Patient Comments

For immediate assistance with your complaint/grievance, please first talk to the manager in the area where you are receiving care or service to try to resolve your problem.

You may also talk with a patient safety management representative by dialing (423) 495-2772. We would encourage you to notify us immediately if you have any concerns regarding your care. The representative will immediately begin checking on your complaint.

All patients should know their rights and responsibilities. If you feel that any of your rights may have been violated, you may initiate a formal grievance by contacting a patient safety management representative in writing at 2525 de Sales Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37404 or by calling (423) 495-2772.

At CHI Memorial a patient safety management representative or designated department manager will investigate your complaint. If they are unable to resolve the issue, it will be reviewed by the grievance committee.

Because CHI Memorial is a Joint Commission-accredited health care organization, you have the right to submit a complaint about the quality of care to The Joint Commission.

You may send your complaint by mail, fax or email. Summarize the issues in one to two pages and include the name of the health care organization, street address, city and state.

Email: [email protected]

Fax: Office of Quality Monitoring – (630) 792-5636

Mail:

Office of Quality Monitoring
The Joint Commission
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

Your privacy rights

When submitting a complaint to The Joint Commission about an accredited organization, you may either provide your name and contact information or submit your complaint anonymously. Providing your name and contact information enables The Joint Commission to inform you about the actions taken in response to your complaint and also to contact you should additional information be needed. It is The Joint Commission’s policy to treat your name as confidential information and not to disclose it to any other party. However, it may be necessary to share the complaint with the subject organization in the course of a complaint investigation. The Joint Commission policy forbids accredited organizations from taking retaliatory actions against employees for having reported quality of care concerns to The Joint Commission.

For more information

If you have questions about how to file your complaint, you may contact The Joint Commission toll free in the U.S., Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time, at 1-800-994-6610.

You also have the right to file a complaint with the state survey agency. Submit your complaint in writing to:

Tennessee Department of Health
425 Fifth Avenue, North
Cordell Hull Building, Third Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37247

Call the Tennessee Department of Health at 1-800-852-2187.

Because CHI Memorial Hospital Georgia is accredited by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) you have the right to submit a complaint regarding the quality of care or safety issues to CIHQ. You are not required to notify CHI Memorial prior to filing the complaint. Information on how to contact CIHQ to file a complaint is as follows: 

Online: 
https://cihq.org/complaint

Mail:

Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality
P.O. Box 1540
Mexia, TX 76667-1540
Attn: Chief Executive Officer

Phone:
512.661.2813

Fax:
805.934.8588

You also have the right to file a complaint with the state survey agency.

Call the Georgia Department of Health at 1-800-878-6442, fax a complaint to 404-657-8935 or  file a complaint online at dch.georgia.gov.