The penalized incidents occurred between 2012 and 2018. Here is a breakdown of the penalties:
1. Mercy Medical Center Redding was fined $75,000 for a 2016 medical error that led to a patient’s death.
2. Adventist Health St. Helena incurred a $50,000 fine for a 2012 incident in which a patient exited a locked mental health unit and attempted suicide.
3. Health officials fined El Centro Regional Medical Center $31,350 for failing to provide timely and appropriate care for an emergency department patient with chest pain in 2015.
4. Mercy Hospital (Bakersfield) received an $83,250 penalty for a 2018 medication error that caused a pregnant woman to experience seizures.
5. Adventist Health Hanford incurred a $42,750 penalty for retention of a foreign object in a patient after a 2017 surgery.
6. Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (Valencia) was fined $53,000 for a 2017 medication error that caused a patient to have a heart attack.
7. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in San Pedro received a $27,075 fine for failing to properly monitor a patient at risk of suicide in 2016.
8. Health officials fined Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento $75,000 for a fatal medication error that occurred in 2017.
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