Comments by Jacobi Hospital's Former Executive Director: "I Feel Really Good"

The Executive Director of Jacobi Hospital, who was fired because the hospital failed to notify hundreds of women about concerning Pap test results, had these comments for New York Post reporters:

• "I feel good. Everything is wonderful. I feel really good."

When asked if he wished to apologize to the women who were not informed of their abnormal test results, he referred the question to the New York Health and Hospitals Corporation, and slammed the door.
Another example of a hospital leader showing real concern about quality of care, and the concerns of his institution's patients - not.

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Jacobi Hospital's Executive Director Fired

Another quick follow-up on the story about Jacobi Hospital's failure to notify patients about abnormal pap smear results.
The NY Times reports that in an unusually fast response, the hospital's executive director and deputy director of nursing services have been fired. The hospital's chief operating officer (COO) and medical director have received disciplinary warnings.
Coincidentally, the NY Daily News noted that the hospital's executive director was previously employed at Staten Island University Hospital, which has just settled its second big case of Medicaid fraud.

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Jacobi's Missing Test Results

Another problem in New York. The Times reports how Jacobi Hospital, part of the city's Health and Hospitals Corporation, failed to notify hundreds of women of their Pap test results, including some with abnormal results.
Apparently, supposedly to reduce bureaucracy, a single clerk was given the job of scheduling all Pap tests, and notifying all patients of their results. Apparently no one was monitoring the clerks work, so it took a long time for anyone to notice that the notifications of 307 women with abnormal results never got out.
Hospital management seems at a loss to explain why all this happened.
The hospital's executive director (a quaint term in this day and age) has been suspended.
What was left unsaid is whether any physicians were notified of their patient's abnormal results.

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