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PUBLIC NOTICES The Joint Commission Questions and concerns from you or your family facilitates communication with hospital staff and helps us improve our service. If you have a concern about patient care and safety in the hospital, please contact the Patient Advocate line at (330) 615-4046. We will do our best to address the concern. The Joint Commission conducts unannounced accreditation surveys of Summa Barberton Hospital. The purpose of the survey is to evaluate the hospital’s compliance with nationally established Joint Commission standards. The Joint Commission standards deal with organization quality, safety-of-care issues and the safety of the environment in which care is provided. If you have pertinent and valid information about such matters you are encouraged to notify Summa Barberton Hospital leadership. Please direct your written communication to: James W. Pope President Summa Barberton Hospital 155 Fifth Street NE Barberton, OH 44203 Or jpope@barbhosp.com If this does not lead to resolution, you may contact The Joint Commission several ways. By mail: Division of Accreditation Operations Office of Quality Monitoring The Joint Commission One Renaissance Boulevard Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 Or Fax: (630) 792-5636 Or email: complaint@jointcommission.org The Joint Commission addresses all complaints that relate to quality of care issues within the scope of its standards. These include issues such as patient rights, care of patients, safety, infection control, medication use and security. The Joint Commission does not address individual billing issues and payment disputes. Also, it does not have jurisdiction in the individual clinical management of a patient. Ohio Department of Health You may also contact the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) to file a hospital complaint. The ODH requests that you submit hospital complaints in writing by sending your complaint to: Ohio Department of Health Provider and Consumer Services Unit 246 N. High Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 For complete instructions and detailed information, please go to their web site at www.odh.ohio.gov or Ohio Department of Health: Instructions for Filing Complaints Open Admissions Policy Summa Barberton Hospital's policy and practice is to admit and treat all persons without regard to race, color, sex, age, disabilities, national origin, creed, sexual orientation, ability to pay or source of payment. Program Accessibility (Section 504) This facility and all of its programs and activities are accessible to and useable by disabled persons, including persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or blind, or who have other sensory impairments. Click here for the complete notice: Section 504 Notice of Program Accessibility |
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