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SPOKANE, Wash. — Newly released documents from the Department of Health reveal significant patient safety risks at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center that affected four patients with suicidal ideation, including a 12-year-old girl at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit.
The Notice of Immediate Jeopardy element of the DOH investigation found, “the hospital failed to develop and implement effective policies and procedures for caring for four out of eight patients who were identified to have suicidal ideation (SI) during their admission and failed to ensure that staff provided a safe environment for patients with SI.”…