Courtney, Christopher, Md - Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn

TO: Getaclue2day you no doubt are with the PR Dept. for Scottsdale Healthcare. I find it amazing how you can even begin to defend this Hospital System. Here are the plain and simple facts that cannot be refuted and are public record. 1. This Hospital system attempted to cover up a $exual A$$ault which resulted in the arrest and conviction of several employees, one was the Vice President.This can all be verified through public court records. 2. The EEOC has made settlements to many minority employees over the years for discrimination (again all public record) 3. The shooting that occurred was only because hospital security guards taunted an unstable man who was a former police officer with no insurance. The man was found incompetent to stand trial and was ordered to mental health care facility. Tell me why the judge made made this decision? Probably because the guards taunted an unstable man who was seeking help but was thrown out of the hospital! Now you call them "heroes?" Sounds like a bad case of misdiagnosis to me. 4.If the judge found the man who did the shooting to be mentally incompetent, why did the hospital staff not find the man a mental health risk? After all they treated and released him into the hands of the vicious security guards. 5. I personally know of a Security Guard who was a model employee, never missed a day of work in 2 years and even had a Masters Degree in Criminal Justice. When his co-workers in the Security Dept found out he was gay it was on! They harassed the guy to death and he quit his job. Why the guy did not sue the hospital is beyond me, maybe he felt like it wasn't worth his time. I understand he is now a security consultant in Texas. 6. The EEOC fined SHC and paid a 10K settlement to a black Security Guard who was forced out of his job simply because the rednecks running the Security Dept. did "not want any N's working in their Dept. 7. A female Guard was taunted and filed suit with the EEOC as she was harassed just because she was a woman. The K-9 officer yes the female K-9 officer was better trained than any of the "boys" But when the racist old boys club are ruling your done! 8. Two nurses who were $exually harassed by their supervisors filed EEOC claims against the hospital, all were settled. I could go on and on with examples, but I will spare you. So go right ahead, sit in your cubical and pull that wool sweater down over you eyes and pretend nothing ever happened. MANY of us know the real truth about this place! Pros: Good PR Dept Cons: Bad place! more

Judge Wendy Morton said the prosecutor proved that hospital vice president Susan Livengood, Patricia Crellin, a psychiatrist, and Shelley M. Van Vianen, a nurse practitioner, were guilty of a misdemeanor for failing to report in a timely manner an alleged sexual abuse of a 23-year-old stroke patient. The three women, still employed by the hospital, face fines of up to $2,500 and up to six months in jail. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled within 30 days, Morton said. Charges against a fourth employee, a rehabilitation coordinator, were dropped last week. Prosecutor Caron Close said in her closing argument that the hospital workers failed the patient and violated a state reporting statute. The three women sat motionless as Morton read her verdict. They were unavailable for comment. Scottsdale Healthcare spokesman Cons: Not a safe hospital more

I have never had a more enjoyable job with such a diversified and caring coworkers. SHC offers such wonderful opportunities to excel in education and definate opportunities to climb the ladder NO GLASS CEILINGS HERE LADIES!!! Thanks SHC for employment, for opportunity, for a super compassionate staff to care for us when ill. ROCK ON SCOTTSDALE HEALTHCARE YOUR THE BEST! Pros: The best place to work Cons: I live to far from it more

I would like to take the time to share with you my views on this health care system. If you are thinking about becoming an employee WARNING TO YOU. Scottsdale Healthcare is not a place you would even want to consider ! Just check with the EEOC and see the list of complaints and settlements made on behalf of former employees. From racism, hostile work environments and unfavorable working conditions this place is off the hook. Being a patent here may not be a very good idea either log into fox phoenix news and type in Scottsdale Healthcare HospitalRape. A woman wasraped in the hospital at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn, therape wasn't reported to police for almost a month while hospital officials attempted a mass cover up. Outcome was that employees were charged criminally and convictions were handed down by the court. Hospital Security taunted an unstable man who returned and fired rounds in the hospital with a shotgun injuring one person. This facility in my opinion is not only unsafe and a hostile place to work it is loaded with corruption. you can go to my3centsdotcom and read horror stories about shady billing practices and CitySearch and read about mass discrimination of minority employees. So if your thinking about becoming a patient or an employee I would think twice about Scottsdale Healthcare as in my opinion it is truly a rip off and not a good place to be. Trust me I know first hand I use to work there. Pros: Horrible Place to work or be a patient Cons: everything more

Hospital workers charged for not reporting abuse complaint Last Edited: Tuesday, 06 May 2008, 5:20 PM MST Created: Tuesday, 06 May 2008, 3:58 PM MST Scottsdale Health SideBar Related Items Videos The Scottsdale City Prosecutor's office is charging 4 people in connection to a sexualassault at a local hospital. All 4 people are charged with failing to report the assault of an incapacitated/vulnerable adult. According to Scottsdale police, a patient at Scottsdale Healthcare-Osborn was sexuallyassaulted on November 17, however, the victim was incapacitated and therefore unable to report the crime until December 12. The assault was later reported to police by hospital staff in January. According to detectives, the hospital was conducting it's own internal investigation prior to notifying police. State law requires medical personnel in charge of "vulnerable adults" to immediately report suspected abuse to police. Detectives with the sexcrimes unit interviewed staff and the victim but were unable to identify a suspect in the case. They submitted their findings to the prosecutor's office and the decision was made to charge 4 staff members with failing to report the incident. Those charged include: 53 year-old Susan Livengood of Mesa is the Associate Vice President of Scottsdale Healthcare-Osborn 45 year-old Shelly Van Vianen of Phoenix is the Nurse Manager 44 year-old Patricia Crellin of Phoenix is a Psychiatrist as Scottsdale Healthcare-Osborn 59 year-old Madlyn Costantino of Tempe is a Rehab Coordinator All 4 are scheduled to appear in court on May 15. Convictions yes ! Pros: How could there be any? Cons: Hospital workers charged for not reporting abuse complaint more

Never in all my life have I ever seen suchBIGOTS! God help you if your black, Hispanic or they might think you could possibly be gay. They hire token minority employees and then destroy their reputations and slander them. Repeated trips to HR will do you no good here, The EEOC settled 7 cases in 11 month with these jerks. The CEO Tom Sadvary is a complete tool as is the security managers Lyle Smith and Frank Kroll all down south boys. I should have sued this company when I could and still may just do that for what the did to me. Put employees up to making fake postings of me on gay sites even used my personal email address just because they thought I may have been gay. NOT ! Security Dept is a joke should all be fired after a woman WASraped at their other campus and was covered up. Glad they were criminally charged for that and had to do time. An employee at Shea WASraped and that was brushed under the rug as well. This is an unsafe place to work or be a patient in my opinion, you sure don't want to work here that's for sure. Oh unless your Aredneck straight white guy. Pros: The day I quit Cons: The day I started more