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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:30 PM Original message |
Do any of you know how to report a hospital for releasing |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Actually, it sounds like they did do everything according to procedure.. |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. How can a doctor release a patient that can't care for themselves? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Don'tcha love American healthcare? n/t |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Unless the person is going to commit suicide or murder |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. He didn't discuss it with me, he released her |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Are you her guardian? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Well if she didn't sign over you as a person to discuss her healthcare |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. if you're not made power of attorney, or do not have HIPPA priveleges |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Sounds like |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh my God - I am so so sorry. |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Thank you |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good luck. They do it all the time. |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Where is the compassion? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Either pay them or get insurance, and they'll have all the compassion you want! |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Funny thing about that |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Well, she still signed herself out. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I've been in that situation |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm sorry |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. My God. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. If you begged them not to release her, it seems like the hospital thought |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That's my point |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. If you're not her legal guardian, they have no legal basis to notify you |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. This post makes my stomach hurt. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
61. I am mind boggled over here. |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Bingo. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. We just moved an elderly aunt to a different nursing home |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. My mother can't climb steps to a bathroom at my house |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
65. I am confused |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. There's no rehab for such, |
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pinstikfartherin (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. I agree. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. In Ohio, here is contact info: |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Thank you thank you thank you |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It's tough. My father had a post-operative dementia--not Alzheimer's-- |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Hugs back |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. Find a nursing home, |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. Hey, let me tell you...you change a diningroom into a bedroom |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. First thing to do is contact your hospital's |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I did that |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Sounds like they don't have a real office of patient affairs. They are the |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. A poster here sent me links for complaints |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. Thanks to Reagan and in large part us as well |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. My grandfather commited suicide in the early 90's |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I'm so sorry |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
51. I am so sorry. Our health care system is a disaster. It's all about |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
59. No, it DOESN'T need to be re-evaluated. |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm confused |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. The laws the were passed |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. for the case of my patients, though, |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. There is a balance between |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Thanks for the explanation, Heddi. |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I just posted above |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Heddi, your post on educating regarding conditions for holding |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Thank you for your posts... |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Ohio's failed system(s). |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Try the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. On Christmas Eve in 1998 my mother fell off a ladder |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. They consider YOU , her caretaker |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. no they don't either. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. By "dumping" the patient, they implicitly dumped her into her family |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. nonsense. |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
53. 1) First, file grievances with the AMA. 2) Then consult an attorney, preferably an |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
56. The hopsital had no choice, she is her own guardian unless a court says otherwise. |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
62. Litigate |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. DON'T |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
64. Most hospitals provide someone from social services... |
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