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We appreciate your input!
At Abbeville Area Medical Center, we take great pride in providing excellent care in a safe environment.
When visiting our hospital, if you have a problem, concern or wish to make a suggestion about your visit, please contact our Patient Representative at 864-366-5011 to discuss your concerns. If you wish to speak with someone while you are at the hospital, you may call the patient representative x3264 or ask for the nurse in charge. Every effort will be made to resolve the problem in a timely manner.
If you have a concern about your safety while you are visiting the hospital contact our Safety Officer at 864-366-3378.
If we are unable to resolve your concerns about your care you have the right to contact the Department of Health & Environmental Services at the following address and phone:Jim Perrow, Division of Licensing
SC DHEC
2600 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201.
Phone: 803-545-4370
All members of the general public and any individual have the right to contact the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Facilities directly if they have a patient safety or quality of care concern that the hospital has not addressed. You may send your complaint by e-mail, fax or mail at the below addresses:
E-Mail: complaint@jcaho.org
Fax: Office of Quality Monitoring
(630) 792-5636
Click here to print a JCAHO Quality Incident Report Form
Mail: Office of Quality Monitoring
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Click here to print a JCAHO Quality Incident Report Form
If you have questions about how to file your complaint you may contact the Joint Commission at this toll free U.S. telephone number, 8:30am to 5:00pm Central Time, weekdays. (800) 994-6610 |  |
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