Patient’s Responsibilities
Your responsibilities include:
- Providing, to the best of your knowledge, accurate and complete information about present complaints, past illnesses, hospitalizations, medications, and other matters relating to your health.
- Reporting perceived risks in your care and unexpected changes in your condition to your physician.
- Reporting whether you clearly comprehend a contemplated course of action and what is expected of you.
- Following the treatment plan recommended by your physician. This may include following the instructions of nurses and allied health personnel as they carry out the coordinated plan of care, implement your doctor’s orders and enforce the applicable hospital rules and regulations. You should express any concerns you have about your ability to comply with the proposed plan of care or treatment. You are responsible for keeping appointments, and when you are unable to do so for any reason, for notifying your physician or the hospital.
- Your actions if you refuse treatment or do not follow your physician’s orders.
- Assuring that the financial obligations of your health care are fulfilled as promptly as possible.
- Following hospital rules and regulations affecting patient care and conduct.
- Being considerate of the rights of other patients and hospital personnel and for assisting in the control of noise and the number of visitors.
- Being respectful of the proper of other persons and the hospital.
Patients