Medical records · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
F842 in Iowa. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Iowa cites F842 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.75×
0.75 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Iowa citations1.69%
Of every deficiency written in Iowa in 2025, this is the portion that was F842.
Iowa1.69%
National2.24%
Share of all citations that were F842.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Iowa surveyors wrote
F842 findings written in Iowa, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternAugust 27, 2026
Based on observations and staff interviews, the facility failed to properly protect resident information from unauthorized access by leaving 16 residents' information accessible when staff walked away from the Electronic Health Record (EHR) laptop. The facility reported a census of 43 residents. Findings include: On 8/24/26 at 11:35 AM, a laptop was observed with 16 residents' Electronic Health Record information present on the screen. Staff A, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) was on other side of the nurses' station with her back to the cart and a pillar blocking her view. Staff A approached the cart and stated the laptop is normally not left unlocked but she went to get a resident to come get his medications. …
C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadSeptember 19, 2022
Based on clinical record review, meal observation, resident and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure staff maintained complete and accurate documentation in the resident's record for 1 out of 3 residents sampled for inaccurate record documentation (Resident #6). Failure to maintain an accurate and complete clinical records increased the risk for facility staff to not complete accurate assessments and a risk for residents to not receive necessary care and services based on Physician order [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] .
Findings Include:
The Annual Minimum Data Set (MDS), dated [DATE], identified Resident #6 had diagnoses [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . …
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