KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! KNOW WHO TO CONTACT

Okay so here is the list again that I have compiled for the state of Washington for people to contact to turn in the facility, and physicians that are employed by them.

I personally have turned in my mothers doctor to the quality assurance comissioner. What they will do is investigate the claim, then it gets sent to a panel and they handle the issue. That could be anything from doing nothing to yanking his liscense. Or even ordering the doctor to go on medication.

Another good place to file a complaint is agains the facility itself. you can do that at www.doh.wa.gov go to topics A-Z link , click F for facilities...a complaint form is to the right.

Here is again a list of places to start to contact to report doctors and hospitals that break the rules. OR violate your trust.

http://www.govenor.wa.gov or call 360-902-4111

Washington state Attorney General 1-800-551-4636

Office of the inspector General hotline 1-HHS-TIPS
or e-mail at HHSTIPS@olg.hhs.gov

Medical Quality Assurance Commisioner 360-236-4700
e-mail hpqa.csc@doh.wa.gov


THERE IS ONE OTHER NUMBER TO REPORT ABUSE...ABUSE IN HOSPITALS AND FACILITIES IT IS 1-800-633-6828 YOU CAN REPORT PHYSICAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ABUSE, MEDICAL ABUSE, AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE TO THIS NUMBER I CALLED THIS MORNING TO FILE A COMPLAINT ON MY MOTHERS BEHALF FOR MEDICAL ABUSE AS WELL AS PHYSICAL ABUSE, SHE SAID NO TO TREATMENT I BELIEVE THAT FALLS UNDER PHYSICAL ABUSE....


Here are some sites where you can double check your doctor and be involved in your healthcare...

http://www.mayoclinic.com

http://www.rxlist.com

http://www.drugs.com

http://www.healthgrades.com ( on this site you can rate your doctor and hospital as well as get background checks...)

Ignorance is not an excuse, no one can live your life better than you...knowledge is power!!!! Now if you don't live in the state of Washington but need a place to start looking, always start with your states attorney general they are a fountain of knowledge of places and people for you to report abuse and fraud to. And don't stop at the first no...keep going.

As far as your rights you have the right to fire any doctor you choose, you have the right to decline any treatment you choose. One decision I have personally made and have informed my family members of is doctors and nurses are under a strict gag order in my room. They are not allowed to talk. If they need to discuss something they have to go out into the hallway. I feel very strongly that the washing of your mind with the constant negativity is destructive to healing properly. It also leads your family members to only ever anticipate the worst. Not to mention if I am lying in the bed, I can still hear. One of the things that really bothered me when my mother was lying in the bed...or even my father before he passed away...was they were never treated with dignity. The doctors and nurses spoke around them as if they weren't even there. Even if you believe a person to be a complete "vegetable" you still treat them ,in my book anyway ,as if they are there. When did people cease to be decent? I have actually told my family if the doctors or nurses talk, fire them. Medical facts have a place, and carry some weight...but honestly I still believe in a God that can heal. And if I am going to wash my mind with something I would much rather wash it with whatever God is saying ,and not the doctors. A doctor is limited...