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S.P.A. is a network of passionate and courageous individuals who work in partnership with health professionals to identify problems, design solutions, implement change and do not promote profits before patients.
Who are we?
We are a teamwork system made up of citizens designed to improve the quality of patient care, and efficiency of healthcare, by means of public awareness. Please show your support by adding your name to the "Improvement in Quality of Patient Care Petition."
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"Investigation of Whistleblower Petition"
"T.E.A.M"
Transparency for Equal Accountability in Medicine, was set up to focus on ending negligent practices.
C.U.T!
Campaign to CONTROL UNDERSTAFFING TODAY. Universal access to Healthcare, to correct the bad Management driving the "Nursing Exodus."
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by Dr. Anthony Colantonio
National Broadcast Video (NBC's coverage of Dr. Colantonio's work at the World Trade Center terrorist attack on 9/11/01)
S.P.A.
Stop Patient Abuse
Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre, New York rated by a national health rating company as "WORSE" in:
1. Prevention of death in procedures where mortality is usually very low (in other words, in patients who should have lived because no one usually dies, they died at Mercy Hospital);
2. Lack of pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital (in other words, patients who should not get bed sores, get bed sores at Mercy Hospital);
3. Ability to diagnose and treat in time (in other words, Mercy Hospital has the worse ability to diagnose and to treat medical conditions);
4. Lack of infections acquired at the hospital (in other words, Mercy Hospital has more infections, acquired in the hospital, than other hospitals;
5. Lack of deep blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery (Mercy Hospital has more blood clots in the legs and clots that travel to the lungs, which kill you, than other hospitals);
6. Regarding cholecystectomy (removal of gall bladder), Mercy Hospital has more complications, patients spend more time in the hospital, and they get charged more, than other hospitals;
7. Patients with Lung Disease are more at risk of dying at Mercy Hospital;
8. Patients with Blockage of the Intestines are more at risk of dying at Mercy Hospital;
9. Patients with Kidney Failure are more at risk of dying at Mercy Hospital;
10. Patients with Lung Failure are more at risk of dying at Mercy Hospital;
11. Patients with Infection are more at risk of dying at Mercy Hospital.
We live in an information society. More and more, we can find the facts we need right at our fingertips. With the click of a mouse, you can instantly access free performance data that allows you to compare the standards of care provided by hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes and HMOs in New York State and beyond.
About Your Care
Making decisions about your care or the care of a loved one is never easy, and reviewing comparative quality health care data can help, but it is only one piece of the quality puzzle and should be used as an additional resource in the decision-making process. Below please find information we obtained from a national health rating company regarding our local hospital, Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre, New York:
Mercy Hospital Rockville Centre, New York
NYS DOH VIOLATIONS (click here)
Mercy Hospital Rockville Centre, New York
NYS DOH COMPLAINTS (click here)
Mercy Hospital Rockville Centre, New York
NYS DOH ENFORCEMENTS (click here)
What is S.P.A. (Stop Patient Abuse)?
Simply ask us how. There is no fee. We just ask for your passion and courage.
Many thanks.
Josephine
jccicchi@yahoo.com
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