital, Chad Patrick. I
n the letter, NCDHHS stated, “the hospital nursing staff failed to provide a safe environment for patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) by failing to accept patients on arrival, resulting in lack of or delays with triage, assessments, monitoring, and implementation of orders, including labs and telemetry”. If Mission Hospital does not rectify the issues, it could risk losing Medicare and Medicaid funding.