Patient Relations
St. Barnabas Hospital fully supports your right to make decisions concerning your medical care, including the right to accept or refuse medical/surgical treatment and the right to execute an Advance Directive.
Advance Directives are legal written or verbal instructions made by you before an incapacitating illness or injury. One type of Advance Directive is a Health Care Proxy. A Health Care Proxy is a document that enables you to appoint another adult (18 years old or over) to make medical decisions for you in the event that you are unable to do so. If you would like to execute an Advance Directive please ask your nurse to contact
a Patient Representative, or call 718-960-6121, or 718-960-6353.
Report concerns related to your care and treatment, and any safety issues to the Patient Relations Department: Main Building (Hospital), 2nd floor (718) 960-6121 or (718) 960-6353.
If your concerns cannot be resolved you may contact:
The New York State Department of Health at (800) 804-5447,
or The Joint Commission’s Office of Quality Monitoring at (800) 994-6610,
or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
