In 1986, Congress passed the Healthcare Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) to "improve the quality of medical care" through "effective professional peer review." Unfortunately, a large . . .
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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)
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In 1986, Congress passed the Healthcare Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) to "improve the quality of medical care" through "effective professional peer review." Unfortunately, a large . . .
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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Updated Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 9:17 PM
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Organs, Father Says
SHERRI ACKERMAN
Published: February 5, 2009
Posted on Thursday, 02.05.09
OPINION | MYRIAM MARQUEZ
Dr. Trent Pierce
Antonia Coello Novello,
the former Surgeon General of the United States, is accused of exploiting state employees
As chief medical officer of Main Line Health, Donald C. Arthur helps vet the credentials of 1,200 physicians working for the prosperous hospital network in Philadelphia's western suburbs.
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BY SUSAN JENKS • FLORIDA TODAY • January 31, 2009
Dr. Richard Hynes,
Chief Medical Officer
Holmes Regional Medical Center
Please watch the work-in-progress "Hospicaust" Video (yet to be completed). This video and song are dedicated to all patients that have either died a wrongful death or are victims of medical errors. The start of the Hospicaust Video is a compilation of news reports from national and local broadcasting networks who interviewed family members of individuals who died wrongful deaths, or victims themselves that experienced the horrendous poor quality of care suffered at Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre, New York.
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named in fraud lawsuit
BY JOHN DORSCHNER jdorschner@MiamiHerald.com
Harry Markopolos - WHISTLEBLOWER
Charles Yancey, M.D.
CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION, P.C.
February 20, 2009
Trial Lawyers Help Defamed Doctor Win Case Against Colleagues
Councilman Eric Gioia rips
hospital closings in Queens
Monday, March 2nd 2009, 3:24 AM
Gil N Mileikowsky, M.D.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - More than 2,100 diabetic patients treated at William Beaumont Army Medical Center are at risk for hepatitis or HIV because of potentially flawed insulin injections. . .
Former Queen's manager stole $600K Friday, February 6, 2009
A former Queen’s Medical Center administrator
has been found guilty of defrauding the hospital
of nearly $600,000.
By Christine Giordano
3/11/2009 © Florida Health News
Queen’s Medical
Center Honolulu
Denise Prosser, 39, has battled cancer since she was a toddler.
Yet Prosser can't afford her next cancer treatment -- a radioactive therapy that she's supposed to receive once a year -- because she and her husband lost their jobs in December. Without insurance, she has postponed the radiation indefinitely and is taking only half of her asthma medications -- sacrifices that often leave her gasping for air and could allow her cancer to come surging back.
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Suit By His Parents Claims Harvesting Began Before He Was Dead; Hospital, (Hamot Medical Center in northwestern Pennsylvania)Transplant Group Deny It.
The suit, which was filed earlier this month, claims doctors and a representative of The Center Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), a group that helps hospitals procure donated tissue, caused Gregory's death by administering medication and by removing his breathing tube.
The Right
Hospital for You
By Sandra G. Boodman, May & June 2009
When your diagnosis is serious, the most familiar choice isn't always the best one. What to
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(CNN) -- Thousands of veterans in South Florida may have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV because of contaminated equipment after getting colonoscopies at the Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, officials announced Monday.
In a news release, Rep. Kendrick B. Meek,
D-Florida, says such mistakes undermine the VA's effectiveness.
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The Miami Veterans Affairs hospital reported it was in the clear, only to discover during a more thorough review in March that endoscopic equipment was not being sanitized as the manufacturer recommended.
WFOR-CBS 4
"Founding of the American Medical Association" by artist Robert A. Thom, 1961, was part of a series commissioned by Parke-Davis on the "History of Medicine".
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Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, New York
(click on headline to read article)
Mileikowsky v. HCA,
West Hills Hospital Medical Center
April 6, 2009
Broward hospital commissioner a no-show
Posted on Monday, 04.06.09
BY RICHARD lACAYO AND aMANDA rIPLEY
Published: April 10, 2009
Wednesday, 04.15.09 - BY MARC CAPUTO
May 5, 2009. By Heidi Turner
Broward Health General Counsel Marc Goldstone was suspended indefinitely Thursday after the board learned that he wasn't licensed to practice law in the state of Florida.
Updated: Friday, 15 May 2009, 7:23 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 15 May 2009, 3:55 PM EDT
NEW YORK (May 14)
By Jane Lerner
The Bellflower facility, where 23 unauthorized workers accessed Nadya Suleman's records, is the first to be monetarily penalized under a new state law.
"Patient Safety Walk" May 9, 2009
Click here to view Video of our Walk
Mejia, 27, was admitted to orlando Regional South Seminole Hospital in Longwood on April 28, 2005, and that morning delivered a healthy boy, Matthew. Over the next few hours, she developed a rash, fever, chills and other symptoms, according to her suit. The next day, she was in extreme pain, but the hospital tried to discharge her, according to the suit. Her husband refused to leave.
Collectively, Garcia and the other Medicare fugitives billed the U.S. government's health insurance program about $404 million in fraudulent claims and were paid $156 million, according to court records. Their rackets have ranged from medical equipment supplies to infusion therapy for HIV patients.
Posted on Wednesday, 05.20.09
By David Gulliver and Carol Gentry
6/3/2009 © Health News Florida
Report: VA inspections reveal continued mistakes
A new report suggests that errors that may have exposed veterans to HIV and other diseases may be more widespread than originally thought.
6:34 PM EDT, June 4, 2009
Posted on Wednesday, 06.24.09
June 25, 2009
