News at Banner Good Samaritan

Public Relations Staff

• Rainey Holloway
  Director
• Juliet Gomez
  602-839-4412

Afterhours, Weekends or Holidays
After 5 p.m. and on weekends or holidays, media should call the hospital operator at (602) 839-2000 and ask for the on-call Public Relations staff member.

A staff member is on-call 24 hours/day, seven days/week.

Media Requests for Interviews or Photographs
Members of the media interested in conducting interviews or taking photographs of staff, patients, or patients' families must request permission from the Banner Good Samaritan Public Relations staff. This includes visits to Banner Good Samaritan for live stand-ups and other external shots on the campus.

Release of Patient Information
The Public Relations staff processes patient update requests from media with the utmost regard for a patient's right to confidentiality guaranteed by the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the dissemination of consistent, accurate information. Information released to the media will be to the extent permitted by federal and state laws.

Information about the condition of an inpatient, outpatient, or emergency department patient may be released only if the inquiry specifically contains the patient's name.

A patient's or employee's individual wishes for privacy or to participate in media coverage are foremost in this policy. A patient, or the person authorized to give consent, can opt out of providing information altogether.

For more details regarding our policy on providing patient information or other hospital-related requests, please contact us.